You need a tool in order to govern your SOA, but the wrong tool can complicate, rather than facilitate, effective and efficient governance and inhibit SOA success.

CentraSite is an enterprise SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management platform. It is designed for architects and IT managers leading SOA initiatives who need visibility and control over SOA development and deployment and for other users throughout the enterprise who are involved in the provision or consumption of SOA assets.

Forrester Research states, "CentraSite provides solid functionality in most areas, with very strong core capabilities and basic out-of-the-box reporting." CentraSite's advantages fall into four key categories.

• Integrated Registry/Repository
• Active Policy™ Management
• Full lifecycle Management
• Extensibility