Data is the lifeblood of any organization for driving business processes, such as products and services; customer, partner and business relationships; and internal regulatory compliance. By design, these processes must be able to access a variety of data sources, applications, protocols, people and partners at different times to drive business agility. However, many organizations don't realize the importance data plays in supporting their SOA or BPM initiatives and as a result are unable to realize the promise of these projects.

Ovum discusses in this comprehensive report how to overcome these limitations by including real-time data integration and data services as part of a successful SOA and BPM strategy.