Large enterprises have found that Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) can provide agile and flexible infrastructures. Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are now considering how to implement this approach. With their direct business-to-business business models, SMBs are challenged with unique integration needs. To achieve benefits like their enterprise counterparts, SMBs will have to implement loosely coupled, SOA-based Web Services in order to progress beyond traditionally inflexible and costly integration.

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