Why the blog is of interest:

Have you heard of OBAs (office business applications) yet? Even if your answer is “yes,” how much do you really know about what they are, and how they relate to OR-LOS (OBA RAP for Loan Origination) and other SOAs (software-oriented architectures)? Mike Walker, finance industry architectural strategist at Microsoft, does a great job of unraveling these mysteries in the March 31st entry from his multifaceted blog, “Mike Walker’s Ramblings about Industry Architecture.” Mike tells us, for example, that OBAs are NOT a “place far far away in the StarWars galaxy or something.” Rather, they’re a new breed of composite applications that bring together both the front-office and back-office in real world businesses, and their use can be particularly valuable in financial services. To read more of Mike’s thoughts about OBAs, OR-LOS, and SOAs, click on the link below.

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