SOA real life issues.
I thought the following article would have done well to list on there the #1 concern of "security", moreso because SOA with Web Services was mentioned.
http://www.ebizq.net/hot_topics/soa/features/3142.html

This simplification, I believe, twisted the actual situation a bit:
However, the widespread adoption of SOA had previously been constrained by lack of agreement over interface standards. Web services finally solve that problem.

There is much that can plague and torment Web Services. So, everything that happened with CORBA is possible with Web Services adoption. Only our need/effort to understand (that we don't want to repeat it) will eventually solve this problem.

Here's an interesting article that came in timely on the matter of security:
http://www.csoonline.com/read/110103/shop.html

An interesting article on analyzing SOA:
http://www.bijonline.com/PDF/Oct03Lublinsky.pdf
(Source: http://www.bijonline.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=790&DepartmentID=9)

I was touched by the person's motive, in his own small way. Not that I believe it will help a lot, but we need more people, those that are high up enough to make a difference, to do something about such things.
http://www.eeaasr.com/EEAASR%20Index.htm

- Kaleem Aziz.