“SOA transition” is buzz term growing in popularity among IT managers, especially when they meet with corporate boardroom residents. Businesses are transitioning into service oriented architecture by tapping into the increasing number of SOA products software makers are creating to meet this new interest. However, for the uninitiated, SOA can be just another entry in the mushrooming jumble of acronyms and alphabet soups business technology users must digest. The world of e-commerce is undergoing a transition toward greater use of SOA.