Gartner的一份最新研究报告预言,在今后的两年内世界上顶级的五大IT专业服务提供商中间至少有一家全面掌握SOA(面向服务架构)和Web services,将永久地改变传统的外包和系统集成的成本结构。报告还预测在两年内SOA和Web services将减少对打包服务的需求,造成15%现有的系统集成商死亡。 A new Gartner research report predicts that at least one of the top five IT professional service providers in the world will have at least one SOA (service-oriented architecture) and Web services in the next two years that will permanently change the traditional outsourcing and system integration Cost structure. The report also predicts that within two years, SOA and Web services will reduce the demand for packaging services, resulting in the death of 15% of existing system integrators.