Best-in-Class organizations realized an 18% decrease in operating expenses as a direct result of establishing comprehensive Service Oriented Architectures' (SOA) governance, according to a recent report from the Aberdeen Group. The study reported an average reduction in costs that is 127% greater than all other organizations.

The report examined and analyzed organizations' planning, deployment, use, security, and management of their SOA to provide a roadmap for constructing a holistic, business-advancing SOA governance initiative. As part of their comprehensive governance initiatives, Best-in-Class organizations were 93% more likely than Laggards to incorporate defect tracking and reporting tools to support their SOA governance initiative.