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Deploying a Geospatial SOAServer-based GIS solutions deliver geospatial content and capabilities via Web services. Technically, Web services are modular applications that correspond to recognizable business functions and offer a set of protocols by which they can be published, discovered, and used in a standards-based way. Organizationally, Web services are simply information technology (IT) assets that are often used as the basis for integration strategies that fuse content and capabilities in support of various business processes and initiatives. Web services provide the building blocks upon which broader IT strategies are based, such as the implementation of a service oriented architecture (SOA). Embracing GIS technology within the context of an SOA (i.e., creating a geospatial SOA), enriches organizations' service offerings and provides value in overall efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility to organizational business processes.  GIS Server architecture provides a fusion framework and integrates with standard IT infrastructures. A geospatial SOA is supported by the efforts of GIS professionals who use desktop GIS software such as ArcEditor or ArcInfo to author, configure, and maintain GIS data, models, and applications. The authored content is published on a GIS server upon which services are delivered to support mapping, query, analysis, and more. Once published, these services can be consumed by a variety of client applications (e.g., mobile, 2D and 3D GIS, and other business applications), workflows (geocentric and non-geocentric), and processes (e.g., ETL). With the addition of an integration platform, which may include an enterprise service bus, GIS services can be fused with the other shared services of complementary enterprise systems (CRM, ERP, CIS, etc.) to provide a more complete business picture.
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