Even modest first generation business services can revolutionize operational flexibility and scalability, adding far more value than the cost incurred. With over 40 years of combined consulting experience Tom Dahlberg and Morris Oslin explain how small and mid-size firms can implement first generation business services quickly and inexpensively while keeping their own information technology departments and the executive suite, in control. This is Service Oriented Architecture made more simple and less expensive for small and mid-size businesses, or the departments of large businesses. It describes what small firms or large firms with limited time and limited resources can do to get prepared for the more sophisticated aspects of SOA in future generations of the service model.