Apache Tuscany simplifies the task of developing SOA solutions by providing a comprehensive infrastructure for SOA development and management that is based on Service Component Architecture (SCA) standard. With SCA as it's foundation, Tuscany offers solution developers the following advantages:

• Provides a model for creating composite applications by defining the services in the fabric and their relationships with one another. The services can be implemented in any technology.
• Enables service developers to create reusable services that only contain business logic. Protocols are pushed out of business logic and are handled through pluggable bindings. This lowers development cost.
• Applications can easily adapt to infrastructure changes without recoding since protocols are h