Short for
Service Oriented Business Applications,
SOBA represents the expected end state of the
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
vision. That is, SOBAs are business applications that function in a
service-oriented environment to provide discrete units of business-level
functionality through well-defined service contracts (keeping the services
encapsulated and self-contained). Within the SOA model these services can be
dynamically combined as needed by the business.
[Source:
Skyway
SOA Platform ]
Also see Understanding "Web
Services" in the "Did
You Know...?" section of Webopedia.