At least as of 3 years ago when I left, the software systems that drove the mandate towards SOA were still massive systems that communicated almost purely throu

At least as of 3 years ago when I left, the software systems that drove the mandate towards SOA were still massive systems that communicated almost purely through a monolithic Oracle database. It was the software system(s) that was responsible for all automation and accounting at fulfillment centers. This is one of those rare times where I actually think a full rewrite from scratch would have been a better idea.