Semantic Web services pledge the automation of core Web service tasks such as discovery, selection and execution. The use of Semantic Web services facilitates the integration and adaption of information systems considerably. However, such integration architectures have not yet been adopted by the industry. Within the scope of this work, we discuss the capabilities of integration architectures based on Semantic Web services as well as environmental factors that potentially drive or restrict their use. Our objective is to take a first step toward closing the gap between research trends and industrial needs. To that end, particular importance was attached to differences in the viewpoints of practitioners and researchers. The discourse is based on the findings of a SWOT analysis that was conducted in 2007.