ESB
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Selling the theory for SOA is pretty easy, the execution is harder because technically it isn't actually a very simple thing to do, let alone the changing of the structure of your IT organisation to house-keep. The book SOA Approach to Integration is aimed fairly and squarely at the Architect and Senior Developer who has the job of designing and implementing SOA technical level. The book is very resolute in keeping a strong focus on the technology and pleasantly realises that successful integration...
It is a logical, reasonable and best practice stance to examine getting the most out of assets that are already at your disposal especially if there is an emphasis of reduce costs which is one of the driving factors for selecting SOA in the first place. With SOA one of the most emotive technical issues to tackle is where to host the ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) as there is an attraction to examining hosting the ESB on existing hardware, a mainframe would seem an obvious choice. In this post I will...
In this post I will be taking a high level look at what a possible SOA implementation architecture scenario and what it might look like giving an indication of what technologies are involved. This example scenario is a SOA implementation for call-centres using Microsoft Technologies, some you may have heard of, and others that are sadly as yet unsung. A few things to note, I haven’t come across a medium to large organisation that doesn’t use Citrix for the UI deployment so this is why...
Someone (they didn't leave a name) recently suggested I should stay off the coffee before I start talking about SOA, hence the picture (thanks consumerist.com for the use of), fellow GWB'er Chris Williams also suggested I should get things off my chest, so here goes. I’m sick of SOA and the state of affairs it’s in now. SOA is suffering from a very major credibility issue that threatens to kill off the term and therefore I fear the ideal. Ironically, the cause of the problem is the very...
More news from the Integration space ... Microsoft has purchased eight of iWay Softwares Biztalk adapters which will ship with Biztalk 2006. The adapters which Microsoft has purchase are, Amdocs, JD Edwards, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft, Siebel Systems Inc. and TIBCO. Adding out-of-the-box connectivity to a variety of technologies is only going to strengthen Microsoft standing in the integration space (I have resisted using ESB or EAI TLA's). It seems to me that Microsoft aren’t resting on their...
After reading the Butler Group report at the weekend on Enterprise Integration the term ESB or Enterprise Service Bus was used. ESB is a term that was created by Gartner the ‘three-letter acronym’ specialist and Sonic software (of SonicMQ fame) to mean … erm … EAI! Yep I’m struggling with the term ESB, I’m wondering if there is anything in it and I’ve missed a trick, or it’s just spin? Microsoft have released a paper via Scott Woodgates excellent blog...