Monday, November 05, 2007 9:49 AM
At the SOA and BPM Conference in Redmond last week Neudesic had a booth that discussed their Neuron ESB product. At the same time, Marty Wasznicky was wrapping up the final release of the ESB Guidance for BizTalk, accompanied by several presentations discussing what it was, how it works, etc.. It should be noted that Neudesic consultants (along with other Microsoft partners) helped build the ESB Guidance effort with Marty.
So what's the difference?
The key fundamental difference is that the Neuron ESB plugs into, but does not reside within, BizTalk Server. For those that haven't yet made the plunge into purchasing BizTalk licenses but looking to reap the benefits of SOA, this could be a great start.
Other than that, however, they provide strikingly similar functionality. The Neuron platform is .NET-based and leverages WCF, SQL Server, MSMQ and WMI. The two packages provide pretty similar functionality: intelligent routing, mediation, SLA awareness, monitoring, endpoint management and, of course, EAI and integration. Here's a snippet out of their documentation:
For a deeper technical dive, I suggest getting contacting Neudesic or a Microsoft partner for more info.
(Disclaimer: I am not a Neudesic employee)