<<Providing connectivity and integration for Web services-focused applications and services, the core characteristics of an ESB provide:
Standards-based application integration Support for Web services, message-based transport and publish-and- subscribe (event-based) integration Transformation Intelligent routing Still, it is important to understand the following points about ESBs: The term enterprise does not necessarily have to encompass the whole of an organization. One of the attractions of an ESB is that you can start small, perhaps with only two to three physical instances and expand to fit evolving business circumstances. The term bus is used to convey the notion of information being carried between originators and receivers, using different communications models and data formats, to many different destinations. The bus provides a common backbone through which applications can interoperate. An ESB should possess some degree of programming intelligence to determine routing or persistence, or to implement rules or content processing.>> You can read this at: <http://www.ebizq.net/hot_topics/esb/features/6580.html> Gervas ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
