Some of Key Components in an Enterprise Architecture Business Integration Develop, Test , Debug & Deploy Applications Development Tools Network Layer Integration of Diverse Application & Data Direct Connect B2B Gateway Legacy / Pkg S/W Layer B2B Connectivity Trading partner system Process Integration Process Integration User Experience Authentication/Authorisation Data Analytics Data Analytics user Collaborative Portal Collaborative Workplace Portal/Workplace Information Integration Information Integration Data Warehouse Construction Data Warehouse Const. Collaborative Document Management Collaboration Rapid Foundation for e-business B2B e-Commerce Application Server Business Intelligence Managing Content within Business Processes Content Management

What is an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)? Flexible connectivity infrastructure for integrating applications and services to power your SOA ROUTING messages between services CONVERTING transport protocols between requestor and service I mentioned that Process Server is powered by an Enterprise Service Bus. So what is that? An enterprise service bus gives you the flexible connectivity infrastructure you need for integrating applications and services to power your SOA It handles ROUTING of messages between services CONVERTING transport protocols between requestor and service TRANSFORMING message format between requestor and service HANDLING business events from disparate sources TRANSFORMING message format between requestor and service HANDLING business events from disparate sources Colour = Data type Shape = Protocol

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