1. 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

2. 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

3. CRM systems
Third parties
Old ERP system
New ERP system
Websites
Financial systems

4. WBISE object discovery (metadata)
Adapter controller
WBISE
Adapter discovery agent
Discovered ASBO
API
Adapter agent