Building integrated business environments: analysing open-source ESB

Autor: A.F. Gomez Skarmeta, M. A. Martínez-Carreras, F. J. García Jimenez
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Enterprise Information Systems. 9:401-435
ISSN: 1751-7583
1751-7575
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2013.830339
Popis: Integration and interoperability are two concepts that have gained significant prominence in the business field, providing tools which enable enterprise application integration (EAI). In this sense, enterprise service bus (ESB) has played a crucial role as the underpinning technology for creating integrated environments in which companies may connect all their legacy-applications. However, the potential of these technologies remains unknown and some important features are not used to develop suitable business environments. The aim of this paper is to describe and detail the elements for building the next generation of integrated business environments (IBE) and to analyse the features of ESBs as the core of this infrastructure. For this purpose, we evaluate how well-known open-source ESB products fulfil these needs. Moreover, we introduce a scenario in which the collaborative system ‘Alfresco’ is integrated in the business infrastructure. Finally, we provide a comparison of the different open-source ESBs a...
Databáze: OpenAIRE