The Federated Future Of The ESB

Air Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: Enterprise Architecture professionals and Application Development & Program Management professionals

Description:

Today's enterprise service bus (ESB) implementations are mostly happening at the level of individual application domains or organizational stovepipes, despite their name. Larger enterprises, as well as the more established vendors of ESBs, have recognized that it will be impossible for most large enterprises, especially multinational corporations, to settle on one ESB for the whole enterprise.

Therefore, federation of multiple ESBs is rapidly becoming a requirement that is driving evolution of the leading ESBs. But how will this work in practice? How small does an enterprise have to be to be able to settle on one ESB? And when federation is required, how should it be governed to ensure heterogeneity doesn't spin out of control and become chaos?

Key takeaways

• Learn why federation of ESBs is inevitable for most large enterprises and how to decide if it's inevitable for you.
• Understand the range of approaches to federation being pursued by the major ESB vendors, including Microsoft.
• Learn how to manage ESB heterogeneity and federation to achieve the right balance between flexibility and cost.

Vendors mentioned: BEA Systems, Cape Clear Software, IBM, Iona Technologies, Progress, TIBCO, and others.

Related Research:

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by Mike Gilpin, Larry Fulton, September 12, 2007

ESB Lessons Learned

by Larry Fulton, Mike Gilpin, August 21, 2007

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