Trends Report

2011 Integration Survey, Part One: Solution Deployments

ESBs Are The Most Popular Choice

June 21st, 2011
Ken Vollmer, null
Ken Vollmer
With contributors:
Mike Gilpin , Sander Rose

Summary

Enterprise service buses (ESBs), comprehensive integration solutions (CISes), and integration appliances offer a range of overlapping features to meet integration challenges. Forrester recently surveyed 167 client firms to determine how they are using these tools today and to identify key trends regarding their future adoption. All three categories are popular, but their strengths and weaknesses for different use cases vary significantly. Application development professionals and enterprise architects should use this research to shape their organization's enterprise integration strategy.

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