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Enterprise Application Integration focuses on the integration of applications within organizations behind the firewall Among the articles in this section are ones on message brokers integration servers pointtopoint integration data transformation intelligent routing and semantic integration

• The Case for Enterprise Data Services in SOA
  Properly executed data services can provide the link that unifies conventional data systems with the many strengths of SOA
• New Approaches to MultiEnterprise Application Integration
  An ebizQGartner podcast with special guest Gartner Research Director Beniot Lheureux
• Five Reasons to Use an Appliance for Integration Part II of II
  Instead of custom code Cast Irons George Scott says appliances unveil significant advantages
• Five Reasons to Use an Appliance for Integration Part I of II
  Instead of custom code Cast Irons George Scott says appliances unveil significant advantages
• XML The Speeding Bullet
  How a growing industry standard can help you get things done faster
• Continuous Integrated Testing
  ebizQs Dave Kelly says organizations are starting to consider different approaches to integrating their development and testing processes
• Application Development Challenges and Opportunities in
  RFG believes will be a year of changes in enterprise applicationdevelopment
• Comparing ETL and EAI
  ETL and EAI serve fundamentally different purposes from an information management perspective
• Moving Beyond EAI and BBi
  The next generation of business interaction requires a level of organizational cooperation and information use that has heretofore not been on the radar screen
• Realizing the Promise of RFID Part II of II
  From EAI Technologies insights from RFID early adopters and the future potential
• Realizing the Promise of RFID Part I of II
  From EAI Technologies insights from RFID early adopters and a discussion of the future potential
• Results of ebizQ EAI and EII Buyers Choice Awards
  An indepth look at our Application Integration EAI and Enterprise Information Integration EII Buyers Choice Awards
• IT Architecture Comes of Age
  Interoperability is essential now more than ever
• Achieving Semantic Interoperability
  Chris Harding of The Open Group says that today there is no argument that interoperability is a critical element for optimizing business performance and maintaining competitive advantage
• Your Pocket Guide to Semantics and Ontologies Part Two
  When we last discussed ontologies we covered how they help the SOA architect prepare semantic generalizations that make the problem domain more understandable This month lets take a deeper dive into the enabling standards
• Webinar Recap Critical Issues in JEE Application Management
  In a recent Webinar Critical Issues in JEE Application Management Manage What Matters ebizQs Beth GoldBernstein and Robert Anderson from BMC Software discuss the wide range of sources for performance problems in Java enterprise applications and provide concrete ideas for how to combat those problems
• Creating an Integration Competency Center and Keeping It Running
  The increasing complexity and number of integration projects can no longer be dealth with on a projectbyproject basis IT departments need to set up specialist units to cope with the growing number and complexity of application integration projects Gartners Paolo Malinvorno shares a gradual fourstage plan for the disciplined design deployment daytoday operations of an integration competency center
• The Ins and Outs of Transformation
  David Linthicum says that application integration architects need to understand that the process of accounting for differences in application semantics must occur dynamically within the integration server He says that although most integration servers can map any schema to any other schema it is prudent to try to anticipate extraordinary circumstances in order to get the most seamless transformation possible
• The Elastic Enterprise in Action
  Michael Dortch of the Robert Frances Group explains that the value of business application profiles BAPs and related repositories of information about IT and network infrastructures and business resources can be clearly and relatively quickly demonstrated at most enterprises However paths toward effective creation and management of BAPs and similar repositories can be far less clear Fortunately he argues IT executives and their teams can aid the enterprise by identifying incumbent resources that can help with BAP creation maintenance and use and helping to bring those resources to bear on these critical challenges
• Battling Balkanization With Internet Presence Management
  Bringing a companys processes to the Web is an efficient way to get those processes working in concert rather than isolation suggests Red Door Interactives Kelly Abbott especially when you throw in a healthy dose of what Abbott calls The Internet Presence Management Manifesto
• The Evolution of the Business Integration Architect
  As enterprises shift their focus beyond mere application integration to getting processes to work and play well together they need specialists who can see the big picture to assure they get things right says IBMs Douglas W Allen What makes a good business integration architect and why are they so important Allen knows
• The Growing Imperative For Business Process Monitoring and Management
  Business process monitoring and management are becoming prerequisites for business competitiveness Companies who ignore this trend may be doing so at their own peril stresses ebizQs Beth GoldBernstein No wonder then that she sees them as evolving into enterprise essentials The good news is that there are a large number of solutions on the market The bad news is that the shakeout has not yet occurred and there is also a great deal of confusion All the more reason to read on
• We Still Need To Focus On Connectivity
  That reminder from integration guru Grand Central Communicatons CTO and ebizQ columnist David S Linthicum He points out that While the focus lately has been on how you manage information flows service invocation and processes between systems its important to keep our eye on the ball namely connectivity even though its the uglier part of app integration
• Factors To Consider Before Buying A Data Integration Solution
  As data integration has gone from relatively primitive to a critical need of organizations the factors influencing the success of such efforts have also evolved in number and complexity Here Sterling Commerces Terry Noreault highlights key points to ponder as you mull the solution your company needs
• Testing While Aligning Business And IT
  Its something that sometimes gets given short shrift amid all the talk about such alignment But ebizQ columnist David A Kelly says it shouldnt be and he notes that something called riskbased testing is perhaps the most efficient way of checking how things will an do work at the intersections of business and IT
• Aligning Business And ITTheres No Other Way
  The need for such alignment isnt in dispute anymore says ebizQs David A Kelly but some key facets of getting there are tougher to come by than just buying more technology For instance he points out the whole nature of the relationship between business managers and the IT organization has to change