This chapter introduces BizTalk Server 2000 as Microsoft's next initiative for integrating e-commerce partners and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) solutions.
Because of this, a number of standards and technologies have been addressed to draw an integral vision in the field of enterprise application integration (EAI).
At I.B.M., Mr. Swainson, a Canadian, had served as the general manager of application integration and middleware division, which he founded in 1997.
The deals, both billion-dollar-plus stock swaps, put a spotlight on an obscure branch of the software industry -- enterprise application integration.
Vitria, for example, is one of the leaders in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), linking disparate computer systems within a company.
WebMethods Inc., a software maker specializing in application integration, said third-quarter revenues had risen by 237percenttoto $59.4 million or 5 cents a share, beating Wall Street forecasts of a penny a share.
Dan Scholler, an analyst with Meta Group, said that customers increasingly wanted their enterprise application integration software, the domain of Active, to mesh seamlessly with their business-to-business integration software, or B2BI, the domain of WebMethods.
"We try and curate the experience so it's not distracting," said Philip Johnston, product manager for the BMW Group application integration platform.
The Box OneCloud platform will also include a collection of new developer tools, making it easier than ever to build mobile application integrations with Box.
Applications integration software: the last place you'd expect to find the battle of personalities.
Similarly to Yucheng, Recency Technology provides business intelligence and consulting services such as database integration, applications integration and data warehousing to banks in China.
