ESB

Due to the current technology trends and maturity, there is a total shift in paradigm of how the applications are tied togetther to create business processes. This is made possible due to the emergence of a new category of integration middlware called ESB (Enterprise Service Bus). An ESB is a standards-based, service oriented backbone capable of connecting hundreds of appications, ESBs combine messaging, web services, XML, Data transformation and management to create a reliable and coordinated application integration.

Applications interact via XML messages, which enter and exit service containers through endpoints. The applications need no awareness of the underlying communication protocols or physical location; they see only simple in-boxes and out-boxes. Because of this mapping, services can be upgraded, moved or replaced without disrupting existing business systems or modifying applications.

Cambridge proivdes the following ESB services:

• ESB Selection Service
• ESB Implementation Service (WebSphere, Microsoft BizTalk, Sonic, Fiorano etc)
• ESB Integration and Orchestration (EAI / B2Bi)
• .NET and J2EE application interoperation through workflow / services orchestration