Enterprise Application Integration: A Wiley Tech Brief

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
• Published by: Wiley
• Edition: 1st Edition October 13, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471376418
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471376415
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 14.1 ounces

Product Review
"For anyone wanting to learn more about the field of EAI then look no furhter." (M2 Communications, 9 January 2001)

Product Description
Learn to utilize today's hottest EAI technologies to ensure interoperability across your organization

What exactly is enterprise application integration (EAI)? What makes this $300 million market so hot that it's expected to grow to $6.5 billion in the next two years? How do you apply it in the real world? Whether you're an IT professional or systems architect, business manager or software developer, if you're looking into EAI as a solution for unifying applications and systems across the enterprise, then the answers are in this book.You'll find a complete and unbiased survey of the different technologies, architectures, and approaches available for EAI implementations, including pros and cons, clear explanations of all concepts, and first-rate guidance on how to choose the best EAI strategy for your company. The authors draw on their pioneering work with early implementations to show you how to:

• Define your specific integration problem in a useful form that enables a real solution
• Develop your own EAI architecture and ensure interoperability of legacy, stovepipe, COTS, client-server and modern technology applications
• Choose the best among messaging architecture, object architecture, and transaction architecture
• Work with the best implementation technologies, including Microsoft's COM+, the OMG's CORBA, and Sun's EJB
• Utilize the proven Secure Application Integration Methodology (SAIM)

Wiley Tech Briefs
Focused on the requirements of the corporate IT and business manager, the Tech Briefs series provides in-depth information on a new or emerging technology, solutions, and vendor offerings available in the marketplace. With their accessible approach, these books will help you get quickly up-to-speed on a topic so that you can effectively compete, grow, and better serve your customers.

Reader Reviews
After 24 years in mainframes and a year as a consultant in the much more complex world of distributed systems I wanted an introductory text on EAI that addressed the technical aspects, but was not filled with an overwhelming amount of details. This book was a perfect introduction to EAI for me. As a service delivery consultant I was very interested in the chapter on business drivers because my job is to align IT to business processes, so the discussion of business drivers from the perspective of EAI was something I could immediately use. The integration approaches were familiar territory based on my background, but some of the approaches provided were unique twists that I had not encountered. What I really liked was the chapter on architecture building blocks because I was able to see clearly what it takes to design, develop and implement an integrated enterprise architecture. I also liked the way the authors presented messaging and transaction architectures. I was vaguely familiar with messaging architectures from my IBM days (MQSeries), and a lot more familiar with transaction processing monitors and approaches. These two chapters showed me how to apply my existing knowledge and experience to understand EAI architectures. This book gave me a good understanding of EAI in general, including the technical and business aspects. It went neither too deep nor too shallow. I am not sure how suitable this book will be for business managers because it gets pretty technical in places. It also is probably too high level for someone who has EAI experience. However, for someone with a technical background who wants to see EAI's "moving parts" and how they fit together it is perfect.