Author Description

Enterprise application integration' provides a comprehensive examination of eai. You will find an overview of eai goals and approaches, a review of the technologies that support it, and a roadmap to implementing an eai solution. You will also find an in-depth explanation of the four major types of eai: data-level, application interface-level, method- level, and user interface-level. The book describes in detail themiddleware models and technologies that support these different approaches, including: application servers, including the use of enterprise javabeans(ejb) and activex; message-oriented middleware(mom) and remote procedure calls(rpcs); distributed objects, looking at corba and com; database-oriented middleware and standards, including odbc, jdbc, and ole db; java middleware standards; message brokers; new process automation and workflow technology. Other key topics include integrating packaged applications such as sap r/3 and peoplesoft, integrating the supply chain using eai, the role of xml, and process automation.