The pressure to integrate disparate systems across the enterprise is steadily increasing, but establishing connections between systems, even those designed for integration, remains a daunting task.

Traditionally, organisations looking to integrate applications and software have tended to look to Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) platforms from players like Tibco or Vitria. But while still ...

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MuleSource is entering the on demand space with a hosted version of its open source enterprise service bus and integration platform. MuleOnDemand supports a multitude of APIs, frameworks and ...

Growing debate within the integration fray centers on whether an enterprise services bus is an actual product or merely a concept Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) technology has sparked a debate in the ...

ESB and data integration platforms are systems that provide a unified view of data and information from across various sources. This includes mashup systems that visualize data in real time, ...

The enterprise service bus as a concept has increasingly gained currency in the IT marketplace, even as vendor camps have squabbled over what exactly an ESB is. As a result, many organizations remain ...

Big Blue plans to augment its WebSphere Java-based server software, creating an "enterprise service bus" that can translate among different communications methods. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...