Technologies used in Enterprise Application Integration and Business-to-Business Integration processes
Anca Mehedinţu, Cerasela Adriana Luciana Pirvu · 2008
Enterprise computing has progressed enormously in just the last few years. Especially with the advent of the Web, not only is it possible for diverse organization to automate and integrate their businesses and computer operations, it is imperative that they do so. Suddenly, as more and more corporations become Web enabled and find themselves relying on a myriad of applications, the ability to evolve and integrate existing applications becomes significant. Virtually all enterprise organizations at some time face the problem of integrating different applications and database systems. In addition, enterprise organizations must constantly evolve. This need to evolve occurs as enterprises strive for competitive advantages. In today’s economy, it is rare for an organization to continue to be successful by merely maintaining the status quo. In a sense, enterprises are forced to evolve to stay at the forefront of their industries. Enterprises frequently find themselves having to merge with other enterprises, reorganizing their internal structure, and adopting new technologies and platforms as they strive for competitive advantages. The e-Business model is particularly useful for managing purchasing and supply-chain issues, managing customer relationships and providing customer service, and providing Webbased applications and services. Since it is imperative that enterprises adapt to business and technology driven changes, they need an e-Business model more than ever to adapt their existing business processes, applications, and enterprise systems to these changes. In these situations, enterprise application integration assumes a great importance. Enterprise application integration (EAI) enables an enterprise to integrate its existing applications and systems and to add new technologies and applications to the mix. EAI also helps an enterprise to model and automate its business processes.