Conventional wisdom says the OSS culture and development model cannot add much to such a complex computer science concept as EP. But the OSS community says different.
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SAP Video: When Geeks and Suits = Cats vs. Dogs Cats and dogs often don't get along because the cues that they send each other are interpreted wrongly. Similar miscommunications -- and an unwillingness to change -- on the part of business and IT staffers can sink software implementations. On the other hand, if the dog and the cat grow up together, they are best friends for life. Join Bill Pfelging and Minda Zetlin, co-authors of "The Geek Gap" for a look at how to ensure similar long-term amity among geeks and suits.
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Much like templates for generating code modules, integration patterns enable organizations to reuse code and configuration elements to maximize the deployment of integration projects quickly. Combining the advanced capabilities of an Enterprise Service Bus with integration patterns can deliver a number of key benefits to both business and IT: reduced risk, faster time to business value, greater agility and lower costs.
Also be sure to check out the following Podcast on ESBs, with John Bachman
"I think the key benefit of an ESB is that it provides a pallet on which you can build enterprise integrations without worrying about sort of the scope of the project or how many different sites might be involved, how many different applications might be involved. And once you have that clear pallet on which to paint, you can actually pull out the pattern and apply it to a particular business problem and solve it quickly and in a reproducible fashion."
Join noted technology and business columnist and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) guru, Jeff Kaplan, the founder and managing director of THINKstrategies, as he provides an insightful introduction to the new world of business on demand.