Answer by Axel Podehl for What is an ESB and what is it good for?
It's basically a conceptual way to design a system - software companies try to sell you more by sticking on the 'ESB' sticker on it and managers like because an ESB looks good from a 'higher-level'.An...
View ArticleAnswer by Andrew Ferrier for What is an ESB and what is it good for?
Disclaimer: I work for IBM and consult on WebSphere ESB, an IBM product designed to build ESBs with. The following are my opinions and don't necessarily reflect IBM's position.An ESB is different...
View ArticleAnswer by MrTelly for What is an ESB and what is it good for?
My experience with commercial ESB is it's an overblown and expensive technology that creates as many problems as it solves. The ESB will link new systems and legacy, messages will fly over the bus and...
View ArticleAnswer by Kozyarchuk for What is an ESB and what is it good for?
Beyond a the standard definition you can get from Wikipedia. I find it to be a great tool for connecting a bunch of legacy systems across multiple platforms and technologies. It's also a good tools for...
View ArticleAnswer by cpatrick for What is an ESB and what is it good for?
Well, that depends on who you ask... Many would say it's a piece of "Middleware" that connects various pieces of "business logic" together to take the coding out of messaging between these modules. I...
View ArticleAnswer by Adam Davis for What is an ESB and what is it good for?
It's a fairly high level concept of abstraction. The central concept is that the ESB provides the middleware and interfaces that allow businesses to connect their applications without writing code.This...
View ArticleWhat is an ESB and what is it good for?
At a previous job, there was lots of talk about "Enterprise Service Bus" (ESB). I read parts of a conceptual book about it, but never really understood how you would implement/integrate it in concrete...
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