Recent trends in IT such as service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web
sevices, in conjunction with the still-increasing popularity of the .NET
framework, put Microsoft's BizTalk Server in the center of attention for
CIOs, CTOs, architects, and enterprise developers. Apparently everyone who is
involved with the Microsoft platform now wants to implement BizTalk.
Frequently we see that BizTalk is not implemented in areas where the benefits
of the technology can be maximized. This leads to disappointment about the
value of BizTalk, even though the problem is in the application of the
technology instead of in the technology itself. In this article I will point
out where, how, and when the third generation of BizTalk Server can provide
real business value.
BizTalk Server I... (more)
BizTalk Server is often positioned as a means to create a hub-and-spoke
architecture. However, the popularity of the hub-and-spoke architecture, the
traditional model for enterprise application integration (EAI), is declining.
More and more architects and CIOs are targeting SOA (service-oriented
architecture), and its infrastructural incarnation: the enterprise service
bus (ESB). Does Bi... (more)
Loek Bakker is a senior consultant at Capgemini, the Netherlands. He specializes in architecture, SOA, and Microsoft.NET. Within Capgemini he is a lead architect for BizTalk-based integration solutions.
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