Title :
On the role of services in enterprise application integration
Author :
Kontogiannis, Kostas ; Smith, Dennis ; O´Brien, Liam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Recent advances in Web and middleware technologies offer a promising solution for a number of enterprise integration problems. The convergence of the Internet and distributed-object technologies, which has been referred to as the Internet\´s third wave, extends this "information-based" Internet to a worldwide "services-based" Web. In this paper we present a model for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and we discuss the role of emerging technologies, as they relate to the specification of services, registration of services, data integration, and control integration.
Keywords :
Internet; business communication; electronic data interchange; information services; online front-ends; software maintenance; EAI model; Internet convergence; Internet third wave; Web browser; adaptability; business process reengineering; control integration; data integration; distributed-object technology; emerging technology; enterprise application integration; enterprise-wide service integration; flexibility; information-based Internet; legacy system; middleware technology; network-centric operating platform; prototype model; service registration; service specification; software system; time to market; worldwide services-based Web; Application software; Business process re-engineering; Collaborative software; Large-scale systems; Middleware; Mission critical systems; Software engineering; Software systems; Time to market; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Software Technology and Engineering Practice, 2002. STEP 2002. Proceedings. 10th International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1878-8
DOI :
10.1109/STEP.2002.1267619
