Enterprise Applications Integration Using.Net and XML/Soap Book

One of the biggest issues facing IT departments is caused by different systemswhich don't communicate well together. Estimates of the cost run into themany billions of dollars a year. This problem affects businesses andorganizations of all sizes. Attempts to solve this are commonly referred to asEnterprise Application Integration. Originally most attempts at EAI were doneusing Java and J2EE, but more and more developers are convinced that the.NET Framework offers superior tools and processes.Butch Clark is one of those developers, and shows in this book how to use.NET to build an effective EAI solution. He starts by investigating severalcommon issues that software architects and developers face when workingthrough an integration problem. He then explains in detail one solution, whichhe calls the EAI Framework Project. The intent of this project is to be alearning tool, but it can certainly be used "as-is" to provide a commercialquality, off-the-shelf solution in a fraction of the time of developing one fromscratch. The companion web site at www.EAIFramework.com providesutilities and tools for customizing it to suit a developer's own needs.Read More