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| Introduction | |
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| e-Business Integration Concepts | |
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| Introduction to e-Business Integration | |
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| What Exactly Is e-Business Integration? | |
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| e-Business Integration Imperative | |
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| Mergers and Acquisitions | |
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| Rapid Adoption of Package Applications | |
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| The Emergence of the Internet as a Business Channel | |
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| The Integration Challenge: How Did We Get Here? | |
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| Heterogeneous Platforms | |
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| Heterogeneous Communications Protocols | |
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| Corporate "Islands of Automation" | |
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| Data Syntax | |
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| Application Semantics | |
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| Middleware Revolution | |
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| Internet: Extending the Enterprise | |
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| Web-to-Enterprise | |
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| B2B Integration (B2Bi) | |
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| How to Succeed with eBI | |
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| Summary | |
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| e-Business Concepts and Architecture | |
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| Existing Approaches and Their Limitations | |
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| Point-to-Point File Transfer Systems | |
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| Database Gateways | |
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| Object Middleware | |
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| Message Queuing Middleware | |
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| New Technology Framework for e-Business Integration | |
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| The e-Business Integration Architecture | |
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| Transport Integration Layer | |
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| Data Integration Layer | |
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| Interface Integration Layer | |
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| Process Integration Layer | |
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| Summary | |
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| e-Business Integration Patterns | |
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| What Are Integration Patterns? | |
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| Database Replication | |
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| Synchronous Replication | |
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| Asynchronous Replication | |
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| Single-Step Application Integration | |
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| Multi-Step Application Integration | |
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| Brokering Application | |
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| Applications Need to Reuse Logic | |
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| Applications Linked by Complex Logic | |
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| Applications Unified Through User Interface | |
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| Application-to-Application B2Bi | |
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| Security | |
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| Federated Control | |
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| Systems Management | |
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| Data Exchange B2Bi | |
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| B2B Process Integration | |
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| Closed Process B2Bi | |
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| Open Process B2Bi | |
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| Summary | |
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| e-Business Integration Technologies | |
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| Integration Brokers | |
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| Emergence of Integration Brokers | |
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| Essential Elements of an Integration Broker | |
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| Robust Document Model | |
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| Asynchronous Messaging Service | |
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| Asynchronous Messaging | |
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| Java Messaging Service | |
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| Content-Based Routing | |
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| Data Transformation | |
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| Application Interaction | |
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| Session Management | |
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| Data Management | |
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| Node-Level Processing | |
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| Graphically Driven Tools | |
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| Integration Broker Runtime Architecture | |
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| Repository | |
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| Transformation Engine | |
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| Routing Hub | |
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| Messaging Service | |
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| Adapters | |
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| Leading Integration Brokers | |
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| New Era of Networks | |
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| SAGA Software | |
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| STC | |
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| webMethods | |
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| Summary | |
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| Application Servers | |
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| How Application Servers Emerged | |
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| What Exactly Is an Application Server? | |
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| Execution of Business Logic | |
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| High Performance | |
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| Scalability | |
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| High Availability | |
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| Security Management | |
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| Transaction Management | |
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| Systems Management | |
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| Development Tools and Services | |
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| Application Servers and the J2EE Platform | |
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| The EJB Component Model | |
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| J2EE Standard Services | |
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| Using Application Servers for Integration | |
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| Overview of Leading Application Servers | |
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| BEA Systems WebLogic Server | |
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| Bluestone Software Sapphire | |
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| IBM WebSphere | |
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| SUN-Netscape Alliance iPlanet | |
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| Summary | |
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| Understanding Business Process Integration | |
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| Clarifying Business Process Integration | |
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| Process Modeling | |
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| Process Templates | |
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| B2B Process Integration | |
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| Practical Limitations | |
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| Process Management | |
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| Process Execution | |
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| Process Transaction Management | |
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| Process Monitoring | |
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| Process Auditing | |
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| Process Analysis | |
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| Leading Business Process Integration Products | |
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| Alliance Manager (Extricity) | |
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| WebLogic Process Integrator (BEA Systems) | |
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| Verve Component Workflow (Versata) | |
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| Summary | |
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| XML Standards and Integration | |
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| The Emergence of XML | |
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| Why the Hype over XML? | |
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| The XML Standard | |
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| What Exactly Is XML? | |
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| Element Names Must Conform to XML Conventions | |
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| Start Tag Must Have a Corresponding End Tag | |
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| Tags Are Case Sensitive | |
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| If Included, the XML Declaration Should Begin the Document | |
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| XML Document Should Contain Only One Root Element | |
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| XML Validity--Beyond Well-Formed Documents | |
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| Enter XML Schemas | |
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| XML Extensibility | |
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| New and Improved Data Typing | |
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| Leveraged XML Access and Reference Mechanisms | |
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| Dynamic Schema Management | |
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| XML Schemas at Work | |
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| Accessing and Traversing XML Documents with DOM | |
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| The SAX Appeal | |
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| Summary | |
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| Leveraging XML for Integration | |
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| The Dawning of XML-Centric Integration | |
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| Networked B2B Communities | |
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| The Need for Enterprise Transparency | |
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| What Is XML-Centric Integration? | |
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| Enterprise Object-Relational Model: XML and Databases | |
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| XML-based Transformations: XSLT | |
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| Text-Based Transformation Only | |
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| Many-to-Many Transformations | |
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| Pattern-Matching Style Transformation Is Limited | |
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| XML-Based Distributed Computing | |
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| XML-Based Meta Data | |
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| Application Content Meta Data | |
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| Document/Message Schema Meta Data | |
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| Integration Rules Meta Data | |
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| XML and Meta Data | |
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| XML Integration Model | |
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| RosettaNet: An XML-Based Trading Standard | |
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| The RosettaNet Model | |
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| RosettaNet PIP | |
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| Data Dictionaries | |
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| RosettaNet Implementation Framework | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using Adapters for Application Data Access | |
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| The Role of Adapters in Integration | |
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| Progression of Adapters | |
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| Node-Level Processing | |
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| Direct Point-to-Point Interaction | |
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| The Adapter Model | |
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| Design Time | |
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| Runtime | |
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| Adapter Patterns | |
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| Database Access Pattern | |
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| Interface File Exchange Pattern | |
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| Remote Method Call Pattern | |
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| User Interface Protocol Pattern | |
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| Socket-Queue Pattern | |
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| Transactional Proxy Pattern | |
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| The J2EE Connector Architecture | |
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| How Do J2EE Connectors Work? | |
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| Application Server Managing the Resource Adapter | |
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| Summary | |
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| Adapting to Applications | |
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| Interfacing with SAP | |
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| Overview of SAP R/3 Application Suite | |
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| SAP R/3 Integration | |
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| ALE Overview | |
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| IDoc Overview | |
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| Working with ALE/IDoc | |
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| Outbound ALE Process | |
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| Inbound ALE Process | |
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| Understanding BAPI | |
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| Using the SAP-DCOM Interface | |
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| Using DCOM Components on Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interfacing with PeopleSoft 8 | |
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| Overview of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture | |
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| Understanding Open Integration Framework (OIF) | |
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| Components and Integration Points | |
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| Understanding PeopleSoft Application Integration Tools | |
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| Tightly Coupled Inbound Calls to PeopleSoft | |
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| Tightly Coupled Outbound Calls from PeopleSoft | |
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| Loosely Coupled Inbound and Outbound | |
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| File Based Inbound and Outbound | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interfacing with Oracle Applications | |
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| Overview of Oracle Applications | |
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| Integrating External Systems | |
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| Key Integration Requirements | |
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| Data Conversion | |
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| Data Extracts | |
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| Data Synchronization | |
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| Types of Interfaces | |
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| Understanding OIT | |
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| Error Handling with OIT | |
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| OIT Execution Flow | |
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| Understanding EDI and XML Interfaces | |
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| Understanding OAI | |
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| Assessing the Oracle Applications Interfaces | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interfacing with Siebel eBusiness 2000 | |
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| Overview of Siebel 2000 | |
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| Siebel Application Architecture | |
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| User Interface Layer | |
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| Object Manager Layer | |
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| Data Manager Layer | |
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| Understanding Siebel Thin Client Products | |
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| Thin Client for Windows | |
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| Java Thin Client | |
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| HTML Thin Client | |
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| Siebel Application Integration Strategy | |
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| Understanding the Enterprise Integration Manager (EIM) | |
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| Understanding the Business Integration Manager | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interfacing with Legacy Applications | |
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| Why Have These Systems Endured? | |
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| Displacement of Legacy Systems Is Costly | |
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| Displacement of Legacy Systems Is Risky | |
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| Distributed Client/Server Systems Still Don't Measure Up | |
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| Types of Mainframe Application Integration | |
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| Understanding IBM Terminal Emulation | |
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| Structure of Data Stream | |
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| Basic Features of Terminal Emulation | |
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| Display Emulation | |
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| Printing | |
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| File Transfer | |
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| API (Application Programming Interface) | |
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| Role of Terminal Emulation in e-Business Integration | |
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| Screen Identification | |
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| Flow Management | |
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| Session Management | |
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| Exception Management | |
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| Modes of Terminal Emulation | |
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| User Mode | |
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| Design-Time Mode | |
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| Test Mode | |
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| Runtime Mode | |
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| Summary | |
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| e-Business Integration Practices | |
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| e-Business Integration Methodology: Steps to Success | |
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| Why an e-Business Integration Methodology? | |
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| Phases of the e-Business Integration Methodology | |
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| Strategy Phase | |
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| Planning Phase | |
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| Implementation Phase | |
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| Evaluation Stage | |
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| Summary | |
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| Practical Steps for a Successful Integration Project | |
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| Cultivating an Understanding of Priorities | |
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| Constructing in Layers | |
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| Process Flow | |
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| Application Access | |
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| Transformation | |
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| Transport | |
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| Profiling Performance Early and Often | |
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| Conducting a Performance Profile | |
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| The Cyclical Nature of Performance Profiling | |
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| Building in Resiliency | |
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| Eliminating Single Points of Failure | |
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| Isolating Effects of Failure | |
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| Minimizing Moving Parts | |
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| Implementing Failover Mechanisms | |
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| Embracing Comprehensive Testing | |
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| Component Testing | |
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| System Testing | |
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| Endurance Testing | |
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| Platform Testing | |
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| Performance-Scalability Testing | |
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| Secondary Scenario Testing | |
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| Addressing Secondary Scenarios | |
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| Building with Deployment in Mind | |
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| Building a Traceable System | |
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| Instrumenting System Components for Monitoring | |
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| Linking to Systems Management Frameworks | |
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| Establishing Service-Level Agreements and Testing for Compliance | |
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| Building a Deployment and Management Plan Early | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |