Session Details
Session ID:	TS-5341
Session Title:	Rethinking the ESB: Lessons Learned from Challenging the Limitations and Pitfalls
Session Abstract:	Traditionally, commercial integration and enterprise service bus (ESB) platforms have a reputation of being • Big, heavy, and expensive • Difficult to install • Difficult to set up • Complicated to learn and use • A haven for lock-in Over the last few years, a new breed of open-source, lightweight ESB contenders such as Mule, ServiceMix, and OpenESB has attempted to redefine what a productive ESB offering should look like. Although the current generation of these platforms has made significant inroads into addressing these concerns, this session details and demonstrates how the next-generation platforms are pushing the envelope further and trying to achieve the feat of simplicity and productivity while becoming more versatile. Attendees will learn • When using an ESB is appropriate • What properties to look for in an ESB and how to use it to avoid common limitations • How open-source offerings are innovating to become highly competitive service platforms • How these service platforms are adding distribution and topology choices to go beyond the traditional understanding of ESBs For this session, a basic knowledge of SOA and Web services is desirable.
Track:	Services SOA Scheduling Track; Services: SOA Platform and Middleware Services
Duration:	60
Speaker(s):	Andreas Egloff, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Frank Kieviet, Sun Microsystems, Inc.