The more sophisticated EAI products enable the developer to model and program complex application connections that include business logic. Companies offering products in this area include New Era of Networks, known as Neon, and Candle with its Roma suite. Each EAI solution will consist of some combination of several technologies and services. Even traditional database vendors such as Oracle and Sybase are combining and developing technologies to address EAI issues. Data transfer libraries help the transformation process, when information from one resource has to be re-formatted or mapped so that it can be understood by another resource.
Business processes flow through an organisation, sometimes in unpredictable ways.
Intelligent routing, event-based notification or a business process modelling tool may be needed to support the processes. In addition they contain workflow engines to define how the data should flow from one environment to the next. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of ZDNetUK is prohibited. ZDNetUK and the ZDNetUK logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.