SCT will also expose Banner2000 to other applications in this way. In the future, University applications must be purchased or built to produce and consume messages to share data with other applications. As part of the UI-Integrate project, many existing enterprise applications that must share data with Banner will be modified to produce and consume messages. In many cases, existing interfaces such as batch extract and feed files will be leveraged to produce and consume messages. This article provides a high-level overview of the enterprise messaging strategy, contrasting it with what the University has done in the past.
Messaging is an approach to integrating applications.
In the past, the University employed a number of strategies when integrating systems. In many cases the approach used for similar integrations differed because different departments, groups, or staff were building the interfaces. In those cases the technology and strategies were selected based on the skills of staff or the availability of specific technology. After a number of years of integrating applications in this way, the University has many different technologies with varying configurations to maintain in order to support its application interfaces. When new needs arise and the institution attempts to change to meet those needs by purchasing new applications, building new applications, or modifying existing systems, the analysis and redesign of existing interfaces requires significant effort.