A complex SOA/ESB architecture can resemble a circuit wiring diagram, where service calls are the wires and operations are the components.

If you’re looking to update your IT architecture, can you consider ESB and SOA interchangeably? Unfortunately, the two are radically different — and the difference has nothing to do with ...

As described in SOA Design Patterns, the ESB is a compound pattern that pulls together many enablement and enforcement capabilities that come in handy to the SOA practitioner (see Diagram below).

First, if there is indeed “enterprise architecture” and an “enterprise architect” then the different divisions should not be using different ESBs, or even an ESB for that matter.

The ESB-versus-data architecture point of view is but one example of "technology prejudice." Ideally, SOA should rise above that, offering business value not connected to any particular technology ...

While an ESB isn’t a prerequisite for building an SOA, companies are considering the two constructs simultaneously, especially as they ready enterprise SOA deployments.

Although service-oriented architecture (SOA) is not about technology, technologies can help you deploy an SOA. While there are many good products available, the market is just beginning to mature ...

The rise of enterprise service buses is due in part to the service-oriented architecture explosion. Businesses view SOA as a way to reuse software—even legacy apps—as services with loosely coupled ...

Red Hat's JBoss division is releasing an essential element for Service-Oriented Architecture integration with legacy applications.

Sonic Software was one of the first to market with an enterprise service bus (ESB) product. Now the company is nicely positioned to take advantage of that early lead, as more and more companies move ...