Research Paper : Esb
Enterprise Service Bus and SOA Middleware
Next Steps in SOA Series
June 2006 — Sponsored by —
Enterprise Service Bus: An SOA Middleware Foundation
Executive Summary n enterprise service bus (ESB) is messaging middleware that provides the secure interoperability and message transport services between application “services” in a service oriented architecture (SOA) computing environment. In researching ESB adoption, Aberdeen hypothesized that since an ESB provides the SOA “highway” infrastructure, its adoption is a proxy for overall market adoption of SOA technology. This report details the findings and analysis of a recent ESB and SOA middleware benchmark survey, providing new insights into the maturation of SOA adoption at mid2006.
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Key Business Value Findings
Users are splitting into three technology camps, which we label SOA Lite, SOA ERP, and SOA Enterprise. SOA Lite is for users who are primarily deploying web services that do not require mission-critical capabilities such as high-volume scalability, high availability and failover, management, governance, and security. SOA ERP is used by companies that are choosing to deploy SOA surrounding their ERP application software. Enterprise SOA requires and uses mission-critical SOA middleware capabilities.
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The overall adoption rate of SOA technology is very robust, with 90% of survey respondents saying they will exit 2006 with experience in SOA planning, design, or programming under their belts. Company size plays a large role in differentiating SOA technology experience; about 20% of enterprise-size organizations (greater than $1 billion in revenue) have more than a year’s experience with SOA programming, compared with only about 6% of mid-size organizations ($50 million to $1 billion). Almost 80% of small companies have no immediate plans to start SOA programming, and only 3% have more than a year’s experience. SOA Lite SOA Lite categorization is justified by the fact that nearly half
Next Steps in SOA Series
June 2006 — Sponsored by —
Enterprise Service Bus: An SOA Middleware Foundation
Executive Summary n enterprise service bus (ESB) is messaging middleware that provides the secure interoperability and message transport services between application “services” in a service oriented architecture (SOA) computing environment. In researching ESB adoption, Aberdeen hypothesized that since an ESB provides the SOA “highway” infrastructure, its adoption is a proxy for overall market adoption of SOA technology. This report details the findings and analysis of a recent ESB and SOA middleware benchmark survey, providing new insights into the maturation of SOA adoption at mid2006.
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Key Business Value Findings
Users are splitting into three technology camps, which we label SOA Lite, SOA ERP, and SOA Enterprise. SOA Lite is for users who are primarily deploying web services that do not require mission-critical capabilities such as high-volume scalability, high availability and failover, management, governance, and security. SOA ERP is used by companies that are choosing to deploy SOA surrounding their ERP application software. Enterprise SOA requires and uses mission-critical SOA middleware capabilities.
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The overall adoption rate of SOA technology is very robust, with 90% of survey respondents saying they will exit 2006 with experience in SOA planning, design, or programming under their belts. Company size plays a large role in differentiating SOA technology experience; about 20% of enterprise-size organizations (greater than $1 billion in revenue) have more than a year’s experience with SOA programming, compared with only about 6% of mid-size organizations ($50 million to $1 billion). Almost 80% of small companies have no immediate plans to start SOA programming, and only 3% have more than a year’s experience. SOA Lite SOA Lite categorization is justified by the fact that nearly half