Enterprise Application Integration & B2B
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Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) enables integration and extension of systems and applications to improve productivity and effectiveness of business operations. Enterprise portfolio and infrastructure consists of a large number of both custom and packaged applications. These applications tend to be focused on specific functionality and/or process and often do not directly communicate - leading to data integrity issues or need to use multiple systems to perform a business function. With a greater reliance on packaged applications, the need to intra-enterprise integration has continued to grow. In addition businesses are continued to be pushed to integrate with both their suppliers and customers - who are also looking to cut costs by eliminating redundant manual work.
Microsoft BizTalk Server provides a development and run-time environment for business process management (BPM), Enterprise Application Integration and automation. BizTalk Server provides an end-to-end platform in setting up and deploying enterprise application integration (EAI). |