APIM 6.4 - Overview.

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is a rapidly growing segment in enterprise computing. Nevertheless middleware based on proprietary adapters is a very costly way of managing integration and the project's complexity and risks often delay the investment decisions. This old fashion architecture is being superseded by Managed web applications. Thanks to unprecedent collaboration from IT leaders (Microsoft, SUN, HP, IBM) , Web Services has gain strong market momentum, providing a very large set of standardized tools to integrate business process across boundaries.

The architecture APIM relies on would replace the current application integration approach - costly proprietary adapters for each application to application connection - with an open, standards-based procedure whereby any compliant application can simply "subscribe " to the services of another. APIM is a solution for the organizations who think that EAI is a rigid an out of price solution. If you are among this group of people, you will welcome a low investment access alternative. (Elapsed integration time will be measured in hours rather than months -for typical EAI applications) and fees will decrease from a 100:10 ratio)