Only a few years ago, concepts in application integration applied to EAI
technologies such as messaging oriented middleware (MOM). However, now Web
services is the new technology in town. Because Web Services is a different
integration paradigm than traditional EAI, opportunities exist for the use of
Web services where EAI falls short.
As one Web services writer aptly said, "Both approaches [that is EAI and Web
services] are valid but typically not in the same business context. As a
result, we do expect that both Web services technology and EAI will
complement each other to offer a portfolio of approaches to build composite
applications upon. Most likely, this will lead sooner or later to the
integration or consolidation of both approaches."
From this article, you will gain the ability first to understand the
differences between Web services and traditional EAI tec... (more)