Web Technology and Enterprise Application Integration

Paper Summary:

This paper reviews and critically evaluates the current state of research on web services and their pivotal relationship to enterprise application integration (EAI). The paper also reviews the role of intelligent agent technologies (IAT). The focus of this paper is on the early adopters of web services, the lessons learned, and a discussion of how these standards are modifying how companies communicate with one another.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Critical Analysis
Web Services Business Scenarios
Research Goals of Web Services
The Relationship between Web Services and XML
Services Composition
Deployment
Applications
Examples of how BPEL is Being Used Today
Usefulness of Intelligent Agent Technologies
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The growth of applications in Web Services is going to be the single most significant development in 2006 (Columbus, 2005). The reason is the exponential growth in applications and the focus on BPEL as a programming standard to drive the development of BOPA-based applications, the increasing reliance on composite applications to align with and support radically different approaches companies are taking to serving their customers Austvold, Carrillo, Preslan 2003, and the development of Agent-based web services that align with ontologies from both a process and product perspective Gibbins, Nicholas and Harris, Stephen and Shadbolt, Nigel (2003). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abrams and Andrews 2005, Management Update: Client Issues for Service-Oriented Business Applications, 2005. Gartner Group. 20 July 2005.
• Alonso, Kuno, Casati, and Machiraju, 2004, Web Services: Concepts, Architectures and Applications. Springer-Verlag Publishing. 1 January 2004. London. ISBN 3540440089
• Andrews, 2005. Web Services Ripen for Strategic Use. Gartner Group. Turnbill, CT. 14 June 2005
• Austvold, Carrillo, Preslan 2003, Customer Application Integration - The Role of Peoplesoft, Oracle, SAP and Siebel. 29 August, 2003. AMR Research Report.
• Baghdadi, 2005. B2B e-commerce and enterprise integration: A web services-based business interactions manager to support electronic commerce applications. August 2005. Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Electronic commerce ICEC '05. Link: http://www.csulb.edu/web/journals/jecr/issues/20034/Paper1.pdf

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