When do I use WebSphere ESB, WebSphere Message Broker or WebSphere DataPower Integration Application XI50?
A. When to Use WebSphere ESB? 1: You use WebSphere Application Server and/or your team has skills with WAS Administration and Java coding or 2: You are now or planning on developing business process using WebSphere Process Server (WebSphere ESB and WPS have common tooling, programming model, and runtime) or 3: You are integrating with ISV business applications hosted on WAS or 3rd party solutions which extend and support WAS or 4: You are mainly focused on standards based interactions using XML, SOAP, Java, JEE, and WS or 5: You want to mediate between Web services and existing systems using JMS, WebSphere MQ, and WebSphere JCA Adapters or 6: Reliability and extensive transactional support are key requirements or 7: You want to minimize your server investment by co-hosting WebSphere services and ESB in one application server.When to Use WebSphere Message Broker? 1: You are currently using WebSphere Message Broker but would like to extend existing application integration solutions to SO
