WebSphere WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, Version 6.0.1 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Service integration technologies

The server and bus environment of WebSphere ESB is built on the service integration technologies of the underlying WebSphere Application Server.

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The service integration functionality within WebSphere Application Server provides a highly-flexible messaging system that supports a service-oriented architecture (SOA) with a wide spectrum of quality of service options, supported protocols, and messaging patterns. It supports both message-oriented and service-oriented applications.

This messaging system is based on the concept of a service integration bus, which combines the messaging fabric and service-oriented capabilities:

You can configure service integration in a variety of different ways; for example, to tailor the functionality to meet specific messaging needs without needing specialized messaging point products.

Within WebSphere Application Server, service integration provides:

For more information about what is provided by service integration technologies, see the following WebSphere Application Server topics:

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