Architectures for Enterprise Integration (Hardcover)

Introduction. The concept of enterprise integration. The needs of the field of enterprise integration. State-of-the-art on models, architectures and methodologies. Some important articles about enterprise integration. A summary of the CIMOSA reference architecture. The GRAI-GIM reference model, architecture and methodology. An overview of PERA. Introduction to the evaluation methods used. Evaluation questionnaires. Evaluation questionnaires for CIMOSA. Evaluation questionnaires for GRAI-GIM. Evaluation questionnaires for PERA. Analysis of questionnaire results. Short form evaluation questionnaire. Techniques to map the architectures directly against one another. Mappings against a matrix. General observations in comparing candidate architectures. Conclusions and summary of findings. Recommendations for future work. Appendices. Index.