Why Write a Book on EAI?
If EAI has been around for a while in everything but name, why write a book on it now? As we’ve already suggested, the need for EAI is a result of many years of building distributed computing systems with poor architectural planning. The systems using traditional techniques and technology simply cannot communicate with one another without changing a significant portion of the application. In other words, a logical approach is necessary in order to integrate existing enterprise applications, as well as to address the new breed of technology. This book is designed to provide the average computer-literate person with enough information to determine if his or her enterprise needs, or would benefit from, EAI–and, if so, how to approach enterprise information planning requirements using the concepts of EAI. We will present approaches to implementing EAI within typical enterprises, or between two or more enterprises, using the supply chain integration scenarios. We will also discuss the enab
