The JBoss Enterprise SOA platform is the first full-fledged open-source SOA offering designed to speed business execution both within and across the enterprise. The JBoss Enterprise SOA platform helps achieve better business performance and is simpler, more open and more cost-effective than a proprietary SOA platform.
The goal of the JBoss Enterprise SOA platform is to achieve maximum flexibility in a variety of deployments ranging from small-scale integration projects to enterprise-class SOA integration. The JBoss Enterprise SOA platform is built on leading open source projects, including JBoss ESB, JBoss jbpm, and JBoss Rules, with lightweight footprint and easy installation for low-cost operations. These leading open source projects provide the following capabilities for the JBoss Enterprise SOA platform:
JBoss esb– application and service integration and mediation, conversion, registration
JBoss jbpm– Service Consolidation, workflow (people and services)
JBoss rules– Business Policy and rule management, and integrated, message-based routing rules
The platform also includes scalable clustering, Java EE technology, and a highly customizable foundation to meet changing business needs. the platform integrates SOA, enterprise application Integration (EAI), business process and rule management (BPM) and event-driven architecture (EDA) technologies to integrate service and application and business process automation to improve business productivity. The product will help enterprises to improve and strengthen the implementation of the business through:
Simplify application integration with service-oriented architecture
Automate traditional manual operations to eliminate the disadvantages of manual processing in business processes
Reduce errors in business processes by reducing and eliminating unnecessary human intervention in business processes
Improve customer experience by reducing errors in data processing and accelerating customer service
Build on proven open source projects that provide the clustering, failover, and load-balancing capabilities necessary for best-in-class SOA deployments to enhance enterprise scalability and reliability
"Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise SOA platform enables businesses to integrate applications and services in a simpler, more open and cost-effective way, and to optimize business processes and get rid of those expensive and huge proprietary SOA platforms," said Pierre Fricke, the Red Hat Company's SOA product line manager. JBoss's Open source model brings innovation to the forefront of a new generation of SOA platforms that, when combined with the JBoss subscription model, will provide significant business and it value for enterprise SOA integration projects. ”
"We use the JBoss Enterprise SOA platform to improve the timeliness and accuracy of customer service order fulfillment processes," said Bryan Rank, vice president of Cadtel Systems Engineering. JBoss provides the functionality we need while also providing us with the flexibility and security to modify the source code as necessary, saving Cadtel company about $500,000 in development costs per year. ”
Compared to other products on the market, the JBoss Enterprise SOA platform allows organizations to tailor the platform deployment to their specific needs, including the use of an entire solution, individual components, and even integration with third-party open source or closed sourced products and tools. Users of the JBoss enterprise SOA platform come from a variety of industries, including financial services, transportation, telecommunications, government and entertainment. Use cases include in-house integration projects, business process automation, and orchestration integration.
The JBoss Enterprise SOA platform also supports the growing ecosystem of SOA partners, including: Active endpoints, AmberPoint, information builders and Iway software, seewhy, SOA Software and Vitria technology. These partners add new value to JBoss Enterprise SOA platform deployment through their governance, security, registration and library, tools, business process automation and activity monitoring, and enterprise adaptation solutions.
The JBoss Enterprise SOA platform subscriptions include access to certified products, technical support (including code upgrades, modifications, and updates), customer support portals, documentation, and long-term enterprise stability.