IT environments expand as new applications are added to keep pace with business goals. New technologies spring up, as others that were once the latest, greatest thing becomes yesterday's news. Change is inevitable in the application development field, but one issue that remains constant throughout every permutation is “systems integration”—somehow, some way you have to make the technologies in your ever-changing IT environment talk to each other.

Enterprise computing has progressed enormously in just the last few years. Especially with the advent of the Web, not only is it possible for diverse organizations to automate and integrate their businesses and computer operations, it is imperative that they do so. Suddenly, as more and more corporations become Web-enabled and find themselves relying on a myriad of applications, the ability to evolve and integrate existing applications becomes significant.

Virtually all enterprise organizations at some time face the problem of integrating different applications and database systems. In addition, enterprise organizations must constantly evolve. This need to evolve occurs as enterprises strive for competitive advantages. In today's economy, it is rare for an organization to continue to be successful by merely maintaining the status quo. In a sense, enterprises are forced to evolve to stay at the forefront of their industries. Enterprises frequently find themselves having to merge with other enterprises, reorganizing their internal structure, and adopting new technologies and platforms as they strive for competitive advantages. More and more, they are adopting an eBusiness strategy.

Though the “dot-com” business-to-consumer (B2C) concept was not that successful, enterprises still consider the eBusiness model to be an effective medium. The eBusiness model is particularly useful for managing purchasing and supply-chain issues, managing customer relationships and providing customer service, and providing Web-based applications and services. (An example of such a Web-based service is an online customer service application for bill payment and presentment.) Since it is imperative that enterprises adapt to business and technology driven changes, they need an eBusiness model more than ever to adapt their existing business processes, applications, and enterprise systems to these changes.

Furthermore, it is not a simple matter for an enterprise to discard its existing applications, or even overhaul its established business processes, to effect a change in its business model. These kinds of changes are financially expensive to undertake and daunting in terms of human resources. Many enterprises cannot afford to make such changes or discard existing systems. Thus, it is critical for enterprises to be able to leverage their investments in their existing enterprise infrastructure and applications.

Companies also have the option to keep their existing systems and find the means to combine their functionality. In addition to retaining the existing systems, companies can integrate them with new applications to enhance functionality. The key with this option is the cost of integrating the separate applications and systems. EAI has grown out of this need to simplify the process of integrating applications and data.

Minmax has expertise in developing and implementing Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) solutions to make business processes more efficient. We can integrate various legacy systems and applications to allow the seamless flow of information within the whole enterprise system and enable automation of business processes.

We have a sound understanding and considerable experience of working with both proprietary and industry standard Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) such as MQ-Series, MSMQ, and other enterprise messaging systems, which conform to Sun's JMS specification. In addition, Minmax has experience of working with EAI engines such as WebMethods and Biztalk.

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