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July - 2009 - issue > Technology
ESB, Does My Project Need it?
Srikanth Seshadri
The following are some of the key reasons for using an ESB, as I have gathered from my past experience.
1. ESB Cleans up the Integration Spaghetti
A typical diagram of ESB based transformation is shown above. In reality, all the spaghetti gets into the ESB itself and remains concealed by it. Any issues with the complex wiring inside the ESB demands involvement of expensive ESB experts.
Subsequent to the ESB based solution implementation, enterprises would have to set up teams to manage the ESB and deal with the governance around the ESB usage.
Eventually, there is a possibility of the spaghetti outgrowing the ESB and spilling over, taking the integration back to where it started. The only difference this time is that the ESB will be part of the spaghetti.
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