What is Biztalk?
Imagine you wanted to pull different information from several different systems to create a singular and convenient view. This could be a real time snapshot of your business, your customer, your goods your employee…. what ever. These systems may not naturally communicate with each other so a further application is needed. This application for lack of a better way of explaining it ‘directs traffic,’ whilst hosting and applying business logic predetermined by the developer. That application is Microsoft Biztalk.
Since its release in 2000 Biztalk has sparked a wave of IT integration in modern business and challenged the notion that System integration or Business Process automation need be prohibitively expensive. It is now in its sixth release and it going from strength to strength.
Quick Facts
- Over 7,000 customers worldwide
- 90% of the Fortune Global 100 use BizTalk Server
- Leader in the 2007 Gartner Application Infrastructure and Back-End Application Integration Magic Quadrants
- Leader in the 2007 Application Server Platforms: Conventional Web, Conventional SOA and Independent SOA Forrester Waves
- 12 of the 15 largest retailers in the world run BizTalk Server
Biztalk works across platforms and Frameworks via adapters that ‘plug in’ to Biztalk and interface with the applications. An experienced developer or system intergrator can also build the adapters.
The advantage of Biztalk in your business can be enormous. It includes greater data integrity, faster communication, real time reporting, Business Activity Monitoring, greater collaboration and more. The need for System integration has become common place in many sizable businesses.
To find out how Biztalk can benefit your business, why not take advantage of a free consultation (top of the page)
Further Information
http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/us/default.aspx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/3/c/e3c6b6d8-7fec-459e-9479-1cd320019244/Introducing%20Microsoft%20BizTalk%20Server%202006%20R2.pdf
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