138 Developing Web Services Using CICS, WMQ, and WMB
7.1 Introduction to WebSphere Message Broker
WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) falls into the category of software known as
Application Integration or sometimes called middleware. Its purpose is to
integrate software components that may not otherwise communicate directly. An
example might be a proprietary accounting package on one side and a CICS
application on the other. WMB allows the reformatting of messages from one
system to be used by the other. Business rules can be applied to the data that is
flowing through the message broker in order to route, store, retrieve, transform,
and enrich the information.
7.1.1 Capabilities of WebSphere Message Broker
The primary capabilities of WebSphere ...