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ESB

An ESB is a specific implementation of the EAI concept and is a modern method of achieving system-to-system communication. The key differences are that ESBs are broken down into smaller components that all work together to provide a single bus to facilitate interactions between different systems. ESBs forced communication from systems to align with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) patterns to establish a common and standardized way of sharing data.

A key result of this is that event-driven integration patterns have become more favorable as the key concepts behind ESBs center around producing and consuming events.

The main advantage of using an ESB for integration is the idea that connecting new systems only requires configuration ...