Next Generation Application Integration: From Simple Information to Web Services

Step 10: Consider Performance

Performance is too often ignored until it's too late. A word of advice: Don't ignore performance! Application integration systems that don't perform well are destined to fail. For example, if processing a credit report for a telephone customer takes 20 minutes during peak hours, the application integration solution does not have business value.

While most application integration solutions won't provide zero latency with today's technology, the movement of information from system to system, or the invocation of common business processes, should provide response times under a second. What's more, the application integration solution should provide that same response time under an ever-increasing user and processing ...