Is BizTalk the SOAP Add-On for Your Company?

At this point, you need to ask whether BizTalk is the B2B solution that you need today. For many businesses, the answer is no. BizTalk may provide an interesting platform for experimentation, but some businesses aren’t ready for the robust environment it provides. BizTalk represents a major change in the way companies handle data and transfer it to their partners.

If you are unsure whether BizTalk is the right solution, you can look at the issue in another way. The real question is whether you need to transfer data or whether you actually need to translate and manage it. If all you need to do is transfer data, then SOAP is probably the best technology to use.

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