ken vollmer principal analyst forrester research

TeleconferenceThe Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2006Ken VollmerPrincipal AnalystForrester Research

September 6, 2006. Call in at 10:55 a.m. Eastern Time

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Agenda

• What is an enterprise service bus?

• Why should anyone care?

• Forrester’s Wave™ results

• Resulting market dynamics — new segmentation

• Recommendations

• Q&A


An ESB is part of a SOA platform

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But only part . . . what’s missing?

• That depends on your needs

» Embedded repository?

» Governance features?

» Business process management?

» Business analytics?


The relationship between ESB, EAI, and BPMS

Event triggeringXML translation

Web services

MessagingRouting

2004

Process automationApplication adaptersData transformationProcess modeling

EAI

BPMS

20062008

ESBWorkflow

Process monitoringSimulation

Business rules

BEM & CEP


What is an ESB?An intermediary that makes a set of reusable business

services widely available.• Connection:

» Multiple protocols and data formats» Application adapters

• Mediation:» Routing, interaction models, version resolution» Transformation and mapping, message enrichment» Orchestration providing a level of BPM

• Change and control:» Transactions» Security and quality of service» Service monitoring and management


Integration is the primary goal of SOA today

Source: Forrester’s Business Technographics® November 2005 Enterprise Software And Services Survey

Question: How are you currently using SOA?

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SOA Status

Forrester’s Business Technographics November 2005 North American And European Enterprise Software And Services Survey


SOA Expectations

Forrester’s Business Technographics November 2005 North American And European Enterprise Software And Services Survey


SOA platform alternatives

Alternative Example Pros ConsCustom

developmentN/A Highly

customizableCan’t offload

maintenance and support

Open source ServiceMix Low cost Risk?

ESB Cape Clear, IONA, IBM, BEA, PolarLake

Lower cost than BPMS

Limited BPM features

BPMS

(embedded ESB)

Oracle, TIBCO, webMethods, Sun

Full BPM Higher cost


How to build your SOA platform

• An ESB is often a good way to start» Low-end “keep it simple” versus high-end “I want everything”

» Distributed versus hub-and-spoke topologies

• Tools for composite applications» Portals, IDEs, integration tools (including ESBs), BPM, rich

clients

» Integrated tool sets for building and integrating composite applications

• Security, management, acceleration» Appliances can be a quick way to start — pushing down to the

network

» Broader integrated solutions will ultimately prevail


The ESB Vendor Landscape

Standalone ESBsBEA Systems

Cape Clear SoftwareFiorano

IBMIONA

PolarLakeProgress Software

Software AG

Embedded ESB FeaturesCordysiWay

MicrosoftOracle

Pega SystemsSun Microsystems

TIBCOwebMethods


SOA infrastructure market segments

Integration suites with SOA:BEA, IBM, Oracle

Sun, TIBCO, webMethods, SOA platforms:IBM, Microsoft,

Oracle, SAP, Sun

ESBs:BEA AL, Cape Clear, Fiorano, IBM, IONA, Oracle, PolarLake,

Software AG, Progress


The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q4 2005 Evaluation Criteria

Evaluated standalone ESBs and embedded ESBs!!

• Product offering

» Connectivity: protocols and architecture

» Mediation: transformation, repository/registry, process management (optional)

» Control and change: policy management, tooling and life-cycle management, security, service monitoring and management

• Product strategy

• Market presence


Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q4 ’05November 2005, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q4 2005”


ESB market: still hot, moving to mainstream

• Most major platform vendors have entered

• Leaders entering adjacent SOA infrastructure areas

• Segmentation continues ― sustained by open source

• Open source still on sidelines, at component level


Most recent look at the market . . .

• June 2006 report focused on standalone ESB’s only

• Does not include embedded ESBs

• Why?

» Quick refresh schedule

» Embedded ESBs will be evaluated in another WAVE

– Integration-centric BPM suites (IC-BPMS) (Dec 06)

– Related to recent HC-BPMS Wave published in January of 2006


Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 ‘06June 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2006”


ESB Wave Scoring ― Q2, 2006

Vendor ScoreCape Clear 4.15

BEA 4.07Software AG 4.03

Progress 4.00IBM 3.97

IONA 3.82Fiorano 3.43

PolarLake 3.38


Scoring DetailsJune 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2006”


Best practices

• ESB is a good “first” SOA infrastructure — but not always the best way to start

• Expect ESB diversity in large companies ― federation still a challenge

• Security often a best-of-breed add-on to SOA infrastructure

• Not too early to begin to address management, governance — but recognize sufficient maturity required to benefit


Recommendations

• Recognize your organizational profile

• “Keep it simple” best for project level commitments

• “I want everything” best for enterprise deal ― when you’re ready

• SOA platforms best for more new development, some integration

• SOA integration platforms best for maximum heterogeneity


Ken Vollmer

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www.forrester.com

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