B2B integration - pros & cons

Hello Folks,

I'd like to ask about the pros. and cons. of integrating B2B using web-service "SOAP", Web-Application "JSP & Servlets that provides HTML interface" and messaging such as "MQ Series".

The requirements we have is to send big chunks of data mainly in XML, sending and receiving binary files, and of-course high level of security.

I think development cost will be lowest for web-services because we will not develop the interactive GUI for the other business entities in case of web-application, and will not handle low data composing in case of MQ-Series. Is that true? However what about performance? Is that good compared to MQ Series? What other concerns should I care about?

I appreciate very much your thoughts or links to useful articles.

Many thanks for your help.

Yours,

Ahmed

[854 byte] By [Aboul-Eneina] at [2007-10-1 0:04:52]
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Ahmed,

Another option you may like to consider is using an online hosted B2B integration service. It is available at www.messageXchange.com. It provides a web based XML configuration and XSLT programming capability that can handle and map between just about any format, protocol etc. It can use Web Services but saves most of the programming effort.

It is effectively the same as a hosted message broker and is ideal for small to medium sized applications or message volumes without the cost. The web interface is great since you can remotely configure, monitor and manage different integration projects.

It supports digital certs, HTTPS, SFTP and the security associated with message stds ebXML and RosettaNet. Anyway, you can check it out by registering t the web site and using for a free trial period.

John

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