This podcast with Mulesource CEO Dave Rosenberg covers the role of the enterprise service bus (ESB) inside an SOA. Rosenberg notes that an ESB shouldn’t be thought of as a singular piece of software sitting in the middle of every application, tossing aside the hub-and-spoke model from the EAI world that often gets grafted onto SOA. He stresses that SOA “is not about integration,” but rather a sensible infrastructure that can handle modular development and changing business needs.

Other topics covered in this interview include:

• How users are more likely to have an “enterprise service network” with multiple ESBs rather than a single or master ESB
• The role of open source in SOA development
• Why neither the Java EE nor .NET meets are well-suited to service orientation
• The roadmap for the Mulesource, particularly in the management area
• What constitutes “SOA infrastructure”
• Data issues, including getting data out of 3rd party SaaS applications

In the world of application development, data is king. Unfortunately many new-fangled approaches to app dev, like SOA, have neglected that importance of turning data into an accessible, reusable resource. This podcast with Marcia Kaufman, partner with Hurwitz & Associates and co-author of Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies, delves into some of the all-too-frequent data mistakes being made by users.

The podcast will cover:

• The drivers for data integration
• Why data needs to be treated like a shared and reusable resource
• The importance of data quality
• Why you need more than an ETL tool to integrate your data
• The necessity for creating a standardized way of handling data