Enterprise Integration with Web Services delivers the broad integration capabilities of traditional EAI solutions, but substantially minimizes the level of risk, complexity and cost. Traditional EAI solutions often fall short of delivering the flexibility and adaptability needed for the agile enterprise due to proprietary integration adaptors, scripting languages and messaging architectures. These "brittle" integration solutions often require substantial redesign efforts when small changes are introduced.

In contrast, EAI with Web Services provides a platform neutral, standards-based, widely supported solution. Web Service integration points are inherently reusable, and are considerably easier to develop and modify than custom proprietary implementations.

VTM implements Web Service-based EAI solutions that provide the foundation for an agile, Service-Oriented Enterprise. The resulting IT infrastructure easily connects and reuses Web Services and allows you to operate faster, respond quicker to changing needs, and maintain your competitive business advantage.

Traditional EAI solutions do not typically encompass Business Process Management (BPM) capabilities. However, BPM solutions can be easily layered on top of Web Service integrated systems to provide additional benefits. Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS) is widely recognized as the leading Web Services-based standard for process automation, workflow management and exception handling.

VTM provides comprehensive process management solutions using Web Services and BPEL4WS to execute complex process and workflow scenarios. Since these solutions are based on Web Services standards, the same tools can be used to span external business partners as well as internal participants.

Web Services technology is well on its way to becoming a permanent fixture in the corporate enterprise. Web Services provide a compelling solution for complex integration challenges, while delivering an adaptable IT infrastructure to support the agile enterprise.