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In this podcast, Mark Richards, senior IT architect at IBM and author of Java Transaction Design Strategies, discusses why ESB is best defined by the capabilities it should have rather than by an industry-standardized definition. In addition to offering a preview of what he will discuss at TSSJS in Las Vegas, he also offers insight into several questions about implementation including:

• When to use an ESB and when to skip it
• Which functionality you do and don’t want in an ESB
• Why an ESB has become viewed as a central player for implementing SOA

Is an ESB is a requirement for SOA implementation? Download this podcast today to hear Mark’s expert perspective on why this is a trick question.

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In his upcoming TSSJS presentation The Enterprise Service Bus: Do We Really Need It? Mark will skip the hype and go in-depth on all of these topics. You’ll also discover:

• Alternatives to an ESB
• How to keep your ESB fast and lightweight
• How to maintain a cool head when the ESB buzz throws workflow, BPEL servers, business service reuse, and application server extensions at you.

Mark will also present Advanced Topics in the Java Persistence API in which he discusses the advanced features of JPA, such as using multiple providers, replacing providers, entity relationship mapping, lazy loading techniques, handling compound keys, and how to use Stored Procedures with JPA.

Register today to join Mark Richards and over 50 other industry experts at TheServerSide Java Symposium at the Venetian in Las Vegas on March 21-23.

Other popular sessions include “Spring 2.0 and Beyond,” a hands-on coding session with framework founder, Rod Johnson; “Large-scale EAI, SOA, ESB and Grid in Java” with John Davies; and “Agile Development Methodologies” with Venkat Subramaniam, co-author of Practices of an Agile Developer.

See the complete session and speaker line up here.

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