by Dave Linthicum

Can the Old EAI Dogs Learn New SOA Tricks?

analysis
Sep 5, 20061 min

Many of the "traditional" integration/EAI guys have been contacting me recently looking for some direction. It's typically sales and marketing folk, who are tasked with selling the stuff, and are having trouble these days. As it seems, while SOA is taking off, many of the companies who defined the EAI/integration space (well, at least product-wise) in the late 90s are finding that users are passing up their prod

Many of the “traditional” integration/EAI guys have been contacting me recently looking for some direction. It’s typically sales and marketing folk, who are tasked with selling the stuff, and are having trouble these days. As it seems, while SOA is taking off, many of the companies who defined the EAI/integration space (well, at least product-wise) in the late 90s are finding that users are passing up their products for SOA up-starts.