Where does TIBCO BusinessWorks fit in?Transport layer

TIBCO BusinessWorks Run-time ArchitectureTIBCO Administration ServerFault-tolerant Process EnginesConnect to Enterprise Applications through Adapter ServicesConnect to File and Database systemsEvaluate Business Rules, Perform TransformationsCommunicate overthe InternetHTTP, SOAP,SMTPRV/JMSODBC,JDBCTIBCO Runtime Agent

TIBCO BusinessWorks Components The complete picture

TIBCO Designer.TIBCO BusinessWorks engine.TIBCO Administrator.TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA).TIBCO In Concert (Optional).

TIBCO BusinessWorks Features

Messaging. Adapters Services. Business Process Modeling. Schemas and Data Mapping.

TIBCO BusinessWorks Features:Messaging TIBCO Business Works has messaging system that can reliably handle the volume of messages that will be sent and received by it.

The system has the following characteristics: Guaranteed and fault tolerant. Distributed architecture. High Throughput. Scalable.

TIBCO BusinessWorks Features:Adapters Adapters receive information from a source application and publish it to the business process in a shared format.

Adapters subscribe to information from a business process.

Translate it to a format the target application can understand.

Adapters can also be set up to work in a client/server mode (using remote operations.)

TIBCO BusinessWorks Features:AdaptersTIBCO BusinessWorks fully integrates with the following adapters:

Technology adaptersIncludes adapters that access files or databases.

Application adaptersIncludes adapter for PeopleSoft, SAP R/3, Siebel, and others.

TIBCO BusinessWorks Features

Business Process Modelling The business processes describe the actual flow of data inside the enterprise. In TIBCO BW, TIBCO Designer GUI is used to design and test processes.

TIBCO BusinessWorks Features:Business Process Modelling Features Configuration of adapter services.

File Read, File Write,and File Create, email activities, timers, FTP activities, etc.

A transformation tool to map the output of one activity to the input of subsequent activities. Conditional transitions supporting XPath syntax. Grouping of activities. An easy-to-use design-time process debugger.

TIBCO BusinessWorks Features:Schemas and Data Mapping Different applications in an enterprise use different data representations.

For example, a purchase order in a PeopleSoft system differs from a purchase order in a Siebel customer service system.

TIBCO BusinessWorks allows you to view and manipulate the data coming from and going into each service or activity using XML schemas.

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