Dr. Thomas Rischbeck is an IT architect and business developer with [ipt], a local SOA consulting boutique with a Java technology focus (see Gartner's Guide to SOA Consulting). He has a track record of successful SOA introduction and delivery projects with a number of Swiss blue-chip clients. He specializes in SOA reference architectures, SOA design patterns and SOA security. Prior to joining [ipt] Thomas worked as an architect with Arjuna Technologies and Hewlett Packard Middleware Labs where he gained extensive experience in Web Services architecture and development.
Thomas holds a PhD in Parallel Computing from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He engages with the world-wide SOA community, is a frequent speaker and book author (co-author of "SOA Design Patterns" and "Modern ESB Architecture for SOA" within the Prentice Hall SOA Series).
ESB products emerged around 2002 from message-oriented middleware (MOM).
Faced with market domination by IBM, MOM vendors were the first to jumpstart
the ESB concept with the aim of developing a unique selling proposition. They
added Web service and EAI capabilities on top of existing message broker
capabilities, and with analyst support coined the term ESB. ESB was
positioned as a low-cost alternative to EAI and panacea for all integration
needs - tell-tale signs of hype. Unfortunately, the standards community was
too late to get on the bandwagon. In the absence of standards guidance and
the lack of a clear definition, each vendor interpreted ESB to its advantage.
As a result, comparing ESBs is like comparing apples and oranges. No two
products are compatible today with severe consequences (in terms of vendor
lock-in) for end users. SCA promises alleviation here, a... (more)
Dr. Thomas Rischbeck is an IT architect and business developer with [ipt], a local SOA consulting boutique with a Java technology focus (see Gartner's Guide to SOA Consulting). He has a track record of successful SOA introduction and delivery projects with a number of Swiss blue-chip clients. He specializes in SOA reference architectures, SOA design patterns and SOA security. Prior to joining [ipt] Thomas worked as an architect with Arjuna Technologies and Hewlett Packard Middleware Labs where he gained extensive experience in Web Services architecture and development.
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