The term "Enterprise Service Bus" continues to create confusion. This is in part because the term is used in a few different ways. "ESB" sometimes is used in describing an architectural approach towards enterprise integration relying on intermediary software to perform message brokering, routing, transformation and similar functions. At the same time, "ESB" also is applied to the broad and evolving category of middleware used in implementing ESB architectures. Adding to the confusion, the ESB category of middleware is so diverse that it defies "apples-to-apples" comparisons of ESB capabilities and features.

The purpose of this webinar is to demystify ESBs for HR IT stakeholders. While some HR integrations are quite pedestrian and well known (HR systems ultimately tie into any enterprise application needing to know who is a current employee), HR increasingly is a step ahead of other enterprise functions with regard to complex integration challenges such as interactions with enterprise portals and SaaS and "cloud-based" resources.

The webinar gives HR system stakeholders a basic grounding in ESB concepts and an up-to-date look at the type of ESB offerings in the marketplace. Attendees will gain knowledge of ESB concepts they can apply in discussions with corporate IT and in developing archtitectures supporting HR integration needs going forward.

Video of this presentation has been broken into two segments. This is part 2.