The Architect’s Guide to Event-Driven Integration

In the ever-evolving landscape of software/system architecture and integration, the transition from enterprise service busses (ESBs) of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) era to today’s integration platforms as a service (iPaaS) and the new, modern event-driven integration paradigm marks a significant shift. The differences between these eras are profound, with modern approaches and business requirements causing a significant change in how systems communicate and interact.

This paper covers the decline of ESBs and centralized integration; the ways in which decentralization and heterogenous runtimes (cloud, multi-cloud, self-managed, on prem) has caused businesses to have many integration tools; how businesses today face challenges in providing real-time customer and user experiences; and why we need a new way of thinking about the problem.