Architecture selection

Let's look at how these candidate architecture technologies stack up against each other. We can break down the primary benefits and risks of each choice as follows:

BizTalk Server 2010 with ESB Toolkit 2.1

 

Benefits

High-throughput application

Proven deployments

Expertise available in core BizTalk platform

Existing components meet many requirements

Enterprise-class hosting infrastructure

Risks

Management may view this as an ESB in a box

Limited proven expertise available on the ESB Toolkit

Ongoing support for ESB Toolkit, which is not officially part of the product

Windows Server AppFabric

 

Benefits

Simple deployment and management model

Built on top of Windows Workflow 4

Expands on existing .NET development capabilities ...

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