integration

gents,
we have a project where we will have to integrate 8.11 with other external system. for CRM, property management and billing.
i am thinking about using the integration points (XPI, XBP)
did any body use this approach before? any comments or ideas? or does any body recommend another approach?

regards,

I do know of an 8.10 Homebuilder, whom I provide CNC support, that tried this approach and failed. They even had Oracle onsite for many weeks trying to implement XPI. They ended up stopping that project and are now attempting to use interopability. This is not my area, but thought I would offer an outsider's opinion.

We implemented a lot of projects in Italy, with XPI software. In my opinion WebMethods platform (XPI is based on WebMethods) is best real time integration platform. You can also buy only XPI without XBP and develop all services (integration) with XPI development tools (Modelere and Developer)
New release gives full support for WebServices technology!!!!!
My suggest is : go!!!!!!!
Gigi

I am an EnterpriseOne Developer who has been working as a Webmethods consultant for the last two years. My understanding is that XPI is a webmethods adapter used to connect to EnterpriseOne. XBP’s or extended business process are functions provided by JDE. I have used the XPI adapter but not the XBP’s.

I am concerned that the homebuilder went to Oracle to do the XPI install and build. This is because Oracle does not specialize in integration and in particular Webmethods. Oracle is also trying to push their product Fusion. You would be recommended to go to a pure play integration specialist company to do work like this. I have worked at four separate clients with the webmethods toolset and three out of the four clients have been JDE clients involving integration to and from JDE. In all cases the installation and configuration took less than a week.

Webmethods uses guaranteed deliveries publish/subscribe methodology which is perfect for one to one integrations or one to many integration solution. This means that you can publish a single document and have many other systems subscribing to this document. Webmethods does have a suite of other great products like trading Networks which can be used for things such as EDI.

My only piece of advice for any integration is to create a reusable solution. This should be done by open standards and creating reusable components. This is a much better solution than creating a point to point interface. Although the upfront initial costs of development for the first few projects are higher, the long term costs fall away when you start using the reusable components.

gents,
thanks for your comment and advice, but i have one more concern need you guys to comment.
i am thinking of using oracle BPEL instead of XBP, what you think?