Pros of SeeBeyond to BizTalk Migration

Business Value

· Fastest growing integration software, with 5500+ customers in the past 4 years

· Supported by the largest and most stable software company on the planet –course change which is common among smaller players is unlikely

· Lower TCO – on average about half but sometimes as much as one-sixth. This is in part due to the large user community of developers and support communities (average SeeBeyond consultant (independent) is $150 / hour whereas the average BizTalk consultant costs $65-70 / hour)

· Powerful, customizable end to end process management, application integration and trading partner management

· A broad array of technology and application adapters are freely available – connecting everything from SAP, Oracle and Siebel to BizTalk

· Business vertical accelerators are available for faster implementation – HL7, HIPAA, RosettaNet, SWIFT, GDS, etc

· Highly SOA capable – native support for web services in web ports. Now its tightly integrated with the Windows Communication framework supporting all WS* standards

· Hybrid of Hub and Spoke and Message Bus architecture – the “Hub Bus” architecture avoiding the weaknesses of both

· 64-bit support

· Built on the Windows platform – the largest and most broad-based platform integrating a host of other widespread applications - from office to collaboration portals

Development value

· Tightly integrated with Visual Studio – the most widely used and well-known integrated development environment in the World

· Bigger Adapter Community – help and a breadth of knowledge is easily available

· Reduced Custom Coding

· Common Type System Languages like C# (no MONK)

· All internal processing and communication based on open XML standards

· Simplified setup and deployment