Enterprise Service Bus provides an architectural overview of the ESB, showing how it can bring the task of integrating enterprise applications and services built on J2EE, .NET, C/C++, and other legacy environments into the reach of everyday IT professionals, using an event-driven Service-Oriented Architecture. Through the study of real-world-use cases drawn from several industries deploying ESB, this book coherently outlines the benefits of moving toward this integration strategy, and it compares and contrasts ESB to other integration architectures. Sample Chapter 3, Necessity Is the Mother of Invention, is available free online.

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Using the ESB Service Container -- Dave Chappell discusses the ESB service container--a key architectural concept that provides the implementation of the ESB's service interface--in this excerpt from his recently released Enterprise Service Bus.

Safari Bucks Industry EBook Trend -- This EContent Magazine article explores why Safari Bookshelf, the premier electronic reference library for IT professionals and programmers, is succeeding in the ebooks market where so many others have failed. If you're not familiar with Safari, try a free trial subscription.

Dave Chappell: Inside the Enterprise Service Bus -- Integration Developer News spoke with Dave Chappell to gain insights on how ESBs work, and more importantly, how they may change the way Java developers look at XML, XPath, messaging, and transaction-driven integration projects. Dave is the author of O'Reilly's upcoming Enterprise Service Bus.

JDO or CMP? How do these two technologies compare? Craig Russell and David Jordan offer a summary of the key trade-offs in using JDO versus CMP for your enterprise application, in this excerpt from their book, Java Data Objects.

Tightening Python's Grip in Enterprise IT -- In this OE Trends interview, Alex Martelli talks about how Python scripting can extend the integration capabilities of Win32, ASP.NET, Java, and C/C++. Alex is the author of Python Cookbook and Python in a Nutshell.

Spam Busters -- Richard Koman talks to members of ActiveState's new Anti-Spam Task Force, a blue-ribbon panel of spam busters who've come together to develop new ways of making anti-spam software more effective and appropriate at the enterprise level. ActiveState is an O'Reilly affiliate.