A lot of people have asked whether they should build their own messaging hub or outsource this capability to a VAN or other transaction service. Of course, the answer is “it depends.” There are a lot of factors in making this choice - and many enterprises should use a combined approach. BIT even offers a B2B Integration Roadmap to help you choose. But is it the right question for the times? Have the Internet, service-oriented architecture, and evolving Web services protocols changed the game enough that we should reconsider the options rather than choose between them? I started to "blog" my thoughts and it ran too long for a post. Way too long (five pages). When you have time, check out “The Business Case for an Enterprise Messaging Hub.” - Fred Domke, President, Business Integration Technology

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