I like what Microsoft's ESB Guidance kit has done to readily enable and "pre-solve" .NET and JAVA interoperability. I also really like what our partner, JNBridge, has done with their .NET / JMS adatpers for .NET 3.0 and for BizTalk. As one of our customers...

Microsoft has announced the first full release of our ESB/SOA guidance kit. The Microsoft ESB Guidance extends the functionality of BizTalk Server 2006 R2 to provide a range of new capabilities focused on building robust, connected, service-oriented applications...

Five or six years ago I was involved in some of the original HIPAA solutions architecture projects with some of the largest health plans in the US. At that time the solutions implemented by these plans required extensive effort and investments to fulfill...