Title: Integration Technology: Concepts and Architecture

Date: Monday, 23 April 2001

Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue: Lecture Theater F (Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater), Academic Concourse (near lift nos. 25/26), HKUST

Abstract
The presentation starts with an introduction of the overall problem space an integration platform addresses. This includes not only business-to-business (B2B) integration but also application-to-application (A2A) integration as well as application service provider (ASP) aggregation. The fundamental integration concepts are discussed as well as the architectural approach to a comprehensive integration platform. Existing and emerging standards that are related to integration in general are briefly reviewed.

Biography
Christoph Bussler is a Member of Oracle's Integration Platform Architecture Group based in Redwood Shores, CA. He is responsible for the architecture of Oracle's next generation integration platform product. Prior to joining Oracle he was at Jamcracker, Cupertino, CA, responsible for defining Jamcracker's ASP aggregation architecture, Netfish Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, responsible for Netfish's B2B integration server, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, leading Boeing's workflow research and Digital Equipment, Mountain View, CA, defining the policy resolution component of Digital's workflow product. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Erlangen, Germany and a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Munich, Germany.