An EAI Pattern-Based Comparison of Spaces and Messaging

Enterprise application integration (EAI)
is

a

major

challenge

for

enterprises

to

ensure

optimal

utilization

of

their

landscape

of

diverse

applications
. Enterprise application integration patterns help
to

ease

this

problem

by

describing

recurring

EAI

problems

and

proposing

possible

solutions.

As

of

today
, message-oriented middleware (MOM)
is

state-

of-the-art

for

EAI

integration

middleware

infrastructures.

However
, space-based computing (SBC)
has

been

found

to

offer

essentially

the

same

qualities

as

MOM

in

terms

of

asynchronous,

reliable

and

loosely

coupled

communication

and

might

therefore

provide

a

suitable

alternative

to

MOM

in

the

field

of

EAI.

The

objective

of

this

paper

is

to

provide

a

comparison

of

MOM

and

SBC

from

an

application's

point

of

view

through

an

in-depth

analysis

of

EAI

patterns,

assuming

SBC

instead

of

MOM

as

their

underlying

middleware
.