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The article reports on the enterprise application integration of technology infrastructure for managing multiple computer software applications by application service providers. The integration process enables business developers to perform different applications and helps to manage large number of users and transactions within an enterprise. Furthermore, the applications include the integration of service oriented architecture that enhances performance of various computer operations, open source software, and the distribution of enterprise service bus that provides foundational services in the implementation of enterprise messaging system.

The article reports on the significance of enterprise application software for application service providers. The use of computer architecture helps in increasing customer satisfaction and aids towards efficient operation of an enterprise. The enterprise application performs business functions hosted on a server that provides services to users mostly over a computer network. Computer applications include the enterprise mashup technology, adopting the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services that formally specify business processes and interaction protocols. On the other hand, the service-oriented architecture expresses a perspective of software architecture that aims to achieve loose coupling among interacting software agents.

The article focuses on the relationship between Information Technology (IT) executives and software as a service (SaaS). It has been said that It executives did not values SaaS due to its competition with SaaS vendors when it comes to particular functions or types of computer software application. However, IT executives have to embrace SaaS to demonstrate their ability to facilitate and support business initiatives. In addition, SaaS offers several benefits including flexible payment terms and tiered feature sets, cut deployment burdens and time to deployment. INSET: NO EXIT?.

The article focuses on the Integration Server by Opalis Software Inc., which executes run-book procedures triggered by events. The company claims integration with most touts predefined best-practice run procedures and policies included as templates for quick conversion from manual to automated operations. Opalis Integration Server automates the actions of operators and administrators, improving consistency, minimizing downtime and freeing IT for higher-level tasks. It also automates a host of manual procedures for monitoring, tracking and diagnosing problems, letting IT enforce the best-practice expertise that run books advocate and focus on higher-value projects. INSET: the upshot.

The article features the Control Tower System, a blade server-management software acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP). The software version manages the blade-systems of HP as well as the ProLiant BL server blades. Thus, it replaces the edition Rapid Deployment Pack-Linux. It enables a 30-minute installation period for Red Hat Enterprise, SUSE and Windows 2000/2003 servers. However, this version does not replace the Insight Manager. In fact, HP is now recommending the use of Insight Manager as an overriding manager in mixed environments.