TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks is a scalable, extensible, and easy to use integration platform that allows us to develop integration projects. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks uses the TIBCO Designer graphical user interface (GUI) for defining business processes and the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks process engine executes the business process.TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks also works with TIBCO Administrator, a web-based GUI for monitoring and managing run-time components.

Application Integration:

Application integration is one of the most pressing challenges of today’s enterprise. An enterprise may need to integrate back-office systems with the Internet, a purchase order management system with the customer service management system, or any of the above with legacy or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems.

An integration platform should allow us to design the business process, that is, the flow of data. The business process should transparently receive and send data throughout the enterprise and beyond.

Integration Benefits:

The integrated enterprise works seamlessly. Different departments and groups share communications and can together respond quickly to customer needs. With less time spent on administrative and manual tasks, employees become more productive and the integrated system yields a significant return on investment.

This return increases as the company grows. The illustration below shows how TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks connects to applications of different types, databases, trading partners and exchanges, etc.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Prerequisites:

The following products are prerequisites for TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks and must be installed prior to installing TIBCO BusinessWorks:

• TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA) supplies a number of TIBCO and third-party libraries used by TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks and other TIBCO products both at design-time and runtime. This includes, for example, TIBCO Rendezvous software. We must install TIBCO Runtime Agent on each machine that hosts a TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks process engine.

• TIBCO Designer is a graphical user interface (GUI) that is installed as part of TRA. TIBCO Designer provides and easy-to-use design-time environment that supports adapter configuration, process design, and testing of the integration project.

• TIBCO Administrator supports deployment, security administration, and monitoring and management of processes and machines. TIBCO Administrator consists of the TIBCO Administration Server and the web browser based TIBCO Administrator GUI.