GSA Alliant : Service Interface and Integration
The Service Interface and Integration Service Area defines the discovery, interaction and communication technologies joining disparate systems and information providers. Service Oriented Architectures leverage and incorporate Service Interface and Integration standards to provide interoperability and scalability.
Integration
Integration defines the software services enabling elements of distributed business applications to interoperate. These elements can share function, content and communications across heterogeneous computing environments. In particular, service integration offers a set of architecture services such as platform and service location transparency, transaction management, basic messaging between two points and guaranteed message delivery.
EDS Offerings
- Enterprise Application Integration Services
- Application Development Services
- Business Intelligence Services
Interfaces
Interfaces defines the capabilities of communicating, transporting and exchanging information through a common dialog or method. While Delivery Channels provide the information to reach the intended destination, Interfaces allow the interaction to occur based on a predetermined framework.
EDS Offerings
- Application Development Services
- Composite Application and Portal Services
- Enterprise Application Integration Services
Interoperability
Interoperability defines the capabilities of discovering and sharing data and services across disparate systems and vendors.