Re: When is BizTalk NOT appropriate?

From: Chris Holliday (chris_at_-nospam-adventureology.com)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:53:45 -0500

Add to Nick's list:

Straight DB to DB integration that involvesl little or no workflow and no
business logic. An example would be moving data through an ETL layer into a
data warehouse. This could involve multiple source systems but still not
benefit from Biztalk.

C.

"Nick Malik" <nickmalik@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:CXMIc.67202$%_6.23639@attbi_s01...
> let's see:
>
> a) when the customer wants to spend less than $5,000 on software licenses
> (Add BTS, SQL Server, and Windows 2003 together... )
> b) when you are just moving files around, and not mapping, or creating
> transactions, it's probably better to use DTS or SSH or (heaven forbid)
FTP.
> c) when the customer needs to integrate two systems and is absolutely
> certain that the number of systems involved will never grow beyond two
(for
> example: two legacy apps that are about to be replaced).
> d) a customer with very limited development or support capabilities may
not
> be well served with a server tool like BTS.
>
> Those are the only ones that come to mind. Pretty much the same list as
I'd
> expect for any enterprise app...
>
> --- N
>
> "Mike Seising" <mike@-nospam-seising.com> wrote in message
> news:Ob%23r5FFaEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I have a customer asking me when BizTalk is *not* the best solutiuon to
> use
> > in an integration project. I'm not asking about what product to use
> (BizTalk
> > versus some other product), my question is how do you know when BizTalk
is
> > not a good solution and you may be better off coding something yourself?
> >
> > BizTalk is so useful that I'm finding it hard to think of reasons not to
> use
> > it!
> >
> >
>
>

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