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Integration Options with Siebel EAI

Depending on your requirements, the ways that you can approach your integration include:

• Use prebuilt Siebel EAI connectors to integrate a Siebel application with your back office system or your e-commerce application
• Use custom built Siebel EAI connectors to integrate a Siebel application with an external application
• Use a third-party EAI product to integrate a Siebel application with an external application
• Use a middleware solution to integrate a Siebel application

Siebel Business Applications provide solutions for each element of the EAI planning process:

• A programmatic interface, such as COM or Siebel Java Beans, provides a tightly coupled integration for real-time data exchange.
• An adapter, such as MQSeries or the HTTP adapters, provides a loosely coupled integration for real-time data exchange. This means that one system must be aware of the implementation details that are defined for the integration of the other system. A message or a document is exchanged between these systems.
• Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager (EIM) provides a solution for a high volume batch integration. For more information, see About the Enterprise Integration Manager.