1. Financial Services Enterprise Application Integration Guide
  2. Layered Architecture

Layered Architecture

The Siebel Financial Services Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is an extension of the standard Siebel EAI designed to address integration approaches adopted by the vertical industry. It provides a platform for the development of specific connectors for different industry XML standards.

The following image illustrates the high-level architecture of Siebel Financial Services EAI and various industry XML connectors.

High-level architecture of Siebel Financial Services EAI. In this image, Siebel Financial Services EAI Architecture sits on top of Siebel EAI Architecture, which in turn sits on top of Siebel Business Architecture. IAA-XML Connector (including Party Message Specification and Premium Message Specifications), ACORD XMLConnector (including Commercial Lines and Personal Lines) and IFX XML Connector (including Teller Application and EBPP) sit on top of Siebel Financial Services EAI Architecture. The following components are under Siebel Business Architecture: Security, Data Visibility, Workflow, Transaction Management, Data Synchronization and Replication, Data Analysis/Data Mart, Customization, Software Distribution, Personalization, Content Management, Routing and Assignment, Dynamic Load Balancing, MultiLanguage/Multicurrency, Data Movement, Application Upgrades, Access Control.