Using OpenSource MuleESB
And QXtend To Build Robust
SOA Solutions
Gary Yang, Roundview Technologies
QXtend & MuleESB
About Gary Yang And Roundview Technologies
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Have been a QAD consultant / solution architect since 1997
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Started own consulting business in 2010
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Pioneer in QXtend integration framework implementations with the first
successful project in QXtend and a number of large scale projects, such as
Eaton, Visteon, Avery Dennison, Nexteer, Tower, Freudenburg-NOK, Harris,
Physio-Control (Medtronic), Superior Industries, A. O. Smith, Excel Industries,
Sugar Foods
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Specialize in advanced / new QAD technologies, .Net UI, CSS, Enterprise
Financials, Performance Tuning, Non-Intrusive Customizations
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Have team of consultants in US and China available globally
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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
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SOA is a business operations strategy for leveraging information to meet
the enterprise’s objectives and deliver business capacity
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SOA provides a set of principles of governing concepts used during phases
of system development and integration
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With loose coupling of services, SOA fulfils intra and inter-enterprise
services reuse and process interoperability
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SOA will automate business functions and deliver solutions cheaper, better
and faster
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*From QAD QXtend Training Guide
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QXtend Inbound
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Supports versions eB through QAD 2012EE and SE
Receive QDocs via Web Service and process QDocs by a pool of
sessions (multi threaded)
Supports both standard and custom QDocs
Security checking
QAD Enterprise Applications authentication
XML message validation
E-mail alerts
Pre/post-processing available for added functionality
Query Service (in conjunction with QXO) allows real time query into
QAD Enterprise Applications
Service Interface for maximum flexibility
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QXtend Inbound (QXI)
Enterprise
Interfaces
QXtend
Outbound
3rd Party
Programs
QDoc
SOAP (XML)
Over HTTP
QXtend
Inbound
QAD App
QAD App
QAD EA
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QXtend Inbound vs. CIM
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CIM Has Been Used Very Often In Integration Solutions, But…
 Sequence sensitive
 Easy to break
 Only works with character interface
 Difficult response tracking / exception handling
 Difficult to work across servers / databases / domains
 Maintenance programs with UI triggers (wrappers, ICT, TailorPro) will fail
 End of life approach
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QXtend Is The Answer To The Problems With CIM
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Query Service And Service Interface (SI)
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Allow the data retrieval from QAD via the Web Service
Easy to build for conventional queries
Flexible SI for more complex logic such as best pricing or
BOM (recursive algorithm)
Si can also be used to handle high volume transactions
where UI API does not perform well enough
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QXtend Outbound
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Provides outbound QAD integration
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Event-based publish subscribe model
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Direct Data Publishing model (DDP)
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Publishes QDocs or other XML documents
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Delivers to subscriber via web-service or file
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Real time or batched
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Built-in email alerts
QXtend Case Study
Bank Interfaces
QAD
MES BOM
Shipping Info
For Customs (2TS)
(SRM) Spend
Management
QAD .Net UI Or Batch Initiates
Messaging (Event Or DDP)
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Shared Service Model
Source Application
MFG/PRO #1
MFG/PRO #2
QXO UI
QDocs
Adapter
Adapter
Subscriber
MFG/PRO #1
(via QXI)
QXO
Server
MFG/PRO #2
(via QXI)
MFG/PRO #3
(via QXI)
MFG/PRO #3
Adapter
JCAPS (EAI)
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Solutions We Built With QXtend
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Inbound And Outbound Third Party Software Integrations
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Data Replications
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Master Data
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Transactional Data
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QAD Customizations – Turn QAD Modules Into Objects
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QAD Data Load / Conversion Utilities
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Web Based Solution Integrations
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From QAD eB through 2012 EE
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Selected List Of Customers We Helped With QXtend Solutions
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The Need For An Efficient Messaging Middleware
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QXtend is a point-to-point solution if connected directly with the client
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Cannot handle asynchronous processing
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Difficult to manage messaging exceptions, retries, and notifications
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No visibility of the processing by business
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No guaranteed delivery
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Difficult to manage large number of interfaces
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*From QAD QXtend Training Guide
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Choices Of Messaging Middleware
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Oracle Fusion / WebMethod
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IBM WebSphere MQ
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Sonic ESB
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Sun (Oracle) JCAPS
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Microsoft BizTalk
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Open Source Solutions
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No. 1 Open Source ESB Solution - MuleESB
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Free Base ESB Product
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Commercial Strength
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Graphical Workflow Design
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Mule Studio For IDE
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Scalable, Reliable and Extensible
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Using MuleESB In QXtend Centric Architecture
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QXtend Outbound Flow
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QXtend Inbound Flow: Synchronous
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QXtend Inbound Flow: Asynchronous
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Portal For Business Visibility – The Key To Success
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Remove The Need For IT To Be In The Middle Of Daily Data Issue
Resolution
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Empower Business With The Tools They Need
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Provide Visibility To The Messaging Status And Cause Of Failures
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Provide business with reprocessing capabilities in certain situations
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Have Used Similar Approaches At Visteon, Nexteer, Lang-Mekra And
They Were All Well Received
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Conclusions
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MuleESB is an affordable middleware solution for customers
need more robust integration solution
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Business Portal provides great visibility and issue resolution
tools for business to take control of the integration process
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Questions?
Gary Yang At gary.yang@roundviewtech.com / LinkedIn