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SAP XI comparative with Cordys & TIBCO

Former Member
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Hi gurus,

Can anybody help me to find how SAP XI is better than Cordys or TIBCO .i.e. comparision between (SAP PI,Cordys,TIBCO)

regards,

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Former Member
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Hi,

If one side either sender or receiver is SAP then XI is dam gud than other middlewares, it is providing some security and we can install other softwares in the XI server like Trex.

Error handling and Sloving the error easrier.

XI has it's own Monitoring to track the incoming and outgoing messages

Synchronous and Asynchronous communication

Reusable components

Reducing cost of development work in future

End to End montoring the messages in SAP XI is great

Maintance is easeir .

The biggest Advantage of XI is that it supports web services.

It has the feature of business process management(BPM) which enables us to impliment the business logic.

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HI

Sap XI:

XI is well suited for connecting SAP systems with each other and with non-SAP. SAP XI provides an integrated workflow engine that allows defining adapters to non-XML protocols and mappings to convert data content from source to target format.

XI comes handy particularly incase of SAP - Non SAP interfaces where you can import standard integration content. Also XI has got sophisticated open standard adapter framework which is very easy to implement and custom logic can be implemented using Adapter module programming.

Advantages

u2022Monitoring is better than any other middleware product. It offers exhaustive monitoring features like message, performance, component monitoring etc, all of which can be used to track and rectify the errors. It follows a hub and spoke model.

u2022When you need to integrate with an SAP system XI has an advantage in supporting various SAP components and so on.

u2022Process functionalities inside XI to modify content in the communication channel on own defined rules for business purposes.

u2022Mappings and adapters are good as comparable with any other middleware product.

u2022Synchronous & Asynchronous communication is possible.

Dis-Advantages

u2022Web methods are particularly good if u have B2B kind of communication with their Trading Partners product.

u2022XI is lacking full-fledged Message Queue compared to other established Middleware products.

u2022It lacks in ability to process huge messages but SAP is working on that.

u2022It does not have a messaging layer exposed by APIs like IBM MQ-Series.

u2022It is not comparable to Tibco in terms of speed.

u2022SAP relies on other vendors except for a few adapters.

TIBCO:

TIBCO is described as having the most advanced BPM features overall, spanning both integration-centric and human-centric features due to the company's aggressive strategy to sustain competitive advantage by adding leading-edge features, whether via internal development or strategic acquisition.

For the integration of custom applications into the e-business infrastructure, TIBCO makes available a comprehensive Software Development Kit that enables enterprises to build their own adapters.

Advantages

u2022Tibco has many adapters that are built by their own.

u2022Tibco simple and productive User Interface is much more matured than XI.

u2022Tibco does publish/subscribe very well. Available messaging types include request/reply, publish/subscribe and publish/reply interactions.

u2022Improves overall system performance by eliminating repetitive batch requests to packaged application systems.

u2022Lowers cost-of-ownership through general n-way rather than point-to-point integration.

u2022Simplifies administration with data transparency provided by subject-based naming.

u2022Enhances networked applications based on component or object development models.

u2022Choice of message delivery service levels for optimal resource utilization.

Dis-Advantages

u2022Tibco does not have asynchronous SOAP/HTTP.

u2022Concept of integration in terms of semantics and steps is a little more complex.

u2022When compared in terms of monitoring, message level trace, message resubmission, pipelining, components monitoring Tibco is far behind to XI.

cheers

former_member193376
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Hi

Cordys provides a Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) that allows you to orchestrate your business functions across your entire enterprise. Recently, Cordys joined the SAP eco-system by completing two product certifications and becoming the first vendor of its kind to achieve certification under the u201CPowered by SAP NetWeaveru201D program.

Cordys allows you to maximize the business potential of your current IT assets, by bridging SAP and non-SAP systems; Cordys delivers an open standards-based BPMSthat can interoperate fully with SAP solutions;Cordys provides you with a business operating system that can seamlessly orchestrate the rich business functionality available through SAPu2019s Business suite;Cordys reduces upfront risks and costs, since it has already proven the ability to smoothlyintegrate with existing SAP solutions

Cordys BPMSenables you to create an agile and adaptable business frameworkthathelps you turn competitive threats into competitive advantages. In todayu2019s ever-changing business world, it is essential to create a flexible IT environment so that your company can cater for and adjust to future threats and opportunities. Cordys BPMS allows you to create your own executable business models in no time and lets them seamlesslyorchestrate the rich business functionality available in SAPu2019s ERP and CRM solutions

Increased return on your SAP investments. Cordys BPMS provides a bridge between different systems that allows you to maximize the business potential of your current IT assets. By allowing existing SAP systems to be further leveraged, Cordys extends the lifecycle of IT systems and increases the return on IT investments.No lock-in assures future compatibility. Cordys BPMSis a very open solution based on accepted industrystandards like Web-services and XML. This means you will avoid future lock-in scenarios and are assured that Cordys will interoperate perfectly with both SAP- and non-SAP business environments, now and in the future.Mitigate risks, reduce time and costs. Cordys BPMSremoves any risk associated with connecting Cordys BPMS to SAP solutions because the u2018Powered by SAP NetWeaveru2019 certification provides assurance thatCordys has already proven its compatibility with SAP solutions. Furthermore, the upfront investmentmade by Cordys to verify its solution against SAPu2019s solutions means that choosing Cordys will save you time and money.

Hope this is usefull

Thanks

Saiyog

Former Member
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hi gurus,

thanks for reply,

pl. any one can give me some comparative about Cordys & SAP XI/PI .

regards,

Former Member
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Hi,

Follow this for Cordys

Advantages :

http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs042605-story03.html

http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F4678DC7-C574-4C3E-BCAA-F988639E93B3

http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,41077,00.html

XI/PI

If one side either sender or receiver is SAP then XI is dam gud than other middlewares.

Error handling and Sloving the error easrier.

XI has it's own Monitoring to track the incoming and outgoing messages

Synchronous and Asynchronous communication

Reusable components

Reducing cost of development work in future

End to End montoring the messages in SAP XI is great

Maintance is easeir .

The biggest Advantage of XI is that it supports web services.

It has the feature of business process management(BPM) which enables us to impliment the business logic.

former_member193376
Active Contributor
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Hi

my understanding is that TIBCO is more of a generic EAI tool which is proved over many years with very good user friendly GUI and can be used to integrate most of the available

applications.

On the otherhand, XI is the new baby in EAI. Its just started to grow its

features and has a tight integration with SAP and the security level is good.If the integration involves

3rd Party applications integrating with SAP then it makes sense to go for

SAPXI. But if SAP is not involved in the integration, (Even though SAP

allows non-SAP to non-SAP integration) XI is a wrong choice.

In additon to this,

-Tibco allows drag and drop of activities and makes life much simpler and

easier for integration and debugging (One can actually place some

breakpoints and find the status at each activity). But in XI, there are no

Breakpoints and design and debugging is a difficult task.

Eg: File transfer scenario is just a 2 mins activity in Tibco, whreas in XI

it would take atleast 15-20 mins to design the entire scenario.

- In Tibco, there are good chances of loss of messages but in XI i didnt

find any such loss of messages so far.

But considering that SAP has more than 45% of ERP market share, XI would be

a strong contender for any EAI tool in coming days and SAP is really pushing

it hard to all SAP customers to migrate from their current EAI tool to XI.

But also if you see, in some scenarios SAP Xi would be a better choice or vice versa and both have their pros and cons.

Hope this information is usefull

Thanks

Saiyog