Any workman knows that it is important to use the right tool for any job, both for the sake of the tool and the efficiency of your work. If you’re using a vice grip as a hammer, you’ll likely be disappointed with what it does to the nail and whatever you driving that nail into. The same is true about the software you use. If you’re trying to use a word processor to make your accounting tasks easier, then you’ll probably be disappointed. It is, I suppose, theoretically possible to make a program that does everything, but in keep with the old adage it probably wouldn’t be good at anything in particular. You’ll want to use specialized software for specific tasks. Sometimes, however, a complicated project will require the collaboration of different departments that handle things very differently and with different tools. In such cases you’ll want to guarantee some kind of easy compatibility. That’s where BizTalk Server 2006 comes in.
Microsoft describes is BizTalk Server 2006 suite as a tool used to “connect systems both inside and across organizations” and its purposes is to streamline the communication of data between disparate systems within a business that are interdependent on each other’s output. You may have a supply chain and inventory system that is fairly self-contained, but it is linked, of course, to your accounting department. Moreover, if you are under contract to provide data services to another organization, you’ll have no control of the software they choose to use.
The way you ask a question and organize data determines the kind of answers you get. The same thing is true of software. Two programs that draw on the same pool of data may require that it be formatted differently. One solution is to task employees with assimilating, altering and re-entering data to suit different applications and requirements, but you can save time and money if the process can be automated. BizTalk allows users to automate the process of converting data between formats to make it compatible with different system requirements. It provides many templates and the framework to setup various “adaptors” so that data can be input through one source and dispersed to the systems and organizational elements that require it.
Other functions of the server suite are to make it possible to model business process and dataflow so that, on the one hand, the immediate needs can be catered to. On the other hand, the benefit of such modeling is that it allows enterprises to make adjustments to the model and restructure it to make it work more efficiently.
The BizTalk Server 2006 suite provides the nexus in which business process, data translation and document conversion for example, are processed. It maintains the adapters that handle incoming data and files, modifies or converts information. This is done according to the rules established by the enterprise in question and can be customized for specific applications and organizational requirements.
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