Integration with SAP - Comparing SAP XI against other EAI Middlewares

I highly appreciate if you could throw some of your expertise and insights to the following:
1. What are all the architectural advantages if we use SAP XI instead of using other integration middlewares such as SeeBeyond, WebMethods etc.
2. Most of the EAI middlewares (such as SeeBeyond, WebMethods etc.) provide BAPI and ALE Adapters to integrate with SAP anyway. So, what is the architectural and business value add if we use SAP XI in this scenario?
3. Compare the capabilities of SAP XI any other top EAI middleware that you are familiar with. (Preferably SeeBeyond)
Thanks,
-Sorna

Hi,
I do not want to comment on other middlewared outright. But, I will surely share the value proposition of SAP NetWeaver in general, and XI specifically as an Integration Platform.
SAP NetWeaver offers a set of solutions for Integration at 3 levels
1. People Integration - Enterprise Portals, Multichannel Access, Mobile Infrastructure
2. Information Integration - BW, MDM, KM
3. Process Integration - XI
All these solutions work on the same Technology Platform - SAP WebAS and can talk to each other seamlessly. They are also very well integrated to SAP Solutions, hence if the back-end applications are from SAP, it gives a strong reason for the customer to choose from SAP NetWeaver stack. It will definitely have performance advantes also when talking to SAP solutions.
The second most important point is, all SAP Solutions are shipping, or will ship their Integration Content (what SAP calls Business Content) for all the various products of the SAP NetWeaver Stack, including SAP XI. This reduces the integration effort required at customer site, since the integration content is already available (atleast from one side, even if the other application is Non-SAP).
Hence, although other middlewares offers capabilities to integrate with SAP solutions, NetWeaver will reduce the TCO in this case by providing better integration, Business Content from SAP, and also support for integration content from SAP.
Warm regards,
Venki.

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Regards,
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