Messaging Backbone in Oracle SOA suite

Question

Hi all,
Can somebody please let me know, whether we have any tools in SOA suite that implements the basic requirements of a Messaging Backbone for SOA.
As per a standard practices a Messaging Backbone for SOA is expected to do below functionalities...
1) Transactionality
2) Sequencing
3) Error Handling & Retries
4) Prioritization
5) Rules based monitoring
6) Processing of messages
Do we have these funtionalities implemented in Oracle's ESB or any of the tools in SOA suite.
If not, do we have any other third party vendor, who provide this.
Kindly let me know....
Thanks,
Shiv

Answer 1

Shiv,
Point 6 is definitely possible. You can read messages (from file, from a queue etc) and transform them.
For point 5 I am not entirely sure:
You can define conditions for your trackable fields (see http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28211/esb_console.htm#sthref258 ) for an explanation.
What do you mean by system utilization?
The other three points, you can solve with a combination between JMS and ESB. (If I understand correctly what you mean by them).
I don't want to give you an advice about what messaging solution you should pick, that really depends on a lot of factors:
- knowledge of IBM products in your organization
- use cases where you want use a messaging solution
- budget
- etc.
I suggest you take a look at the IBM site and also try some of the tutorials that are part of the ESB and SOA Suite. That way you get a feel of the possibilities of the products.
regards,
Lonneke