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Serving the needs of both business stakeholders and enterprise architects requires a practical approach to enterprise integration and service oriented design; learn how with tips in this article.

Enterprise integration is a complex field, and there is no simple 'cookbook' answer. Patterns are accepted solutions to recurring problems within a given context. They are abstract enough to apply to most integration technologies, but specific enough to provide hands-on guidance to designers and architects. Patterns also provide a vocabulary for developers to efficiently describe their solution.