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In the market there are several EAI products.
EGate (SeeBeyond-Burbank, California), Cloverleaf (Quovadx, Dallas), Rapshody (new vendor).
Having worked on eGate and Clover Leaf, I have listed below some comparison.
1. Learing curve: eGate Two classes ($2000 per each)
Quovadx: 3 classes ($3,000 per each) plus unix, HL7. Total 5 courses may be.
2. Scripting : eGate : Java and Monk. But monk is phased out of 4.5.3
CloverLeaf: TCL scripting. There is a learning curve.
Rapshody: Java
In the market there are several Java programmers. Easy to find them. TCL programmers — not many.
3. Alerts monitoring: eGate: it is a additional feature ($15,000). Easy to configure.
CloverLeaf: It is integrated with standard product.
4. Monitoring: eGate: It is integrated product with any versions. You can add users and define roles based on operator/system administrator. So that it can be installed in Operator’s room so that they can start/stop if issues arises. But they cannot view/modify the codes.
CloverLeaf: It does not come with standard product. Rather it has to be purchased with Advanced Security/Global Monitoring. Which cost about $30,000. It also requires Sun’s LDAP server(extra cost). If an organization uses Active Directory, LDAP is no use. There fore it would not be useful.
5. Performance: eGate and Cloverleaf run perform very well in HP, AIX and Solaris.
6. Installation: eGate – fairly easy.
Cloverleaf – require extensive knowledge.
7. Product support: eGate – At times provide hotfix per site. They do not wait for next release.
In conclusion, each product has its own features. Need to decide what are the expectations and what the product has to offer.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Reggie