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Chapter 1 Introduction : Functional Components

Functional Components
TIBCO PartnerExpress uses two TIBCO product components, TIBCO BusinessConnect and TIBCO Rendezvous.
TIBCO BusinessConnect
TIBCO BusinessConnect is a business-to-business server that enables secure exchanges of business documents and automates cross-company processes. Its architecture leverages TIBCO expertise with Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) to integrate systems and processes across company boundaries.
TIBCO BusinessConnect also provides partner management features with which you can define and maintain complex partner relationships in electronic commerce efficiently.
TIBCO Rendezvous
With TIBCO Rendezvous, you can exchange data among applications across a network. It supports network data transport, network data representation, and many hardware and software platforms. Therefore, applications running on many different kinds of computers on a network can communicate seamlessly.
TIBCO Rendezvous applications communicate by exchanging messages sent on subjects. The messages can contain any kind of data except memory pointers and usually contain notifications of business events and associated data.
TIBCO Rendezvous features self-describing data structure that contains information about its data type, size, and name. Rendezvous applications on heterogeneous platforms can communicate easily by exchanging self-describing data.

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