A CDE Definition

Software from Microsoft that provides integration between business processes within an enterprise and between different organizations. BizTalk Server uses protocol implementations called "adapters" to communicate with applications and includes built-in adapters and a framework for creating new ones. It also provides rules-based routing, conversion between data formats and serves as a protocol bridge between HTTP, SMTP, MQSeries and other applications. BizTalk Server supports the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WSBPEL). See BizTalk.Org, EAI and Web services.