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Attributes of an ESB integration infrastructure are:

• 1) distributed - to remove geographical constraints
• 2) message-based - to promote loose coupling
• 3) based on open standards - to preserve investment and encourage partipicipation
• 4) reliable - to meet the requirements of mission-critical business operations

As an integration infrastructure, the ESB does a number of things.
1) The ESB transports information
2) The ESB routes the information appropriately
3) The ESB transforms the information as required
4) The ESB provides visibility into the message, allowing content-based routing.

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