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<FONT COLOR=blue FONT=Verdana SIZE=2><B>This shows the Enterprise Service Bus Architecture (ESB)</B>
<BR>This shows a simpler version of the Architecture without Web Services and where the Enterprise 
Service Bus is optional.

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