AJAX Service Bus

In computing, an Ajax Service Bus (ASB) refers to a software architecture construct, that describes a communication mechanism from the browser to the Server. The ASB is built for the reliable, secure and scalable needs of global networked enterprises allowing business applications to run in the browser. The ASB manages the application’s network communication and provides a channel for optimizing the application web messaging needs. Current Ajax applications rely on the browser’s asynchronous communication capabilities called the XMLHttpRequest (XHR). An ASB sits on top of the XHR and provides sophisticated performance and reliability features such as two-way multiplexing, once-and-only once guaranteed delivery, publish/subscribe exchanges and asynchronous push events.
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