- Nicolas Farges. Enterprise Service Bus (ESB): Lasting concept or latest buzzword? 2003.
- Steve Craggs. Best-of-Breed ESBs. 2003. 25 pp.
- Rick Robinson. Understand Enterprise Service Bus scenarios and solutions in Service-Oriented Architecture. 2004.
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Part 3. - Dave Chappell. Enterprise Service Bus. 2004. 274 pp. Preview on Google Books.
- SONIC ESB. An Architecture and Lifecycle Definition. 2005.
- Cape Clear's Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). 2005.
- Cape Clear. Service-Centric vs. Message-Centric ESBs. 2005.
- Lori MacVittie. Make Way for the ESB. 2006.Comparison of 8 ESB Suites.
- Ken Vollmer and Mike Gilpin. The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2006. Evaluation of several ESB vendors.
- Lori MacVittie. ESB Reviews. 2006.
- Dr. Dobb's. Enterprise Service Bus. 2006.
- Microsoft ESB Guidance. 2007.