MuleSoft provides integration software that connects applications through its Anypoint Platform. The platform includes products like Mule ESB, CloudHub and Anypoint Connectors. Mule ESB is a lightweight Java-based messaging framework that allows quick and easy integration of applications regardless of technology using a service-oriented architecture. It offers advantages like reusable components, support for multiple message formats, and deployment flexibility. Mule can integrate with applications like SAP, Salesforce, Oracle and SQL Server.

1. By
Arun Yaligar

2. Contents
• Introduction
• Products
• What is Mule?
• Advantages
• Applications integrate with Mule
• Architecture
• Example on Mule

3. Introduction
• MuleSoft was founded in 2006 by Ross Mason and Dave
Rosenberg.
• It provides integration software for connecting applications, data
sources and APIs, in the cloud or on-premises.
• Anypoint Platform of integration products are designed to tie
together software as a service (SaaS) and on-premises software
• The company originally provided middleware and messaging, and
later expanded to provide a integration platform as a
service(iPaaS) approach for companies.

4. Products:
• Anypoint technology
• CloudHub
• Mule ESB
• Anypoint Connectors
• MuleSoft's Tcat Server
• API Solution
• Unified development experience

5. What is Mule ESB?
Mule ESB is a lightweight Java-based messaging framework that
allows you to quickly and easily connect your applications and
enable them to exchange data. Mule ESB uses a service-oriented
architecture (SOA), enabling easy integration of your existing
systems. Regardless of the different technologies the applications
use, including JMS, Web Services,JDBC, HTTP, and more, Mule
ESB seamlessly handles interactions among them all.

6. Advantages of MuleESB
• Mule ESB components can be any type you want. You
can easily integrate anything from a “plain old Java
object” (POJO) to a component from another framework.
• Mule ESB and the ESB model enable significant
component reuse.
• Messages can be in any format from SOAP to binary
image files.
• You can deploy Mule ESB in a variety of topologies, not
just ESB.

7. Applications that can Integrate with Mule.
• SAP
• Salesforce
• Oracle
• MS SQL Server

8. Architecture of MuleESB

9. Mule ESB Example Flow
The flow shows the company tha needs to generate invoices
for customer orders, perform some processing on those
invoices,and then send them to the shipping department for
order fulfillment.