MuleSoft, an open source provider of web middleware, has introduced Mule ESB 3.0, an integration infrastructure software, that enables developers to integrate enterprise data and applications with SaaS and cloud-based web applications.

The new Mule ESB is a lightweight open source enterprise service bus (ESB) and integration platform that allows developers to connect applications together and in the cloud using SOA principles.

The new open source ESB features include Mule Cloud Connect that enable developers to integrate enterprise data and applications seamlessly with SaaS and cloud-based web applications; and the next level of configuration simplicity feature that provides flow-based configuration and pattern-based configuration.

The operational flexibility and uptime feature of ESB includes new deployment model, automatic hot deployment, service and application isolation, and dynamic endpoints.