Synopses & Reviews
'E-business Implementation' is written as a complete guide to successful e-business delivery, from both a project management and a detailed technological perspective.
E-business provides a powerful mechanism for organizations to increase productivity and lower costs. However, in order to utilise these considerable benefits, companies must ensure their e-business is implemented correctly and is appropriate to their market segment.
'E-business Implementation' provides a comprehensive guide to successful implementation and is divided into three parts:
* Part one begins with a project management structure designed to deliver successful e-business functionality within time and budget, while avoiding the high failure rates common to many technology projects.
* Part two details key concepts, technologies, products, vendors, benefits, limitations, and high-level design architectures for e-business, in a phased and risk-managed approach. These include publishing through the Internet and Intranets, portals and content management systems, transacting using e-commerce, integrating internal enterprise applications, integrating with external partners and suppliers, and responding in real-time to changing levels of demand through dynamic e-business and web services.
* Part three details a set of critical foundation technologies that must be implemented correctly for the e-business initiative to be successful. These technologies include e-business development languages such as Java, XML and .Net, hardware platforms and their operating systems, security and networking systems, the Internet Domain Name System, and Open Source technologies.
An invaluable and in-depth guide for businesses and IT professionals implementing and integrating e-business technologies and for trouble shooting existing e-business systems.A holistic approach to the latest issues facing e-business in the modern economy.Provides detailed information on Project Management, Intranets, Portals, Content Management, Transactional e-commerce, Application Server EAI, Hub and Spoke EAI, Message Bus EAI, Extended EAI, Business Process Integration (BPI), Real Time Business Intelligence, Web Services (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI), Java, XML, .Net, Hardware and Operating Systems, Security, Networking Systems, DNS and Open Source technologies.
Synopsis
-- Provides ebusiness information in a concise and practical way for businesses and professionals implementing and integrating ebusiness technologies
-- Reflects the practical considerations of the ebusiness project lifecycle
-- Offers comprehensive coverage using a phased approach from Internet publishing to transacting over the Internet, using EAI to automate the business processes, and dealing with Web Services
E-Business Implementation covers all aspects of implementing ebusiness, from strategies and business benefits to implementing key technologies and high level design architectures. The text is divided into three sections to reflect the ebusiness project lifestyle.
The first section explores how to manage an ebusiness project including the planning, design, piloting, implementation, documentation and resourcing of the ebusiness project.
The second section is focused on five phases of implementing ebusiness technologies. Each technology phase discusses key concepts, business benefits, functional diagrams, technologies, products, architectures, high level designs, benefits and limitations of the technologies and common vendors and solutions. This is the main section of the book and is about the real world use of ebusiness technologies and how to select, deploy and integrate them.
The final section explores critical technologies supporting ebusiness. These include architectural designs for DNS, networking, security, hardware, and development technologies such as XML, Java, and .Net that are specific to the functioning of ebusiness.
Synopsis
'E-business Implementation' is written as a complete guide to successful e-business delivery, from both a project management and a detailed technological perspective.
E-business provides a powerful mechanism for organizations to increase productivity and lower costs. However, in order to utilise these considerable benefits, companies must ensure their e-business is implemented correctly and is appropriate to their market segment.
'E-business Implementation' provides a comprehensive guide to successful implementation and is divided into three parts:
* Part one begins with a project management structure designed to deliver successful e-business functionality within time and budget, while avoiding the high failure rates common to many technology projects.
* Part two details key concepts, technologies, products, vendors, benefits, limitations, and high-level design architectures for e-business, in a phased and risk-managed approach. These include publishing through the Internet and Intranets, portals and content management systems, transacting using e-commerce, integrating internal enterprise applications, integrating with external partners and suppliers, and responding in real-time to changing levels of demand through dynamic e-business and web services.
* Part three details a set of critical foundation technologies that must be implemented correctly for the e-business initiative to be successful. These technologies include e-business development languages such as Java, XML and .Net, hardware platforms and their operating systems, security and networking systems, the Internet Domain Name System, and Open Source technologies.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-324) and index.
About the Author
Dougal Watt has a Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degrees and is the co-founder and consultant for Binaryroom, a specialist e-business consultancy. Formerly the Chief Technology Officer of an Application Service Provider, he has designed and implemented large scale e-business initiatives on numerous international projects. Visit his Website at http://www.binaryroom.com
Table of Contents
Structuring an e-business project; Resourcing an e-business project; The five phases of e-business adoption; Phase 1: Internet-based e-business publishing; Phase 2: transacting with customers; Phase 3: internal enterprise application integration; Phase 4: external integration; Phase 5: dynamic e-business and web services; Critical technologies supporting e-business; Java, XML, .Net; Hardware platforms and operating systems; Security; Networking systems; DNS; Open Source technologies; References; Index.