Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Electronic Commerce: Emerging Trends and Technologies

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. The Enterprise

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. A Typical E-Commerce Model

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Example of Some Problems

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Major Problems at present with e- Commerce 1. Lack of systems integration inside corporations 2. Inability to exchange information between corporations 3. Inability to access or integrate with other business

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Typical Organization

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Current Solutions 1. New and improved App servers 2. Just figure it out as you go 3. UNICODE 4. Messy converters, data manipulation by hand 5. EDI, Bury your head in the sand (What problem??)

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. So What Would Make A Good E- Business 1)Integrating the Enterprises Data Space 2)Making Systems “Aware” of each other 3)Ubiquitous communication 4)Easy support of new and emerging technologies 5)Exposing Business processes or Logic to create Federated applications and Component based businesses

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Emerging Solutions Internet EDI, XML, ebXML, XML-RPC, WDDX etc –New and improved structures and ways of transmitting Data, Agents etc E-Commerce is a new paradigm based on traditional ways of doing business. Completely new approaches REDIX and Bablefish XML, XML/EDI

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Example Of a Integrated E-Business

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Spectra For EAI ColdFusion and Spectra can be used as the “Glue” to make Enterprise Application Integration Happen!!!!!

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Before You Start 1.What are the business processes. 2.Who owns them. 3.What is the “Data Space” in which your processes function? 4.Do you need to just interface or do real integration? If so do you need to reengineer your processes. 5.Be sure to consider the potential advantages of true EAI.

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. ERP and Other Application Interfaces 1. Messaging Interface. 2. Internal File Formats. 3. API 4. COM/CORBA 5. Internal Data Base

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. EDI A Quick Review Exchange of fixed structured information between two organizations computer systems. According to Industry Standardized formats that are pre-defined. Both batch and real-time processing modes supported. Door-to-door processing

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. EDI the Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Industry wide standards Formalized process flows Open standards Secure and legal interchanges Available tools and service providers Proven business benefits Implementation Mechanics Maintaining and Updating the Standards Cost of Implementation, steep on-ramp Time to Implement No provision for process and information exchange, data and structure only The GoodThe Bad

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. The UGLY!!!! ISA*00* *00* *08*JCPenny111 *ZZ*test22222 GS*PO*test111111*test22222*971107*1220* *X* ST*850*4567 BEG*00*SA* ** NTE**GOODS SHIPPED PER EDI ORDERS SUBJECT TO JCP NTE**WHOLESALE CONTRACT/LISTINGS TERMS AND CONDITIONS REF*DP*845 REF*IA* SSS*N*VI*OHZQ*NS SSS*N*VI*OHZQ*51 CSH*P4 DTM*010* DTM*001* TD5*****ALL WEIGHTS PEPS-RIDGF N1*ST**92*27516A N3*JCPENNEY CO*HWY 1 SECTOR LAMUDA N4*GUAYNABO*PR*00928 PO1**6*EA*12**CB* *VA*12307 PID*F*08***KAK S/S PRINT CAMP

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Lets Talk About XML The Buzzword for 1999 and the year 2000

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Users can define their own tags XML Technology at a Glance SGML XML HTML Well Formed Document: Aston Martin DB6 87 Dark Green DTD: Document Type Definition <!DOCTYPE Auto [ <!ELEMENT Auto (Make, Model, Year, Color, Price)> ]> The tags indicate the meaning of the marked sections

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. XML DATA Structure Display

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. An XML/EDI Use Model

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. Agent Based Interactions Semantics –DTD’s –XSL –XML attributes, lists, codes Brokering –Catalogue interactions –Repository API interactions Bot Central on the Web and Agent tools – – tmlhttp:// tml –

Copyright 1998, Granularity Information Architecture, Inc. The Dream Total Integration Of the Data Space Exposing of Business logic and Data Agents and the “Aware” Network