by Benoit Lheureux | June 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
July 19th update — updated below with reference to 2nd of two CSB case studies, on Mohawk – bjl June 28th update — updated below with reference to 1st of two CSB case studies, just published — bjl ————————————————— Original post follows: I’ve just returned to the US from London where we held our annual Application [...]
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by Benoit Lheureux | January 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
I have been having more discussions with clients lately about integrating SaaS functionality from multiple providers. One recently described integrating five different SaaS applications. Many IT-savvy clients leverage a combination of on-premise or cloud-based integration technology to implement the solution themselves (e.g., using Boomi, IBM, Informatica, iWay, Jitterbit, Microsoft, Pervasive, WebSphere, Tibco, etc.). Although these [...]
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by Benoit Lheureux | January 10, 2011 | 4 Comments
In the run-up to Year-End 2010 my colleagues and I published our annual 2011 Predicts reports, featuring a wide range of predictions related to integration, B2B and cloud computing. These Predicts 2011 Reports include (subscription required): Predicts 2011: Cloud Computing Is Still at the Peak of Inflated Expectations Predicts 2011: Application Integration: A Nimble Veteran [...]
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by Benoit Lheureux | January 13, 2010 | 4 Comments
Yesterday Liaison — a vendor I recently evaluated for our recent update to the Magic Quadrant for Integration Service Providers (login required) announced that it is acquiring ADX — another B2B vendor I’ve followed for years. While this particular commercial transaction was not by itself a huge deal (it does incrementally strengthen and grows Liaison’s [...]
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by Benoit Lheureux | October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
I am a stickler for doing things *in context*. Ask my wife – she’ll be cooking and ask me to fetch the cooking wine and I’ll ask her “why?”. That’s right – asking for context when her stir-fried shrimp are already turning color is simply unnecessary – and annoying. But when you’re doing business activities [...]
Category: BPM Business Process Networks Cloud Cloud Computing EDI Integration Tags: B2B, BPMS, BPN, Cloud, Ecommerce, EDI, Process
by Benoit Lheureux | September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
Last winter for the first-time in my life I created a compost heap. My first attempt wasn’t as large as this steaming beauty down under… … but indeed the fires of bacteria were raging such that the first time I thrust my hand deep into the core it nearly burned. (Yeah, my wife thought that was [...]
Category: Cloud Computing EDI IaaS Integration SaaS Integration Tags: Cloud, EDI, IaaS
by Benoit Lheureux | August 17, 2009 | 4 Comments
Question: What’s common about these events in the last few months? Boomi (a Cloud computing / SaaS integration provider) announces EDI support Google announces Secure Data Connector so GAE functionality better integrates with on-prem applications (login required: Google App Engine Comes Closer to Enterprise Adoption) GXS (the world’s largest EDI vendor) is quietly piloting encrypted [...]
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by Benoit Lheureux | June 14, 2009 | 6 Comments
Gee, whatta surprise — the biggest barriers to B2B integration is people — not technology
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