Benoit Lheureux

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 a [...]

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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 EDI document archival [...]

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Gee, whatta surprise — the biggest barriers to B2B integration is people — not technology

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Like the beautiful patina on an old bronze coin — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina — integration is a respectful legacy that continues to add value to the modern fortunes of IT, including Cloud computing.
No, integration isn’t cool – as it was 10 years go – but it still rocks. Without it even cloud computing – IT’s latest darling [...]

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The CEO of a respectable mid-sized supply chain integration company has a clever schtick to convince prospective customers that they don’t *want* to do B2B integration themselves – he keeps a pile of thick plastic binders stuffed with various retailer EDI implementation guides in his executive conference room.
EDI specifications are generally heavyweight – often 25 [...]

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