DUBLIN, Ireland- Nov. 24, 2004–Research and Markets has announced the addition of Achieving Interoperabilty With Emerging Technology Standards: 2004 to 2005 Outlook to their offering
Interoperability–the seamless exchange of information both within a company’s internal systems and in conjunction with its external trading partners’ systems–is critical to the advance of electronic commerce. Emerging technology standards such as XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, and ebXML are driving interoperability, both internal and external. These standards are changing the economics of digital information exchange. By introducing a standard means of binding application components and tagging, describing and transporting data, technology standards will drive down information access costs. In addition, as costs fall, the flow of intersystem electronic information will increase dramatically.
In fact, of the 300 IT and B2B decision-makers that participated in the
2004 Interoperability Survey, 72% of enterprises overwhelmingly agreed they would achieve interoperability by converging on common standards.
Which technology standards will prevail?
From BPEL to UCCnet to RosettaNet, this report analyzes the emerging standards that enterprises are looking to invest in and what it will take to achieve interoperability success. Companies integrate systems to drive businesses, not to drive IT standards. Therefore, what are the business processes enterprises are looking to enable and what are they trying to achieve? What is holding back B2B standards adoption? Developing an effective supply-chain integration strategy for the long term means companies must successfully navigate integration standards and map them to business needs. This report examines these issues and how companies are resolving interoperability challenges.
I. B2B Interoperability Gains Critical Attention 3
B2B Standards Take Off 3
Mapping to Specific Business Objectives 6
II. Internal Interoperability: Leveraging Common Standards 8
III. High Cost and Too Many Standards Are Greatest Inhibitors 9
IV. Emerging Standards 11
V. Standards Organizations Offer Valuable Support for Interoperability 12
VI. Recommendations: What It Takes to Achieve Interoperability 13
VII. Conclusions 15
VIII. Glossary of Terms* 16
IX. Further Reading 18
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