Synergy 2000 Chip Casanave President Data Access Corporation
Dec 26, 2015
Synergy 2000
Chip CasanavePresident
Data Access Corporation
IT evolution
Task automationIT supports business process executed by
people Intra-business automation
IT hosts and executes business processes within the enterprise
Inter-business automationIT hosts and executes business processes
among enterprises
Inter-business automation
Requires… Precise, shared process definitionsCommon repository for definitionsParticipant subscription to definitions
Offers…Dramatic efficienciesSpeedSpontaneous utilizationExpanded opportunity
The eBusiness vision…
A marketplace of eBusinesses and eCustomers
Global business interaction over the internet
Electronic, automated buying, selling, payment, support and service
Delivering the eBusiness vision
A new, standard resource is required to facilitate the eBusiness vision…A standard means of expressing eBusiness
communicationA standard means of containing, transporting
and representing eBusiness informationA common method of extending legacy
applications to eBusinessA common method of implementing new
applications
Standards required
Major business and technology expansions occur when global standards are adopted
Industry examples…Automobiles – fuels, tires, operating protocolsFreight - containerizationCommunications – Telephone, fax & cellular
phones/deviceseBusiness must standardize to realize its
potential
Pressure for standards
“Forrester Research has estimated that by 2003, fifty times the number of transactions will take place than took place in 1999 …so the need for rapid standardization of this [eBusiness] infrastructure is critical.”
Robert Sutor, IBM delegate to ebXML
XML
•Fulfills the requirements of delivering the eBusiness vision
Open, fully user definable and extensibleCompletely platform independentOffers open information without prior
definition of how or where it will be used
XML offers…
A facility for business process integration, transaction processing and data publishing across:CompaniesPartnershipsSupply chainsEntire markets
Industry support for XML IBM Microsoft Oracle Bluestone SUN Informix Ariba
Netscape BEA Data Access Progress Allaire Inprise Many more…
XML – Rate of Adoption
Faster than HTML – leveraged by HTMLCompetition in eBusiness marketplaces will
drive companies to adopt XMLeBusiness product and service demand will
drive massive vendor investment in XMLVendor and platform agnostic… everybody
wins when XML succeeds
XML share of B2B
$0
$400
$800
$1,200
$1,600
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
B2B TotalB2B via XML – 40%
US
$ B
illion
s
Source: Zona Research 3/2000
Trading Partner Agreements
XML itself is “only” a platformTrading partner agreements (TPA’s) define
business processes contained in XMLCommon definitions of shared 2 or more
eBusiness participantsCan be public or privateeBusiness process standardization Example: common purchase order format
TPA’s enable eBusiness
XML Standards Organizations
BizTalk.org
ebXML
Goal: Creating a single, global electronic marketplace
Sponsors…OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards)UN/CEFACT (UN body facilitating trade and
electronic business)Website: www.ebxml.org
ebXML
Mission“To provide an open XML-based infrastructure
enabling the global use of electronic business information in an interoperable, secure and consistent manner by all parties.”
Important pointsExplicitly international in scopeebXML’s charter states that its infrastructure
must serve small business & developing nations as well as large multinationals
Open solutions
Developer’s role
Use XML to…Interface TPA’s to existing applications to
facilitate eBusinessBuild new applications to support eBusiness
TPA’sDesign for system-to-system (S2S) interactionIntegrate cell phones, wireless devices and
PDA’s into solutions
DAW’s Direction
XML specificDeliver XML functionality
First - Visual DataFlex 7Next - WebApp Server
Evolve with the XML communityNew facilities are being built on the XML base
DAW DirectionExtend the technology coreSupport developers’ creation of eBusiness
applicationsToolsInformationResources
Offer professional servicesSupport for WebApp on LinuxSeek opportunities and partnerships to
create new products and services
DAW direction
Synergize!
Create open development solutions for a changing world…
Thank you!
Enjoy Synergy 2000