Velocity
and change characterize today's business climate. Organizations
are moving fast to deploy business solutions that maximize the
value of enterprise information. They are looking for ways to
increase competitiveness, restructure business processes, simplify
information access, and better understand their data.
As organizations move forward with their e-business initiatives,
it is imperative that they not only consider the integrity, scalability,
and openness of the solution, but also the ability to leverage
existing IT infrastructure investments within the new model. Being
able to seamlessly integrate mission critical legacy applications,
enterprise business packages, customer relationship management
solutions, custom applications, and other vital systems, without
extensive programming and architecture changes, is of real benefit.
