E-Business Organisational and Technical Foundations

This comprehensive book introduces and explains the different elements of e-business and provides a structure that can facilitate the assimilation of new e-business developments as they occur in the future. The book also contains abundant real-world applications to encourage readers to understand and appreciate real-life e-business applications. · the world of e-business · e-business strategy · business models · e-business relationships · governance structures · e - business technological infrastructure · xml the enabling technology for e-business · electronic markets · e-procurement · e-business networks · intermediaries in the value systems · e-business modelling · security and reliability for e-business · approaches to middleware · component-based development · leveraging legacy applications · enterprise application integration · e-business integration · building loosely coupled e-business applications · business protocols