The increasing specialization of packaged solutions and proliferation of enterprise applications have created a proliferation of systems in the typical IT environment. Data formats vary dramatically between different applications. Data locked in disparate systems must be somehow be unlocked and easily connected to a variety of other systems.
So how does an organization achieve the Extended Enterprise? One option is to implement a whole new suite of commercial software packages, but that can get expensive and doesn’t necessarily solve the integration problem. Businesses that have already invested millions of dollars in enterprise applications in recent years want a solution that starts with their existing systems, and optimizes the value of their investments. They want to cost-effectively orchestrate business workflows across these systems and organizational boundaries.
Until recently, the process of integrating multiple systems required significant time and resources.
Today, however, pre-built components and applications such as Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 make integration significantly less complex. The BizTalk Server infrastructure helps companies manage and automate dynamic business processes. This happens by exchanging electronic business documents. BizTalk Server enables companies
to orchestrate business processes that span not only applications, but also businesses, via the Internet. Graphical tools also make it easy for business analysts and application developers to model and implement solutions.
BizTalk Server 2000 takes advantage of extensible Markup Language (XML) for building schemas, performing schema transformation, establishing trading partner relationships over the Internet, and tracking and analyzing data and documents that are exchanged. By supporting XML and standard Internet technologies, BizTalk extends
the features of traditional eCommerce applications to entire commerce communities. Additionally, because BizTalk Sever supports open standards like XML, EDI, and HTTP, as well as security standards such as public key encryption and digital signatures, BizTalk ensures the highest level of interoperability and security with business
applications and partners.
As a leading technology integrator for Microsoft solutions, eFusion is equipped to integrate BizTalk
Server 2000 with other Microsoft-based systems and those that are not Microsoft-compatible. When it comes to connecting your systems, eFusion will help you plan, architect, build, and deploy a solution that will allow you to automate your business processes and extend your enterprise.
