Download this chapter on e-business applications
Takeaway: Developing E-Business Systems and Architectures: A Manager's Guide is written for enterprise managers charged with creating e-businesses. Download Chapter 4, E-Business Applications, for a look at how to develop a strategic plan.
Developing applications for e-business raises a host of new challenges, not just for developers, but for IT managers as well. For instance, Web-based applications require the creation of highly scalable applications and the use of component-based development. From a management standpoint, what do these new requirements mean?
In Developing E-Business Systems and Architectures: A Manager's Guide, authors Paul Harmon, Michael Rosen, and Mike Guttman address these questions. The book is designed to help IT managers create a battle plan for shifting applications to an e-business environment. It is written specifically for executives and managers of large and medium organizations.
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Developing E-Business Systems and Architectures: A Manager's Guide
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The authors are experienced IT veterans. Harmon is the editor of the Component Development Strategies newsletter and a senior consultant with the Cutter Consortium. Rosen, a 20-year veteran in distributed computing technologies, is chief enterprise architect at Genesis Development Corporation, an IONA Technologies' Company. Guttman is chief technology officer and cofounder of Genesis.
Through a special arrangement with Morgan Kaufmann, publishers of technical information resources for computer and engineering professionals, TechRepublic is offering chapter 4, "E-Business Applications,” as a free download. In this chapter, the authors examine the challenges of the e-business environment, including:
- How customers use the Internet and how they expect Web-based applications to work
- The shortened product life cycle
- Component-based development
- Integration with legacy systems
- The challenges of large-scale e-business applications
This chapter provides a good starting place for any IT manager who is considering development of online applications.
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