| Introduction Overcoming Organizational Hurdles to Business Integration Integration: Is It Really Worth the Effort? Next Generation Application Integration: From Information, to Process, to Services XML as Glue for Enterprise Integration Testing E-Business Applications Although high-tech stock prices continue to trend down, the pressures to develop Internet-enabled applications for the general public continue to rise. A key dilemma, though, is how to test these e-business applications to ensure reliable functionality, adequate performance, and solid security. The methods of developing applications for e-business have undergone a sea change in the past five years, but the role of testing has arguably not kept pace with this change. Witness the frequent news reports of denial of service attacks, credit-card database theft, and Web sites that cave in under unexpectedly high traffic. How do we need to think differently in this Internet age about testing security, performance, and reliability of e-business applications? Tune in next month to read more about this critical issue. |
Enterprise application integration (EAI), the broad-based discipline of connecting front-end and back-end applications and data structures, is driven by the need to tie together disparate systems and data to support e-business, customer, supply chain, and distribution chain requirements. In the August 2001 issue of the Cutter IT Journal, we focus on the key issues in this area, including: What methodology should a company use to identify the best EAI options and tools? What is the current and future state of EAI technology, and how should this evolution should be incorporated into IT plans? How can an enterprise define an integrated EAI and business-to-business integration (B2Bi) strategy? Implementing EAI may be critical to achieving the agility needed for business success today. Join us to see how it's done.
