Comments on: The Integrated/Collaborative Enterprise http://tonygonzalez.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/the-integratedcollaborative-enterprise/ Pragmatic Approach to the next wave of technology, SOA, Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:47:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The Next Generation Enterprise and Enterprise 2.0 « Web and Enterprise 2.0 - The New Technology Tsunami http://tonygonzalez.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/the-integratedcollaborative-enterprise/#comment-39 The Next Generation Enterprise and Enterprise 2.0 « Web and Enterprise 2.0 - The New Technology Tsunami Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:47:39 +0000 http://tonygonzalez.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/the-integratedcollaborative-enterprise/#comment-39 [...] The business logic that implement mission critical business functions is locked into legacy ERP and LOB systems and other supporting systems and workflows.    This is where Service Oriented Architecture provides an important foundation for the NGE.  BPM also adds to the flexibility required to quickly adapt the business processes.    Going back to the “Global Company” case study.  The globally distributed  R&D group needed to collaborate more and expand their participation to multiple projects at the same time across the globe.  The tools that the R&D used were commercial off the shelf (COTS) tools focused in Mechanical Engineering and electrical systems design.  The new collaboration platform needed to seamlessly integrate the work products and plans produced by the use of the Design Software to a globally available document storage for continued collaboration on the plans and designs.  The intention was to provide ways to capture relevant information as it concerns the product being designed.  All other departments would have the opportunity to collectively participate throughout the product development process, from inception to delivery.  ”Global Company” wanted to identify the changes that needed to be made to the operating model and business processes in place to support the development and release of the new products, and the awareness of the new products throughout the organization will provide multiple points of view on what needs to change internally as the product is being designed and developed.  Eventually the product design had to be broken-down to components that could be sourced to partners and suppliers, but the overall process will continue to be centrally managed in their existing ERP platform.  They also needed to collaborate with their partners during the development of the product.  This is a good example of what I mean by an integrated collaborative platform. [...] [...] The business logic that implement mission critical business functions is locked into legacy ERP and LOB systems and other supporting systems and workflows.    This is where Service Oriented Architecture provides an important foundation for the NGE.  BPM also adds to the flexibility required to quickly adapt the business processes.    Going back to the “Global Company” case study.  The globally distributed  R&D group needed to collaborate more and expand their participation to multiple projects at the same time across the globe.  The tools that the R&D used were commercial off the shelf (COTS) tools focused in Mechanical Engineering and electrical systems design.  The new collaboration platform needed to seamlessly integrate the work products and plans produced by the use of the Design Software to a globally available document storage for continued collaboration on the plans and designs.  The intention was to provide ways to capture relevant information as it concerns the product being designed.  All other departments would have the opportunity to collectively participate throughout the product development process, from inception to delivery.  ”Global Company” wanted to identify the changes that needed to be made to the operating model and business processes in place to support the development and release of the new products, and the awareness of the new products throughout the organization will provide multiple points of view on what needs to change internally as the product is being designed and developed.  Eventually the product design had to be broken-down to components that could be sourced to partners and suppliers, but the overall process will continue to be centrally managed in their existing ERP platform.  They also needed to collaborate with their partners during the development of the product.  This is a good example of what I mean by an integrated collaborative platform. [...]

]]> By: Tony Gonzalez http://tonygonzalez.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/the-integratedcollaborative-enterprise/#comment-3 Tony Gonzalez Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:38:31 +0000 http://tonygonzalez.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/the-integratedcollaborative-enterprise/#comment-3 I try to be as technology agnostic as I can, but for the most part I end up using Microsoft based productivity software because it is available on the laptops provided by my employers and it is widely used and accepted in the enterprise. I also have to admit that I like the Mac, I used them extensivily during my college years along with the NeXT pizza boxes. I own one of the first eMacs. I will sell it in eBay and get me a newer one. My wife talked me into getting the eMac, she also used them extensively in the past. I try to be as technology agnostic as I can, but for the most part I end up using Microsoft based productivity software because it is available on the laptops provided by my employers and it is widely used and accepted in the enterprise.

I also have to admit that I like the Mac, I used them extensivily during my college years along with the NeXT pizza boxes. I own one of the first eMacs. I will sell it in eBay and get me a newer one.

My wife talked me into getting the eMac, she also used them extensively in the past.

]]> By: Brian Magierski http://tonygonzalez.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/the-integratedcollaborative-enterprise/#comment-2 Brian Magierski Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:25:26 +0000 http://tonygonzalez.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/the-integratedcollaborative-enterprise/#comment-2 Hi Tony, Glad to see you blogging! I use Ecto to publish my posts ... though many editors will do. I'm also experimenting with TextMate ... I'm a hard core Mac addict! We have a way to go with e2.0, but feel we're on to a good start. Enjoy the journey! ^ brian Hi Tony,
Glad to see you blogging! I use Ecto to publish my posts … though many editors will do. I’m also experimenting with TextMate … I’m a hard core Mac addict! We have a way to go with e2.0, but feel we’re on to a good start. Enjoy the journey!

^ brian

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