Synergy 2000

Chip CasanavePresident

Data Access Corporation

IT evolution

Task automationIT supports business process executed by

people Intra-business automation

IT hosts and executes business processes within the enterprise

Inter-business automationIT hosts and executes business processes

among enterprises

Inter-business automation

Requires… Precise, shared process definitionsCommon repository for definitionsParticipant subscription to definitions

Offers…Dramatic efficienciesSpeedSpontaneous utilizationExpanded opportunity

The eBusiness vision…

A marketplace of eBusinesses and eCustomers

Global business interaction over the internet

Electronic, automated buying, selling, payment, support and service

Delivering the eBusiness vision

A new, standard resource is required to facilitate the eBusiness vision…A standard means of expressing eBusiness

communicationA standard means of containing, transporting

and representing eBusiness informationA common method of extending legacy

applications to eBusinessA common method of implementing new

applications

Standards required

Major business and technology expansions occur when global standards are adopted

Industry examples…Automobiles – fuels, tires, operating protocolsFreight - containerizationCommunications – Telephone, fax & cellular

phones/deviceseBusiness must standardize to realize its

potential

Pressure for standards

“Forrester Research has estimated that by 2003, fifty times the number of transactions will take place than took place in 1999 …so the need for rapid standardization of this [eBusiness] infrastructure is critical.”

Robert Sutor, IBM delegate to ebXML

XML

•Fulfills the requirements of delivering the eBusiness vision

Open, fully user definable and extensibleCompletely platform independentOffers open information without prior

definition of how or where it will be used

XML offers…

A facility for business process integration, transaction processing and data publishing across:CompaniesPartnershipsSupply chainsEntire markets

Industry support for XML IBM Microsoft Oracle Bluestone SUN Informix Ariba

Netscape BEA Data Access Progress Allaire Inprise Many more…

XML – Rate of Adoption

Faster than HTML – leveraged by HTMLCompetition in eBusiness marketplaces will

drive companies to adopt XMLeBusiness product and service demand will

drive massive vendor investment in XMLVendor and platform agnostic… everybody

wins when XML succeeds

XML share of B2B

$0

$400

$800

$1,200

$1,600

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

B2B TotalB2B via XML – 40%

US

$ B

illion

s

Source: Zona Research 3/2000

Trading Partner Agreements

XML itself is “only” a platformTrading partner agreements (TPA’s) define

business processes contained in XMLCommon definitions of shared 2 or more

eBusiness participantsCan be public or privateeBusiness process standardization Example: common purchase order format

TPA’s enable eBusiness

XML Standards Organizations

BizTalk.org

ebXML

Goal: Creating a single, global electronic marketplace

Sponsors…OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of

Structured Information Standards)UN/CEFACT (UN body facilitating trade and

electronic business)Website: www.ebxml.org

ebXML

Mission“To provide an open XML-based infrastructure

enabling the global use of electronic business information in an interoperable, secure and consistent manner by all parties.”

Important pointsExplicitly international in scopeebXML’s charter states that its infrastructure

must serve small business & developing nations as well as large multinationals

Open solutions

Developer’s role

Use XML to…Interface TPA’s to existing applications to

facilitate eBusinessBuild new applications to support eBusiness

TPA’sDesign for system-to-system (S2S) interactionIntegrate cell phones, wireless devices and

PDA’s into solutions

DAW’s Direction

XML specificDeliver XML functionality

First - Visual DataFlex 7Next - WebApp Server

Evolve with the XML communityNew facilities are being built on the XML base

DAW DirectionExtend the technology coreSupport developers’ creation of eBusiness

applicationsToolsInformationResources

Offer professional servicesSupport for WebApp on LinuxSeek opportunities and partnerships to

create new products and services

DAW direction

Synergize!

Create open development solutions for a changing world…

Thank you!

Enjoy Synergy 2000