Overview

Maintaining compatibility among all affected network and application interfaces of modern enterprise systems can quickly become costly and overwhelming. This handbook presents the knowledge and practical experience of a global group of experts from varying disciplines to help you plan and implement enterprise integration projects that respond to business needs quickly and are seamless to business users. The Handbook of Enterprise Integration brings together the latest research and application results to provide infrastructure engineers, software engineers, software developers, system designers, and project managers with a clear and comprehensive understanding of systems integration technologies, architectures, applications, and project management techniques involved in enterprise system integration. The text includes coverage of mobile communications, standards for integrated manufacturing and e-commerce, RFID, Web-based systems, and complete service-oriented enterprise modeling and analysis. Practitioners will benefit from insights on managing virtual teams as well as techniques for introducing complex technology into businesses. Covering best practices in enterprise systems integration, the text highlights applications across various business enterprises to help you: Bring together existing systems for business processes improvement Design and implement systems that can be reconfigured quickly and easily in response to evolving operational needs Establish procedures for achieving smooth migrations from legacy systems--with minimal disruption to existing operations Complete with case studies, this book illustrates the current state of the art in the context of user requirements and integration and provides the up-to-date understanding required to manage today's complex and interconnected systems.

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Author:   Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, Middletown, New Jersey, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Auerbach
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.510kg
ISBN:  

9781420078213

ISBN 10:   1420078216
Pages:   728
Publication Date:   09 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Defining Systems Integration. The Dawn of a New Ecosystem of Communications. TECHNOLOGIES FOR NETWORKING, NETWORK MANAGEMENT, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE. Fundamentals of Enterprise Networks. Next Generation Networks in Enterprises. Mobile Middleware in Enterprise Systems. Secure Wireless Access to Services in Enterprise Networks. An Introduction to Network and Service Management. Monitoring Quality of Service in Enterprise Multicast Networks. Platforms for Enterprise Servers. Software Reliability and Risk Management. SOFTWARE AND SERVICE ARCHITECTURES. Software Architectures for Enterprise Applications. Service-Oriented Enterprise Modeling and Analysis. Granting Flexibility to Business Process Management. Architectures for Cross-Enterprise Business Integration. Enterprise Application Integration and Service-Oriented Architecture Integration Scenarios. ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS. Integrating the Web and Enterprise Systems. Enterprise Systems Integration in Telecommunications. Leveraging Applications for Successful Customer Relationship. Radio Frequency Identification Technology. Radio-Frequency Identification Applications and Case Studies. STANDARDS. Information Modeling in Production Management: The ISO 15531 MANDATE Standard. Standards for International Trade and Enterprise Interoperability. Standards for Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce. MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATION. Managing Implementation issues in Enterprise Resource Planning Projects. Introducing Complex Technologies into the Enterprise: The Case of RFID. Managing Virtual Project Teams: Recent Findings. Salvaging Projects in Trouble. CONCLUSIONS. The Future of Enterprise System Integration.

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