Open Source Enterprise Solutions: Developing an E-Business Strategy - Softcover

Carbone, Gunnison; Stoddard, Duane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471417440 ISBN 13: 9780471417446

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

This book shows IT professionals and developers that the open source approach can offer flexible, reliable, and secure enterprise solutions. Written by the founders of the Open3.org open source movement, the book provides a roadmap to all critical components of an open source e-business infrastructure. Through detailed coverage of Enterprise Applications (EA), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) as well as Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Customer (B2C) software, the authors explain how to leverage open source solutions to bring business processes online, integrate disparate applications and databases across the enterprise, and ensure secure, efficient e-business transactions.

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About the Author

GUNNISON CARBONE and DUANE STODDARD are founders of the Open3.org open source movement, which provides software for e-business integration. The authors also cofounded Open3 Technologies, Inc., a company that contributes to and utilizes open source technologies to build e-business integration solutions.

From the Back Cover

A comprehensive look at using open source applications to create flexible, reliable, and secure enterprise solutions

Open Source Enterprise Solutions

Written by the founders of the Open3.org open source movement, this book provides an invaluable roadmap to all of the critical components of an open source e-business infrastructure. This essential guide offers detailed coverage of the five major areas of e-business-enterprise application, enterprise application integration, business-to-business integration, business-to-business e-commerce, and business-to-consumer e-commerce. The authors explain how to leverage open source solutions to bring business processes online, integrate disparate applications and databases across the enterprise, and guarantee secure, efficient e-business transactions.

Open Source Enterprise Solutions covers such key topics as:
* The pros and cons of using open source software in an enterprise environment
* Critical open source technology components, including operating systems, protocols, and languages
* The next technology layer in the e-business implementation, which consists of Web, database, application, integration, and communication servers
* Detailed listings of the major software vendors who sponsor and support open source software
* Plus, a hypothetical case study for the construction of an e-business solution based on open source software

The companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/carbone provides links to the software and resources discussed in the book

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Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471417440
• ISBN 13: 9780471417446
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352