The amount of XML traffic will accelerate rapidly and it's incumbent that vendors like SAP build, buy or partner in order to satisfy the optimization needs for XML performance. SAP recognizes the value of SOA internally and in a sense they're eating their own dog food first before taking it out into the marketplace and that's case with many of the larger software vendors. |
The benefit goes beyond cost savings and convenience. The fact that [e-mail] is a two-way link and provides a directory entry that includes e-mail will benefit organizations in many ways down the line, particularly as Web services and context and collaboration become more prevalent. |
The sooner you get to a directory structure, and the more centralized you make repositories and storage in your organization, the much better off you're going to be doing business-to-business and business-to-customer [transactions] later on down the path. |
There hasn't been a [Windows] directory before, there's just been trees and network diagrams and information about who is on your network. This conversion will require people to really do some work. |
There's a sense that people who telecommute are more flexible, ... They can combine their home and work life, and they will go the extra yard when needed because they've been given the opportunity to better manage their time. |
There's a sense that people who telecommute are more flexible. They can combine their home and work life, and they will go the extra yard when needed because they've been given the opportunity to better manage their time. |
This is going to be largely invisible to the end user. |
You can start to apply process across systems much more easily. |