Business To Business Integration (B2Bi) and Web Services

2002 ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Gunjan Samtani ◽  
Dimple Sadhwani
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Business To Business

Using Web Services in Business-to-Business Integration

2011 ◽  
pp. 61-97
Author(s):  
Frank Goethals ◽  
Jacques Vandenbulcke ◽  
Wilfried Lemahieu
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Integration Technology ◽  
The Future ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
The Web

The Web services paradigm promises well for the future of Business-to-Business integration (B2Bi). Currently, however, this paradigm is still in its infancy and organizations investing in Web services are facing many challenges. In this chapter we discuss some important B2Bi issues and examine how Web services could play their part in these. Nowadays, many Web services standards are being drawn up, but most of these are still immature and do not fully answer the proposed challenges. This chapter presents some rather mature standards. The goal of the authors is to show the importance of a flexible and cheap integration technology, and to discuss how the idea behind Web services fits in this vision, as well as to clarify the role of some important Web services standards.

An Effortless Approach for Migrating from Legacy Software Systems to Web Services

2012 ◽  
pp. 219-225
Author(s):  
K. Velmurugan ◽  
M.A. Maluk Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Software Metrics ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Legacy Systems ◽  
Legacy Software ◽  
Internet Infrastructure ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Simple Implementation ◽  
Business To Business

One of the vital reasons for reverse engineering legacy software systems is to make it inter-operable. Moreover, technological advancements and changes in usability also motivate reverse engineering to exploit new features and incorporate them in legacy software systems. In this context, Web services are emerging and evolving as solutions for software systems for business applications in terms of facilitating interactions between business to business and business to customers. Web services are gaining significance due to inherent features like interoperability, simple implementation, and exploiting the boom in Internet infrastructure. Thus, this work proposes a framework based strategy using .net for effortless migration from legacy software systems to Web services. Further, this work also proposes that software metrics observed during the process of reverse engineering facilitate design of Web services from legacy systems.

Using Web Services in Business-to-Business Integration

2011 ◽  
pp. 1997-2020
Author(s):  
Frank Goethals ◽  
Jacques Vandenbulcke ◽  
Wilfried Lemahieu
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Integration Technology ◽  
The Future ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
The Web

The Web services paradigm promises well for the future of Business-to-Business integration (B2Bi). Currently, however, this paradigm is still in its infancy and organizations investing in Web services are facing many challenges. In this chapter we discuss some important B2Bi issues and examine how Web services could play their part in these. Nowadays, many Web services standards are being drawn up, but most of these are still immature and do not fully answer the proposed challenges. This chapter presents some rather mature standards. The goal of the authors is to show the importance of a flexible and cheap integration technology, and to discuss how the idea behind Web services fits in this vision, as well as to clarify the role of some important Web services standards.

Different Types of Business-to-Business Integration

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Frank Goethals ◽  
Jacques Vandenbulcke ◽  
Wilfried Lemahieu
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Extended Enterprise ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Business To Business

In this chapter we argue that there exist two basic forms of business-to-business integration (B2Bi), namely extended enterprise integration and market B2Bi. This chapter clarifies the meaning of both concepts, shows that the difference between both is fundamental, and discusses the consequences of the difference in the realm of Web services development. The importance of coordination and the role of standards are studied for both types of e-business. The authors hope this chapter clearly shows the foundations of B2Bi and that the chapter as such brings clarity into B2Bi practices.

Efficient Discovery of Provider Services in a Cloud-Based Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Souheila Boudouda ◽  
Mahmoud Boufaida
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Web Services ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Negotiation Protocol ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
The Web

This paper proposes a framework of services selection and classification for an efficient provider's services discovery in a cloud-based supply chain. This framework combines the advantages of the web service technology and agent paradigm to select dynamically the best services among those that operated in a supply chain. It is based on two levels: the UDDI cloud level and the agent one. The UDDI cloud level allows web services, which represent providers' business functionalities, to be classified, discovered, selected, and invoked by agents that are applied to the supply chain construction. The agent level contains an agent society that manages the different steps of cooperation and negotiation between the different business entities in a supply chain, as business-to-business and business-to-customer transactions. On the basis of the characteristics of supply chain, a negotiation protocol between agents has been proposed.

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB SERVICES MIDDLEWARE TO SUPPORT FAIR NON-REPUDIABLE INTERACTIONS

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 565-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICK COOK ◽  
PAUL ROBINSON ◽  
SANTOSH K. SHRIVASTAVA
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
End User ◽  
Audit Trail ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Flexible Framework ◽  
Services Implementation ◽  
Application Requirements ◽  
Business To Business

The use of open, Internet-based communications for business-to-business (B2B) interactions requires accountability for and acknowledgment of the actions of participants. Accountability and acknowledgment can be achieved by the systematic maintenance of an irrefutable audit trail to render the interaction non-repudiable. To safeguard the interests of each party, the mechanisms used to meet this requirement should ensure fairness. That is, misbehavior should not disadvantage well-behaved parties. Despite the fact that Web services are increasingly used to enable B2B interactions, there is currently no systematic support to deliver such guarantees. This paper introduces a flexible framework to support fair non-repudiable B2B interactions based on a trusted delivery agent. A Web services implementation is presented. The role of the delivery agent can be adapted to different end user capabilities and to meet different application requirements.

Different Types of Business-to-Business Integration

2011 ◽  
pp. 137-151
Author(s):  
Frank Goethals ◽  
Jacgues Vandenbulcke ◽  
Wilfried Lemahieu ◽  
Monique Snoeck
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Extended Enterprise ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Business To Business

In this chapter we argue that there exist two basic forms of business-to-business integration (B2Bi), namely extended enterprise integration and market B2Bi. This chapter clarifies the meaning of both concepts, shows that the difference between both is fundamental, and discusses the consequences of the difference in the realm of Web services development. The importance of coordination and the role of standards are studied for both types of e-business. The authors hope this chapter clearly shows the foundations of B2Bi and that the chapter as such brings clarity into B2Bi practices.

The synergy of electronic commerce, agents, and semantic Web services

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. BRIAN BLAKE ◽  
SIMON PARSONS ◽  
TERRY R. PAYNE
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Software Agents ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web Service ◽  
Business To Consumer ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
State Of Art

Advancements in software agents and Semantic Web service technologies are generally enhancing the landscape of electronic commerce. Semantic Web service technologies promise the standardisation and discoverability of software capabilities for network-enabled organisations. Moreover, with the addition of the intelligence and autonomy of software agents, transactions may be equally automated for consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business collaborations. The 2003 Workshop on Electronic Commerce, Agents, and Semantic Web Services was held in conjunction with the International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC2003). The purpose of this workshop was to bring together researchers and practitioners in the areas of electronic commerce, agents, and Semantic Web services to discuss the state-of-art in each individual area in addition to the synergies among the areas. This paper contains a summary of the workshop presentations and a discussion of next steps for Semantic Web services created in the working sessions concluding the workshop.

scholarly journals Automated Business-to-Business Integration of a Logistics Supply Chain Using Semantic Web Services Technology

2005 ◽  
pp. 987-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Preist ◽  
Javier Esplugas-Cuadrado ◽  
Steven A. Battle ◽  
Stephan Grimm ◽  
Stuart K. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Web Services ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Semantic Web Services ◽  
Business To Business
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