The paper will present results of the NETFRAME project (GRD1-200140435): “establishing a documented framework for on-line concurrent engineering and cooperation between large industrial auto and aeronautical companies and its suppliers”. Within the scope of the EU funded GROWTH-project a comprehensive set of methods and tools is developed to support the improvement of the industrial concurrent ...

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has the potential to provide solutions for enterprise application integration (EAI) problems. While core service platform technologies exist, methodological approaches that link the business domain with the platform infrastructure − a prerequisite for an EAI solution − are only beginning to mature. We present a framework for integrating service-centric softwa...

A new conceptual design for service procurement networks may surpass existing limitations and bottlenecks. Thereby efficiency can be improved and transaction costs be reduced. To overcome existing limitations a design approach is presented that supports enterprise application integration based on master data and company-wide business process integration. Master data is harmonized with standardi...

SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) is becoming a leading paradigm for the development of information systems and application integration. Web services [1] and Semantic Web [2] are emerging technologies that promote service-oriented architecture and service-oriented ebusiness systems. With open and standard application interfaces and technologies, Web services implement SOA’s features to suppor...

W ith advances in services computing technologies and infrastructure, there are increasing demands for ubiquitous access to networked services to support enterprise business processes.An enterprise service refers to an application component that provides either some e-business functionality or information to accomplish some business task through Web and wireless technologies. An increasing dema...

For software developers it has become becoming increasingly difficult to ignore design patterns as discussed by numerous books. This paper examines the question whether design patters are as useful as often argued by the academia. Are design patterns useful in real world scenarios? Do design patterns increase the time of development? Or might they be time-consuming without real value? This pape...

Middleware islands occur when an enterprise uses different middleware that doesn't communicate easily. They can arise because different middleware is used where it is most appropriate in an enterprise. Or the mix may have arisen for historical reasons, such as keeping up with new middleware developments, or because certain bought-in applications introduced their bundled middleware into the ente...

The digitization of our society changes the way we live, work, learn, communicate, and collaborate. The Internet of Things, Enterprise Social Networks, Adaptive Case Management, Mobility systems, Analytics for Big Data, and Cloud services environments are emerging to support smart connected products and services and the digital transformation. Biological metaphors of living and adaptable ecosys...

With the rapid change of business competitive environment, enterprise resource integration and innovative issues of business operation have gradually become the most important issues for businesses. Furthermore, many enterprises have implemented novel information technology and developing the innovative e-business applications systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relatio...

As military command and control (C2) applications evolve and become immersed within an growing net-centric operational environment, the complexity of interactions among component C2 enterprise capabilities will rapidly increase. The adoption of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach to C2 development, coupled with the incremental fielding of Internet Protocol (IP) based Global Informati...