Enterprise interoperability enables the access to relevant information within an enterprise. Traditionally, enterprise integration implementations are managed as merely technological solutions, but integration requirements outcome from business process needs, such as just-in-time information and integration with strategic partners. Without a business process driven methodology that comprises bo...

The consideration of Product information or Knowledge management, product traceability or genealogy, and product life cycle management implies new strategies and approaches to manage flows of information that relate to flows of material managed in shop floor level. Moreover, throughout product lifecycle coordination needs to be established between reality in the physical world (physical view) a...

Business-to-Business integration (B2Bi) is considered to be not merely an IT-issue, but also a business problem. This paper draws attention to the challenges companies within an Extended Enterprise are confronted with when integrating their systems. We primarily pay attention to coordination problems that may arise. To overcome these problems we propose the use of Enterprise Architecture descri...

We introduce security patterns as the most mature domain within cyberpatterns, and outline a conceptual framework to help understand and develop good security patterns. Security patterns help us move from an improvised craft to engineering discipline because they transfer knowledge about proven solutions in an understandable and reusable format to experienced users and novices alike. Although s...

Business process modeling (BPM) has become a dominating approach for organizations to understand, plan and optimize their business processes. BPM has also become an important part in service systems development because it helps to identify service activities embedded in business processes. Several modeling languages have been developed to support BPM, including IDEF, BPMN and EPC. Yet, our rese...

E-government foresight is a major issues for many countries. It is a systematic approach for looking into the long-term futures. E-government initiatives are currently at a stage of integration and new orientation in developing countries. Smaller steps of government modernization have in part been successfully implemented; larger ones still lie ahead of us. This demands a framework for e-govern...