Publisher's Synopsis
A guide for forward-thinking IT professionals who need to organize infrastructure and staff to meet the challenges of e-business value chain initiatives, this book provides strategic advice for mapping business drivers to a set of fundamental patterns and planning models. Described are ways to organize e-business infrastructure with suppliers, trading partners, and customers, as well as how to run e-business infrastructure services for the long term with high quality. Techniques for making applications become easier, more cost-effective, and quicker to integrate are also detailed.
