Summary

Helps CEOs, COOs, and CTOs understand the current state of business-to-business electronic commerce, addressing the unique requirements of large-scale, mission-critical applications. Discusses both business and technology aspects, including concepts, jargon, and strategy, and examines challenges involving scalability, interoperability, adaptability, and integration with heterogeneous legacy systems. The athors draw on their experience with Fotune 1,000 companies such as GE, MasterCard, and American Express. Fingar is an expert on component-based electronic commerce.