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Sustaining Your Advantage With Business Process Integration Based on Service Oriented Architecture

Overview Business conditions and the competitive nature of an increasingly globalized and interconnected economy are causing many companies to reevaluate the fundamentals of their businesses. An On Demand Business - whose business processes are integrated end to end across the company and with key partners, suppliers and customers - can gain sustainable advantage over its competitors. The strategic advantage of an On Demand Business lies in its streamlined business processes - processes that increase the organization's flexibility and ability to respond quickly to changes in the marketplace.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2005
Format	White Papers
Topics	Business Management, Service-Oriented Architecture

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