Portals can give a single access point to corporate data, but not until a framework and structure are built to better organize and secure complex information.
Only component-based development can tame the complexity of building agile inter-enterprise systems out of large-scale, distributed applications.
Testing and monitoring can help your company build apps to handle the loads of e-business traffic. High-flying sites that ignore these factors can quickly be brought back to earth.
Linux, Windows 2000, Solaris and others vie to become development platform as decision yardstick shifts from technology to business requirements.
As Microsoft integrates MTS into Windows, irritating limitations are eliminated, while performance and scalability are improved; Windows 2000 becomes strong e-business platform contender.