'Collaborative Commerce is the Next Wave of E-Business' Says Casahl Technology CEO in Wall Street Reporter Interview.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
Taped Interview with Dr. Harry Wong Offers Insight on the Future of B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Dr. Harry Wong, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Casahl Technology, Inc., an award-winning leader in the data integration and collaboration market with over 1500 corporate customers, discusses "collaborative commerce" as the next wave of e-commerce. Casahl's newest product, ecKnowledge, was developed for the business-to-business (B2B) market to enable end users to collaborate with other people and companies without having to change existing systems or applications. Collaborative commerce is a natural evolutionary step for B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. where the relationship between business partners requires collaboration rather than just transactional exchanges, the emphasis of most e-commerce today. Collaborative commerce, however, requires a very different paradigm than current process/transaction-oriented technology. It requires collaboration and data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. support so that collaborators can use their preferred applications for relationship-building activities. Casahl is the undisputed leader in this space because of its background, technology, and solid customer base. "Collaborative commerce requires support for information exchange and collaboration," explains Wong. "Casahl has been providing this kind of support for 7 years. With the huge customer and VAR base that we have, it's the natural next step for Casahl to take our knowledge and experience and apply it to collaborative commerce." "eBusiness partners want to work together -- they need to share data," says Wong. "ecKnowledge allows people to communicate across platforms. Collaborative commerce requires the sharing of data in addition to just transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , which is the focus of most other B2B companies. Casahl is truly at the forefront of this exciting new arena, and we are positioned to help businesses successfully progress in the world of e-commerce." Analysts from the Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. concur with Wong's assessment of where e-commerce is headed. "We're definitely starting to see Net markets make headway Verb 1. make headway - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" on (back-end) integration," said Bruce Bond, "but that's just a baby step. Manufacturers and suppliers will use the online marketplaces to exchange not only orders, inventory and transaction data but also product design and other on which they collaborate," he predicted. Bond continues, "today, it's all about business transactions. But in the future, it will be about sharing information and collaboration. Manufacturers and suppliers won't just have contracts for buying (on the exchanges). They'll use them to design products together." Dr. Wong's interview is featured on Wall Street Reporter's CEO Interviews (http://www.wallstreetreporter.com/interviews/apr/12/casahl_pvt.htm) through April 19. About Casahl Technology, Inc. Casahl Technology, Inc., is a leading provider of infrastructure software and services that enable businesses to automate information exchange among their e-business partners. Casahl's products and services facilitate the rapid development and deployment of business solutions, transactions, and collaborative efforts between companies (B2B) and between departments within a single company (D2D (Disk-to-Disk) Typically refers to backing up data on disks rather than on tape. Disk-to-disk backup systems provide a very fast restore capability compared with tape backup. See D2D2T and virtual tape. ). Casahl recently introduced ecKnowledge(R) -- a comprehensive, ASP-hostable e-business solution that addresses collaboration, information exchange and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. transaction requirements. Built upon the solid foundation of Replic-Action, ecKnowledge automates information exchange among e-business partners and the flow of data between virtually all key applications (DBMS's, ERP's, legacy applications, web portals, groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. applications, directories, and desktop applications). It offers superior capabilities to respond rapidly to changing market conditions, to enter into collaborative business relationships, and to participate in e-markets. ecKnowledge is built upon a proven architectural foundation that supports the scalability and fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. required by the 7x24 global world of e-business. Founded in 1992 and privately funded, Casahl Technology, Inc., currently has more than 1500 corporate customers, including over 50 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Casahl's product has won numerous industry awards since its introduction in 1995 and is one of the industry's most widely-used and proven data integration solutions. For more information about Casahl visit http://www.casahl.com. |
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