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New tools for EAI
(Enterprise Application Integration) and CRM
(Customer Relationship Management) are starting
to make the impossible possible for many
companies. Data that previous could not be
shared between legacy systems can now flow
freely. It is also now possible to web
enable all those green screen applications that
got skipped over during the client-server days.
As cool as this might be for the MIS department,
it may not be the right choice for the company.
It is no longer a question of whether you can
web enable your enterprise, but rather should
you and what is the impact?
With today's technology
you could probably interface your financial
system with the office coffee machine. As
silly as this might seem, this power and
functionality has organizations coding
connections between systems without being forced
to ask why.
Automating a bad process
simply makes it work bad faster. Before
you spend $500K + on a miracle application for
your enterprise find out what it will do to your
organization. What is the potential ROI,
what is the process impact, and will it work?
We work with clients to build a business case to
justify technology investments and then work
with them through the implementation. |