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© 1999 Concept Five Technologies 1
Concept Five Technologies Inc.
An OTM eFable
Comparing the eQ’s and eSpeed of the Tortoise, the Hare, the Grasshopper and the Ant
William Ruh703-639-2410
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eBusiness ApplicationseBusiness Applicationsare Integration Intensiveare Integration Intensive
35-50% of development budgets spent on integration of 35-50% of development budgets spent on integration of applications or application modules, higher for eBusiness applications or application modules, higher for eBusiness applications (data from Gartner, IDC,…)applications (data from Gartner, IDC,…)
Large number of applications in big enterprisesLarge number of applications in big enterprises 500 - 10000+ (Gartner, customers)500 - 10000+ (Gartner, customers) And they won’t go awayAnd they won’t go away And they are the core of the business in eBusiness applicationsAnd they are the core of the business in eBusiness applications
Without tools that support good integration and architecture Without tools that support good integration and architecture organizations won’t move at eSpeedorganizations won’t move at eSpeed Change of address example: 14 points of presence, 27 core Change of address example: 14 points of presence, 27 core
applications with address info, more apps that want informationapplications with address info, more apps that want information
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Two Basic Models of Two Basic Models of IntegrationIntegration
OTM-based
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The Grasshopper: Myopic The Grasshopper: Myopic to a fault, lives for todayto a fault, lives for today
Worst case is each Worst case is each component creates a new component creates a new interface to each other interface to each other component to handle a component to handle a specific interactionspecific interaction
Design decisions are done on Design decisions are done on a case by case basisa case by case basis
Can’t scale to become an Can’t scale to become an eBusinesseBusiness
The Grasshopper's Life
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The Tortoise: Crawling The Tortoise: Crawling along but won’t take risksalong but won’t take risks
Organizations have a single Organizations have a single interface for all interactions interface for all interactions between two componentsbetween two components
Design is done on pair-wise Design is done on pair-wise component basiscomponent basis
Limited eBusiness Limited eBusiness capabilitiescapabilities
The Tortoise's Life
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The Hare: Takes risks but The Hare: Takes risks but is out-of-controlis out-of-control
Organizations use an OTM(s) Organizations use an OTM(s) for interactions with a for interactions with a componentcomponent
Design is done for a Design is done for a components interfacecomponents interface
Extensive eBusiness Extensive eBusiness capabilitiescapabilities
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Hare 3 Hare 4
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The Ant: Building for the The Ant: Building for the FutureFuture
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Organizations use OTM(s) for Organizations use OTM(s) for interactions with a interactions with a component and components component and components with prepackaged interfaceswith prepackaged interfaces
Design is done for a custom Design is done for a custom components interfacecomponents interface
eBusiness is operating at eBusiness is operating at eSpeedeSpeed
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The Morals of the StoryThe Morals of the Story
Integration is a different activity from development and often not Integration is a different activity from development and often not dealt with properly in OTM productsdealt with properly in OTM products
OTM’s need to have serious integration services and capabilitiesOTM’s need to have serious integration services and capabilities Those who don’t OTM will be roadkill - the grasshopper and Those who don’t OTM will be roadkill - the grasshopper and
tortoisetortoise OTM’s are the underpinnings of serious eBusiness applicationsOTM’s are the underpinnings of serious eBusiness applications
You need to be rich to be a HareYou need to be rich to be a Hare Organizations won’t be able to tolerate more than a few non-Organizations won’t be able to tolerate more than a few non-
interoperable OTM’sinteroperable OTM’s Ant’s demand OTMs based on open standardsAnt’s demand OTMs based on open standards
Interoperability will be a significant check box for purchase Interoperability will be a significant check box for purchase
