WebSphere Business Integration Software

Business Integration is the heart of e-business on demand. It's about integrating data, applications, processes and people across and beyond your company, giving you the power to leverage existing IT investments while having the flexibility to adapt quickly to changing business conditions. IBM WebSphere Business Integration software allows companies to realize the benefits of end-to-end integration through five core capabilities: model, integrate, connect, monitor and manage. WebSphere Business Integration enables you to optimize operations and gain flexibility with integrated applications and automated processes.

Infrastructure Planning and Design To help companies create infrastructure architecture that maps directory to their business requirements. Metacom assesses an infrastructure's readiness or ability to meet the required levels of

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on a consistent, cost effective basis. These processes begin by bringing together key Information Technology personnel and company stakeholders and mapping the infrastructure strategy to key business goals. Metacom then works with the client to develop an architectural plan and design which, when implemented, will enable the success of the business. Only by taking this approach will an infrastructure be considered ready for eBusiness. Portal Development and Implementation

Companies rarely pursue only one portal initiative. Every business has multiple dimensions, and portals -- whether B2B (business-to-business), B2C (business-to-consumer) or B2E (business-to-employee) -- are needed to server each one of them. Every business also has an unlimited number of specific user constituencies within these three business center genres. In the case of a B2C center, the needs of an online shopper different from these of a phone shopper. With B2B portals, the needs of an institutional banker differ greatly from those of an equity analyst or portfolio manager. With a B2E hub, the tools and resources needed by a salesperson are different from those required by an engineer or HR specialist.

However, creating targeted eBusiness centers for different groups can be costly, complex and inefficient. Parallel eBusiness center initiatives utilize disparate back end Web resources and result in the disconnection of user communities. Metacom will create the 'umbrella' over all eBusiness center initiatives - we encompass all of a business portals and exchanges, and unify scattered online business initiatives into a single platform, allowing organizations to share designated resources and services with the specific user groups who will benefit most from them.

The Metacom Portal solutions increase site stickiness by providing personalized content to the user, and our solution strengthens the customer relationships required for eBusiness success. Users save time and become more efficient: their content becomes integral to their daily work. This is valuable to organizations because they not only meet the unique requirements of disparate users, but also create a business opportunity to franchise the functionality of the portal to other organizations. This also allows companies to extend and manage portal configurations without becoming consumed by parallel development and maintenance efforts.