Category Archives: eBusiness

In the News: 2012-02-05

Mac News: Living Earth HD – World Clock and Weather – Three utility apps in one wonderful appAvailable as a universal iOS app for only $0.99, Living Earth HD is quite probably the app of its kind with the highest … Continue reading

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In the News: 2012-02-02

Mac News: Get 20% off iTunes eGift cards at Best Buy (Digital Delivery) today until 7PM ETToday only, until 7 pm ET, Best Buy takes 20% off iTunes eGift Cards, as listed below. At up to $20 off and no … Continue reading

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Business Semantic Interoperability – Part 2

In part 1 I talked about the technical solutions that are all about interoperability at the interchange level, more precise, at the message standards level.  Sadly, message developers in different standards organizations, such as OASIS (UBL), OAG, GS1 (formally EAN-UCC), … Continue reading

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Business Semantic Interoperability – Part 1

The latest buzz phrase in the technology world is Interoperability, everyone wants it! The one of special interest to me is business semantic interoperability (BSI). Over the last 20 years lots of resources have been spend on a number of … Continue reading

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ISO TC 154 Chair position

Today ISO’s Technical Management Board (TMB) appointed me as the new ISO/TC 154 “Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration” chairperson. My rationale for accepting the DIN nomination for ISO/TC 154 chair position were the following: Primarily … Continue reading

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EDI is HOT!

Yesterday during lunch with some colleagues of mine, who are die-hard EDI programmers, made fun of an article by Benoit Lheureux a Research VP with the Garner Group titled “EDI is HOT. No, really!” My first thoughts were, Gartner – … Continue reading

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EDIFACT XML Schemas

Every so often someone is asking via a public discussion group for copies of an EDI XML schemas. So was the case today on the LinkedIN EDI discussion group. The result is always the same, the answers are recommendations of … Continue reading

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Been there, done that!

Came across an interesting blog entry by Bob Sutor titled “Thinking about restaurant software and online services.” Reading it, especially the part that restaurant software should not only “look at all expenses and revenue and help manage those, but  also … Continue reading

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Complexity In the Name of Simplicity

Can Information Exchange Standards Meet eBusiness Needs? Having been involved for over 25 years in eBusiness related standards, I just can get over the fact that the results are getting more complex than ever before. Standards developers seem to feel … Continue reading

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Cloud Computing

I had lunch this week with some colleagues and it did not take us long to talk about Cloud Computing within the eBuisness environment. I like to share with you my take on this topic which may surprise a few … Continue reading

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