In my last postings I asked the questions “where are the Simple eBusiness solutions?” and “if it works, why change?” I will ask now “what would it take to develop a eBusiness solution for SMEs to engage in the automated exchange of electronic data?”
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Tags: eBusiness, EDI

Yesterday I made the point that today’s eBusiness standards/specification are way to complex for the implementers and that most standards/specification creators are assuming that small and medium-sized companies/businesses don’t care what is under the hood as long as it is simple the way their current fax works.
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Tags: eBusiness, eGovernment

Lately I see more and more eBusiness standards/specifications being release with the promise that the new solution can be easily implemented by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). To me this is a clear indication that those responsible for the new specification are clueless about what the SMEs needs really are.
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Tags: eBusiness, EDI

The question left unanswered in my last posting was “Does XML have the advantage over EDI to open up eCommerce to small and medium-size businesses?”; There is no question that XML has changed the eBusiness world.
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Tags: eCommerce, EDI, XML, eBusiness