Enterprise Systems  (Supercomputing 95)
	Tutorial on Current and Future Web(NII) Technologies
	-- Opportunities in Business Enterprise Systems
		Supercomputing 95
		Monday December 4,1995
		San Diego Convention Center
		
		NPAC
		Geoffrey Fox, Wojtek Furmanski, Marek Podgorny with
		Gang Cheng, Roman Markowski
		Syracuse University
		111 College Place
		Syracuse
		NY 13244-4100
	Abstract of Remarks on Business Enterprise Systems
		We review possible uses of the Web in Enterprise (organization) Information Systems
		Here we use Web technology in a possibly closed domain to support exchange of information and collaboration between members of the organization
		These members could be teachers and kids/ manufacturers and their distributers etc.
		Lotus Notes is a famous example of a modern client-server implementation of this and traditional mainframes have long been used for this
		Databases, VRML for 3D product depiction and Java are all of relevance
	Overview of Enterprise Systems
		Focus on manufacturing industry
			product-related information system
			products, parts, maintenance services
			characteristics, specs, compliance with standards
		Large industry typically has 
			distributed divisions (national or global)
			network of dealers, distributors, contractors
			many products with complex properties
			evolving product lines
			no  direct contact with end purchasers
	Enterprise Systems -- external
		WWW information system support
			for dealer, distributor, contractor network
			multiple views of product, pricing info
			multiple interfaces for diverse users
			Links with specs, characteristics
		Incorporate database in WWW information system
			facilitates maintaining currency of data 
			can provide different paths through data
				based on user knowledge and needs
			can track & record use by each dealer, distributor
				analyze to improve marketing strategies
	Enterprise Systems -- internal
		WWW internal information server
			Links divisions in different regions, countries
			Becomes inter-divisional shared knowledge base
			Builds corporate unity, sense of common identity
			Bypass outmoded communication routes
			Framework for web-based group middleware
		With incorporated database support
			May include data warehousing efforts
			Imposes corporation-wide standards, vocabulary
			May support data mining for key corporate needs
			Can streamline processing that crosses divisions
	Enterprise Systems -- Groupware == Collaborative Support
		Groupware is major new direction for many industries
		Huge market for Lotus Notes groupware
		Groupware elements (according to Lotus Notes)
			ÒConferencing, Workflow, Calendar, Electronic Mail   
			  and Distributing data among  groupsÓ 
		Information systems and  database operations of Lotus Notes
			ÒCollect, Organize, Share, Process, CustomizeÓ --
			  data and applications.     
	Enterprise Systems -- Groupware
		Network (including WWW) based open systems Groupware
			Can implement all Lotus Groupware elements
			Supports all operations described by Lotus Notes
			Application integration paradigm is radically different
				Extensible, loosely coupled set of applications and operations (glue = protocols and wrappers)
				Supports multiple collaboration applications
				Easily incorporates new technologies
				Supports any mix of commercial databases
				Almost unlimited customizability of user interface
	Enterprise Systems -- future
		Current interactivity:  CGI perl, C, database
			Select or enter data  through forms
			Multiple divisions can create corporate database 
		Java or Java-like capabilities
			Browser retrieves data  + manipulating application
			Marketing, tutorial, design applications
		VRML for 3-D  visualization
			Retrieve interactive 3-D world using VRML & Java 
			Marketing, design and other applications
		WebTools: server to server communication
			Manage remote OS & filesystem through browser
			Includes new tools for remote collaboration