Management Briefings

• Market Overview | Part 2 | Part 3
  Alison Classe tests the market’s readiness for EAI consultancy.

• Expert Opinion | Part 2
  Dave Morris of PricewaterhouseCoopers says the development of e-marketplaces might spur more clients to adopt EAI technology.

• Round Table | Part 2 | Part 3
  EAI specialists from Deloitte Consulting, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, CommerceQuest, Business & IT Solutions and the Meta Data Coalition give their views on generating return from EAI projects, the impact of the ERP vendors, and other EAI market trends.

• Strategy | Part 2
  Kirk Downey of Rubus suggests an approach to the business systems change involved in EAI.

• Implementation Issues | Part 2
  Alan Ferguson looks at what can go wrong with an EAI implementation project.

• Case Study
  How investment group Gartmore increased its trading business using EAI software.

• Design Issues | Part 2
  Unisys’ Chris Britton looks for reasons not to undertake EAI, before tackling the key design issues involved.

• Legacy Systems | Part 2
  Chris Maxwell of Charteris shows how the technology is now available to link together previously proprietary systems

• Glossary
  EAI is a jargon-ridden area. Rod Newing defines some of the key terms being bandied about.