Today I gave a presentation on new business models for service oriented enterprise systems at the ARIS ProcessDays Nordic 2008. The presentation discussed how ERP functionality can be provided through services. New roles will emerge, like the platform provider who will provide support for a network of users and vendors. The audience showed much interest and posed questions about the consequences for ICT departments, whether security will be a problem for the new business models, the impact of open source, and the role of networks.
SAMMET Project Kick Off
Today, we had the kick-off meeting for the SAMMET project – Methods for Customer Interactive Service Design. Representatives from SYSLAB, Linköping University, University of Skövde, Dataföreningen, Ericsson, SAS, Volvo, and Skatteverket participated in the meeting. We discussed the needs of the organisations, which ranged from novel e-services for citizens to interoperability architectures for global enterprises. Furthermore, the researchers presented a number of model and method components including tools for value and goal analysis, interaction design, and participative service modelling.
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Seminar on Adaptive SOA by Hans Weigand
Today Hans Weigand from Tilburg University gave a seminar on Adaptive Service Oriented Architecture. Hans has also been visiting us this week for continuing our previous work on service modelling and management. In particular, we have been discussing how services can be analyzed using REA and value modelling.