Enterprise Web vs consumer Web

Although there is evidence that the two styles will converge in the future, enterprise and consumer Web architecture and technology are quite different today, according to Social Computing Magazine.

If one talks to an enterprise application architect, they will probably say that while consumer Web applications are cute, simple, and sometimes useful, their architectures and technologies are merely a bunch of scripts and hacks put together.

If one talks to a consumer Web architect, they will probably say that enterprise software is overly complex, often unusable, and based on over-priced and under-performing technologies.

Ecuador's Internal Revenue Service, SRI Ecuador, has developed a stable and secure platform for its Internet-based tax return project using a combination of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and JBoss Enterprise Application platforms, reports Trading Markets.

SRI says it supplies economic activity to individual and government taxpayers throughout the country's 24 provinces.

It services over one million customers, maintains a workforce of 2 400 and recorded an annual income of over $5 billion in 2007.

Enterprises that constantly face the challenge of stretching their budgets to embrace newer technology, while being competitive in the marketplace, will now have the advantage of getting more with a reduced overall spend, reports BigNews.biz.

Torry Harris Business Solutions revealed innovative SOA and integration strategies to boost its international business and help customers work with reduced budgets.

Continuing with its agenda of reducing the overall costs of a SOA initiative, Torry Harris partnered with Managed Methods to specifically cater to the SOA governance needs of customers.