Mashup integration services in B2B scenarios

SYSTEMATIC THOUGHT LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS

Using Mashup Integration Services in

B2B Scenarios

Robert Siebeck1 3, Till Janner1, Christoph Schroth1, Volker Hoyer1 2, Wolfgang

Wörndl3, Florian Urmetzer1

1 SAP Research CEC St. Gallen, Switzerland 2 University of St. Gallen, =mcminstitute, Switzerland 3 Technische Universität München, Germany

Speaker: Volker Hoyer ([email protected])

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1. Motivation and Challenges

2. Background and Related Work

3. Enterprise Mashup Integration Patterns

4. Mashup Integration Services

5. Conclusion and Outlook

Agenda


Motivation and Challenges

Problem Statement

Existing approaches for B2B collaboration

lack on richness or reach

Enterprise Mashups enable fast and

flexible B2B collaboration

B2B Integration Challenges

Long development cycles

Expensive development

Lacking availability of solutions for small and medium enterprises







Agenda


B2B Hubs

Hard-Wired Electronic Interoperation


Vendor Software Service

Multienterprise/ B2B Gateway

SW

MFT Suites EDI Translators IaaS B2BPO

Accenture x x

Adv. Data Exch. x

Axway x x x

Click Commerce x x x

Covisint x

Crossgate x x

DICentral x x

E2Open x x

EasyLink Services x

eZCom Software x x x

GxS x x x x

Hubspan x x

Inovis x x x x x

nuBridges x x x

Seeburger x x x

Sterling Com. x x x x x

SupplyOn x

TietoEnator x x

Tumbleweed x

Background and Related Work

What are Enterprise Mashups?

An Enterprise Mashup is a Web-based resource that combines

existing resources, be it content, data or application functionality, from more than one resource by empowering the end users to

create individual information centric and situational applications.


Mashup Platforms and Tools

Background and Related Work

Enterprise Mashup Terminology and Platforms

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http://www.kapowtech.com/

http://www.jackbe.com/

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Agenda


Enterprise Mashup Integration Pattern

Overview

Integration between two Mashup Platforms can be done on several layers:

Pattern 1: Sharing of Mashup Platform

Pattern 2: Provide a Gadget

Pattern 3: Provide a Screen

Pattern 4: Provide an API/ Resource

Pattern 5: Connect Resources

Pattern 6: Mashup Integration Services (PaaS)

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Advantages and Disadvantages

Pattern Advantages Disadvantages

P1: Share Mashup

Platform

Few integration issues, easy to

implement

No automated data exchange, media break

P2: Provide a Gadget Automated data exchange Gadget need to be available, company A

has to follow the process defined by

company B’s gadget

P3: Provide a Screen Automated data exchange,

company A can customize screen-

flow

Company A needs to follow the screen-flow

design of company B, possibly a developer

is needed to integrate the screen into the

gadget

P4: Provide an API/

Resource

Automated data exchange,

company A can customize the

process and screen-flow design

Company B needs to provide an API, which

probably requires a developer

P5: Connect

Resources

Automated data exchange, the

integration issues are hidden from

the end user

Hard-wired connection between backend

systems is required, which decreases the

process’ flexibility, as end users are not

enabled to change the process anymore,

also the connection has to be established

developers







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Pattern 6: Mashup Integration Service

Characteristics

Mashup Platforms at Company A and B

can access the Mashup Integration

Services via an API

Mashup Integration Services provide

several supportive features

Represents future Platform as a

Service (PaaS) environments


Mashup Integration Services

Required Services


Required Services (Conceptual

Perspective)

Organzational Layer

Semantics Layer

Infrastructure Layer


Implementation with Cloud-Based Services

Architecture of the Prototype

Demonstration Sample Scenario







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Conclusion and Outlook

B2B collaboration using Mashups

There are several ways to implement B2B collaborations using Mashups

A novel way has been proposed

PaaS Prototype for B2B Transaction

A cloud-based prototype has been implemented: Mashup Integration Services

FAST Project: Implementation and Evaluation of a whole B2B Promotion

Scenario

http://fast.morfeo-project.eu


Future Work – FAST Project

B2B Scenario (POS Promotion Scenario)

The promotion crew request is for the planning and staffing of

sales promotion events at customer locations or fairs.

Scenario Characteristics:

POS scenarios change from case-to-case

Various different partners may be involved

„ad-hocness“ and flexibility


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Demonstration: Sample Scenario

Post JSON via

REST Web Service

Collect promotion

requests

Translation, Routing

RSS feed Post XML via

REST Web Service

Translation,

Routing

Atom Feed

Organization A Organization B

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promotion

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Store promotion

requests

2 Provide promotion

requests as RSS

feed

Display promotion

requests, collect

accepted promotion

requests

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Store accepted

promotion

requests

Provide list of

accepted

promotions

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http://aws.amazon.com/


Yahoo! Pipes used for creating Promotion Requests



Yahoo! Pipes used for creating Promotion Requests



IBM Lotus Mashups to display and accept promotion requests



Yahoo! Pipes for viewing accepted promotion requests


Technology

Mashup integration services in B2B scenarios