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Self-Service pattern

Users interact with enterprise transactions and data. Customer relationship management applications are an example of this pattern put to use.


Collaboration pattern

Users collaborate with one another through e-mail, shared documents, and so forth. Example: collaboration across teams on document development.


Information Aggregation pattern

Users employ tools to extract useful information from large volumes of data, text, images, video, and so forth. This includes Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management. Example: evaluation of user purchasing preferences.


Extended Enterprise pattern

This pattern enables programmatic links between arms-length businesses (where a trading partner agreement might be appropriate).
Example: supply chain management


Access Integration pattern

This integration pattern provides a consistent and seamless front end access mechanism to users accessing multiple applications, each with its own potential access mechanism.


Application Integration pattern

This integration pattern seamlessly connects multiple Business patterns, enabling two or more applications to solve a business problem. Example: integrating the Self-Service pattern with the Information Aggregation pattern to improve the personalization of a customer self-help Web site.


Electronic Commerce composite pattern

This pattern combines functionality from several other Business patterns to sell goods and services through a catalog using a shopping cart, electronic wallet, or similar software tools. The purchasers may be consumers obtaining products or online buyers purchasing goods from a supplier.


Pervasive Commerce Portal composite pattern

This pattern includes elements of the Electronic Commerce composite pattern, Portal composite pattern and the Access Integration pattern.


e-Marketplace composite pattern

e-Marketplaces support multiple buyers and suppliers, creating a trading hub, sell-side hub, or buy-side hub for extensive B2B interaction. The buying function can be performed online or programmatically.


Portal composite pattern

This Composite pattern can be used to develop highly complex Portal applications that offer multiple services to users at one centralized location.


Account Access composite pattern

The Account Access composite pattern gives a user a centralized view of personal information relating to an account or accounts held with the host business.


Integrating Self-Service and Collaboration using WebSphere and Domino

This Custom design provides a variety of methods to integrate Self-Service and Collaboration functionality using different configurations of WebSphere and Domino servers.


Integrating WebSphere Application Server and SAP Products

This Custom design provides a variety of methods to integrate WebSphere and SAP products, based on business size and functionality needs.


Non-Functional Requirements custom designs

This Custom design details a set of variations to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and external network that enable high availability and high performance e-business applications.