"As more parties and additional systems are included in the mix," Ken continued, "the problem increases. This is further compounded by ERP implementations which enforce specific processes, consequently defining rigid EDI interfaces. Attempting to impose common references across the entire chain is usually impossible and why there are very few examples of true end-to-end visibility."
Steven Christensen, President of Babbleware Inc., agreed with Ken. "Distortion," Steven wrote, "occurs when the existing business systems, which I refer to as Enterprise 1.0 systems, fall out of tune with the business requirements. While already in place and consolidating financials with a solid command and control, these E1.0 systems rapidly loose resonance with the actual business: new customers, new competitors, ever-increasing data required, updated processes, new technology, compliance, regulation, M&A, etc."
Steven went on to say, "By failing to remain concurrent with this changing environment the ability to properly tune operations within a company, let alone outside of a company (read collaboration), will forever be just out of tune. As Ken Lyon commented, the distortion a network of out of tune signals creates is deafening."
Steven also believes that Enterprise 2.0 could very well be the solution, although he says it does not necessarily require social tools that literally track conversations across a network. Babbleware, whose tagline is, "Achieving Change Without Changing Systems," offers enterprise add-on solutions. Unlike other methods that require communication between systems, such middleware, translators and software integration, Babbleware, which is 100% bowser-based, listens to systems and applications, and works with them o give employees, vendors, and customers immediate, cost effective, and highly scalable web access according to your established security practices and policies.
