XML: eCommerce Solutions for Business and IT Managers (Paperback)

by Hank Simon (Conductor)

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Product Description
"Big Picture" insights into one of the hottest, most promising eCommerce technologies

If your company uses massive amounts of data from different sources, XML could be the Holy Grail. Using today's conventional programs and processes, data may have to be translated and reformatted more than five times during data exchange and eCommerce. XML has the potential to speed up ebusiness applications and integration efforts, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data. In XML: eCommerce Solutions for Business & IT Managers, author Solomon Simon helps you:

* Learn what XML is and where it came from
* Explore the advantages of using XML to solve business integration issues
* Apply proven strategic planning models to determining when, and how best to implement XML
*Understand the risks as well as the benefits associated with XML as a business enterprise solution, as well as common organizational obstacles to XML implementation

From the Author
The blending of technical and business perspectives will help engineers, technical gurus, and programmers to explain the importance of XML, in business terms, to their management and to their customers. I meet with people everyday who want to understand the business advantages of the latest and greatest new technologies. These folks may be corporate executives who want to improve the business or they may be IT managers who want to discuss their technologies in terms that executives can understand. One friend, a top manager of a technical company, was reading the hype and asked me bluntly, ‘What's XML good for?’ This book answers that business question and more, without the usual programming details. The manager who wants to understand the difference between XML, HTML, and other markup languages will enjoy information, the style, and the subtle humor. The abundance of industry examples will help business people understand why they need XML. - Hank Simon

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Product Details

• Paperback: 259 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade; 1st edition (March 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071371885
• ISBN-13: 978-0071371889
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,488,564 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A business approach, April 24, 2001

By A Customer

If you are in business and IT, read this book. Go elsewhere to learn how to program XML. Read this to learn WHY you need to understand XML, its applications, its potential -- make a wise, informed business decision (and if you don't use it, be prepared to explain why not).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, March 20, 2001

By	Mark Beckwith "m3driver" (Fort Worth, TX) - See all my reviews

So many XML books today are either too high level or too low level. This book gives a very good forest level view of what XML is, why it's such a big deal, where it's going, and how it can help my organization.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to succeed with XML, March 28, 2001

By	Fort Worth Reader (TX) - See all my reviews

If you need to explain XML to management read this book or if you are management read this book. Solid information with just the right slant to make the impact of XML understandable for the non technical person. The snippets of humor interspersed between the chapters kept a grin on this reader's face as the material was absorbed!