A Conceptual Enterprise 2.0 Architecture

August 31st, 2007
by Jeremy Thomas

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  • Knowledge Workers access the E2.0 suite through a consolidated UI that sits on top of all of the applications
  • Applications integrate to the suite through a library of standards-based APIs and widgets.
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3 Responses to “A Conceptual Enterprise 2.0 Architecture”

  1. Michael Says:
    September 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Hi Jeremy,

    Nice diagram man. Love the colors. However, I would think that it would look better if you have the enterprise mashups sitting below the “consolidated user interface”. Enterprise mashups allow users to pre-select and make up their own information portal, utilizing not the XML/HTTP, JavaScript API, but rather a mashup tool that’s developed internally.

    Similar concept of free information flow can actually be developed in banks to allow customers to mashup their own financial information portal.

    I would also presume that XML/HTTP, Javascript API is accessed by external apps. I do not think Enterprises are happy with that as it is meant to be a Web 2.0 behind a corporate firewall.

    However, putting it on the public Web 2.0 perspectve, the external access would be good.

    Just my 2 cents.

  2. Jeremy Thomas Says:
    September 3rd, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    Hey Michael,

    You make a good point. I meant to imply that mashups are made available external to the Enterprise 2.0 system through the Javascript capability. But you’re right, it’s not explicit in the diagram. I do think it’s conceivable to have “mashups of mashups”, and that’s consistent with the diagram.

    Everything shown here is meant to be inside the firewall. I haven’t made an attempt to think about what external capabilities would look like yet.

    Companies like Jive Software, however, have thought about this. It’d be interesting to see what kind of architectural solution they came up with here.

  3. Enterprises Should Harness Web 2.0 Tools, But Carefully - Caller IP Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 3:33 am

    […] How this all is happening is still rather amorphous. This Social Glass link is only one slide, but it provides a good graphical representation of the nexus of Web 2.0 tools and the way in which they relate to corporate tasks. On one side of the image are “enterprise search,” “social bookmarking” and “knowledge marketplace.” They are connected to “blogs,” “wikis,” “social networking” and “enterprise mashups.” The links — which go in both directions — are “search,” “categorize” and “rank.” The idea, then, is that the tasks or corporate assets on the left are interactively accessed and managed by the tools on the right. All these elements sit behind a “consolidated user interface.” […]

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