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Speaking of Business.....

AVDL V1.0 CAP V1.0 DITA V1.0 DocBook V4.1 DSML V2.0 ebXML CPPA V2.0 ebXML MSG V2.0 ebXML RIM V2.0 ebXML RIM V3.0 ebXML RS V2.0 ebXML RS V3.0 OpenDocument V1.0 SAML V1.0 SAML V1.1 and SAML V2.0 SPML V1.0 UBL V1.0 UBL NDR V1.0 UDDI V2 and UDDI V3.0.2 WSDM-MOWS V1.0 WSDM-MUWS V1.0 WS-Reliability V1.1 WSRP V1.0 WSS SAML and REL Profiles WSS V1.0 XACML V1.0 and XACML V2.0 XCBF V1.1 Little did you know we had so many dielects in speaking of business....the technology around this dielects is rapidly maturing....Although basic transactions remain same...novel business processes are being woven around the data created using these dielects... Frameworks are being built to leverage the intelligence that can be derived from these processes....Buzzwords like Business Process Monitoring(BPM), Corporate Process Monitoring(CPM) are used to describe this conv

Road to Simplicity

Hurricane Katrina Demonstrated the how complex - reasonably prepared organizations... who modelled the the scenarios and designed reponses to the impending disasters failed to execute their DR plans effectively. The Systems and underlying Infrastructure failed miserably... the preparations did seem to have taken into consideration that the Infrastructure like Roads,Transportation, Power and Communication Systems would themselves be vulnerable for catastrophic failure... There was little or no forethought in relocating and concentrating people in locations like the Dome and the convention center.. straining the already fragile and vulnerable infrastructure... The countermeasures were less-than-perfect...It was impossible to reach most parts of disaster stricken areas by road or communicate over the phone. It is said that FEMA/Department of Homeland security did not inform the public about a Simple emergency hurricane readiness kit...like they did after September 11.... There was little