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EDI is going to be big, and is already seeing a lot of adoption. Comments from Burley Kawasaki, Director of Project Management - Connected Systems Division at Microsoft (heads where the future of BizTalk is going). "Contrary to popular belief, EDI transactions are growing - and on a very large base. Not because customers are using EDI for new applications, but because they are putting more and more suppliers into their existing EDI feeds and doing more electronic business. With this much electronic business being done over EDI, companies are looking for ways to bring down TCO on general operations (hence the interest in swapping out expensive legacy systems with newer MS platforms) and also reducing the per transaction cost (hence the interest in moving away from VANs and migrating to AS2 over the Internet). I can't share w/ you our estimates for our market opportunity w/ BizTalk R2, but suffice it to say we wouldn't have built EDI into our core engine if we didn't think it was a pretty mainstream opportunity for us to go after. MS doesn't tend to pursue niche opportunities. :)" In summary: solid book, solid topic where we have proven success, new angle where lots of money is being spent and there exists very little documentation, electronic or print.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #657382 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 185 pages

About the Author
Mark Beckner is a Technical Consultant specializing in business development and enterprise application integration. He runs his own consulting firm, Inotek Consulting Group, LLC, delivering innovated solutions to large corporations and small businesses.

His projects have included engagements with numerous clients throughout the U.S., and range in nature from mobile application development to complete integration solutions. He has co-authored BizTalk 2006: A Problem-Solution Approach (Apress, 2006), has spoken at a number of venues including Microsoft's BizTalk 2004 in a Service Oriented World conference, and is certified in Microsoft Technologies, including MCSD.NET.

Mr. Beckner resides with his wife, Sara, in western Colorado with their dog Rosco, the Adventure Mutt. He can be contacted at mbeckner@inotekgroup.com for any questions regarding the concepts in this book, for advice on integration projects, BizTalk 2006 implementations, or other consulting endeavors.