LEARNING DIARY 3

KARTIK SAHU
ROLL NO: 224

E-business architectural framework

The E-business architecture is not just a collection of technologies and products. It is a blue
print that defines how to leverage web technologies to meet current and future needs of the
users, while adapting to changing technology and business requirements. The key elements
that influence this architecture are:
 Overall business strategy
 Business drivers
 Present IT Environment, Vision and Objectives and New Technologies
 Organizational Constraints
The other factors that govern the developing if this infrastructure are external issues that the
organization must abide by, like Financial, Legal and Regulatory, Market Related, Network
Protocols, Technical Standards and Socio cultural issues.
The E-Business core is a four-layer architecture, where each layer is based on the lower
layers.
E-business Application-Service Layer
Common Business Services & Security
Infrastructure
Messaging and Information Distribution
Infrastructure
Content Development & Publishing
Deployment & Distribution Infrastructure

Deployment & Distribution Infrastructure- This the lowest building block of the
framework which supports data communications circuits over which information is
transmitted. Includes: Packet-switched networking (telephony is circuit-switched), Packets
contain overhead information including addressing, They are also routed, like mail, All of
this flows across Internet backbones, Newer Internet access technologies include wireless
access, cable access and DSL.
Content Development & Publishing- This next layer includes standards for various
multimedia file types. Examples of materials transported in this way include: Video, Audio,
Text/Electronic documents, Graphics & Photos and Real time /Non-real time applications
Messaging and Information Distribution Infrastructure- The third block of supporting
framework for e-commerce includes email, instant messaging, Voice over IP (VoIP), point-
to-point file transfers (FTP), and groupware. E-mail is still largest use in this area. ISP
(Internet Service Provider) connects the user to the Internet.
Common Business Services & Security Infrastructure- The layer consists of six main
elements: Security, Authentication, Encryption, Electronic Payments, Search Engines and
Web Services & Personalization.
The E-Business core is designed to support a fifth layer in the E-Business framework
consisting of reengineered business processes and enabling IT applications to support key
business functions like Advertising and Shopping, Negotiating, Ordering, Billing, Payment
and Settlement, Distribution and Receipt, Accounting, Customer Service, Information and
Knowledge processing.

Apart from this, there are other components of the framework:

 The Information Architecture: Drives how data and information are stored and
accessed within the e-business solution.
 The Systems Management Aspect: All the nodes within the architecture, manageable
from local and remote locations, based on standards and extensible to support new
technologies, support for systems administration, management, and software
configuration.
 The Functional Architecture should focus on describing the function of the IT system
and is primarily concerned with: the structure and modularity of the software
components (both application and technical)and interactions between these
components.