Can someone point me to literature that can help me differentiate between the promise of "enterprise integration" and the past promises of "executive information systems"...the 1 nugget that I have come across is the notion that EI assumes a heterogeneous computing environment, whereas EIS requires that first the computing env. become standardized.
This request is motivated by a 2 year joint venture with a company where we are building software to help integrate different applications that are necessary for an oil and gas company to "manage its value". Some help in putting this project in a broader context would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Roy Masrani, Alberta Research Council, 3rd Floor, 6815 8 Street N.E., Calgary, CANADA. (403)-297-2354 ; fax: (403) 297-2337