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informationtechnologye-BusinessGROUPDecember2002Intel'sBusinesstoBusinessIntegration(B2Bi)initia-tivestreamlinesthebusinesstransactionprocessforourcustomers,suppliers,andaffiliates.ThispaperdescribeshowwebuiltourB2Bistrategy,employingtheRosettaNet*frameworktomanagesupplychainprocessintegration,andhowwemanagesecurity,network,andotherconsiderations.Intel’sB2BiInfrastructureHowIntelimplementsourB2BistrategyIntel’sB2BiInfrastructure2••Thispaperexploresthefollowingtopics:•B2BiDeliverablesandWhatWeLearned–WhatIntelaccomplishedandbest-knownmethodswedocumented.•RosettaNetFramework–HowIntel’spublicandprivateprocessesrunontheEnterpriseApplicationIntegration(EAI)informationbus.•B2BiEnvironments–Testingenviron-mentsusedbyIntelITforB2Bi.•NetworkConsiderations–Factorsrelatingtobandwidth,trafficflow,LANrequirements,andsoon.•SecurityConsiderations–Topicsrelatingtodataflowanddocumentencryption.•RASRequirements–Infrastructurereliability,availability,andscalability.Agenda•B2BiDeliverablesandWhatWeLearned•RosettaNet*Framework•B2BiEnvironments•NetworkConsiderations•SecurityConsiderations•RASRequirementscontinued...••Intel’sB2BiInfrastructure3OneofIntel’sgoalsistoachievea100%e-Corporationstatus.Todothiswearedevel-opinganinfrastructurethatallowsbusinesstransactionstobeprocessedautomaticallywithalmostnohumanintervention.Wearere-engineeringourback-endbusinessprocessestoprovideasingle,virtualviewofourenter-priseresourceplanning(ERP)systemthatenablesseamlessmachine-to-machinetransactionsovertheInternet.DuringtheplanningstageoftheB2Biinitiative,Inteldevelopedasetofdeliverablesagainstwhichtomeasuretheprogram’ssuccess.Alongthewaywealsolearnedsomelessonsweconsiderimportanttothesuccessoftheprogram.Single,virtualenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)systemWeachievedasingleERPenvironmentbypurchasinganEAIsystem.Thissystemautomatestransportandback-end-agnostictransactions.TheEAIplatformallowsouruserstoautomatetrulyevent-drivenbusinessprocesses.Forexample,ifavendorsendsusapurchaseorder,itdoesn’tmatterwhichbrandofserverweuseorwhetherthevendorusesanERPorahomegrownsystem,thesystemstillautomat-icallyprocessestheorder.Deliverablesfora100%e-Corporation•Singlevirtualenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)•Increasedcollaboration•Dataaccessondemand•Event-drivenintegration•Processreengineeringandautomation•UsetheInternetasa“value-addednetwork”...continuedfrompreviouspage••Intel’sB2BiInfrastructure4IncreasedcollaborationCustomersdon’tneedtocallustofindoutthestatusofanorder—wesendthemanupdateinrealtimewhenaneventhappensintheERPsystem.DataaccessondemandBecauseweneedtoaccessorderinformationinrealtime,weofferasuiteofweb-basedtoolstoviewtransactionstatus.Event-drivenintegrationIntelisstrivingtowardevent-drivenpushcommunication.Whenaneventhappens,suchastheoriginationofanadvanceshipnotice(ASN),thenotificationisimmediatelypickedupandroutedthroughtheappropriatechannels(forexample,Web,e-mail,RosettaNet)tothetradingpartner,basedonpredefinedsettings.ProcessreengineeringandautomationWearemovingawayfromtouch-basedordersandtransactionsandreducingdualdataentryonbothendsofatransaction.UseoftheInternetasavalue-addednetworkWeareloweringthecostperelectronicdatainterchange(EDI)transactionbyusingtheInternettocollaborateandconducttransactionsinrealtime.Weusethe“always-on”and“freelyavailable”natureoftheInternettolowerthecostofmachine-to-machinetransactionsinrealtime.AsIntelaccomplishesthesegoals,wedocumentwhatwehavelearnedduringtheprocess.Deliverablesfora100%e-Corporation•Singlevirtualenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)•Increasedcollaboration•Dataaccessondemand•Event-drivenintegration•Processreengineeringandautomation•UsetheInternetasa“value-addednetwork”Intel’sB2BiInfrastructure5••Whathavewelearnedonthewaytobecominga100percente-Corporation?Usethebestoff-the-shelfsoftwareOnevendormaynothaveeverytypeofsoftwareneeded.Wefounditmoreeffectivetobuythebestsoftwareavailableforeachpurposeratherthantobuildcustomsolutions,becausethetotalcostofownership(TCO)islower.ConfigureinsteadofcustomizingRatherthanusingsoftwaretobuildapplica-tionsfromscratch,westrivetobuyandconfiguregenericadapter-basedproductsthatareeasytosetupandrequirelesstesting.BuildonestablishedstandardsNumerousapplicationgroupsareactuallybuildingvariouscomponentsoftheB2Bapplications.Itisimportanttostandardizethedevelopmentguidelinesandmethodologytoensureahighdegreeofreuseandlowersupportcosts.EngineerforscalabilityAtIntel,weengineerforinfrastructurescalabili-tywhenweimplementnewtechnologies:•In2000,ITcompleted150transactionsamonth.•In2001,ITcompleted8000transactionsaweek.•Inearly2002,ITjumpedupto20,000transac-tionsperweek.WhatWeLearnedwhilebecominga100%e-Corporation•Usebest-of-breed,off-the-shelfsoftware•Configureinsteadofcustomize•Buildonestablishedstandards•Engineerforscalability•AutomatewhereitmakessenseIntel’sB2BiInfrastructure6••IntelusestheRosettaNetframeworktostandardizeandmanageourinternal,privateprocessesaswellasourexternal,publicprocessesthatintegratethesupplychain.RosettaNet,anindustryconsortium,developsandpromotesstandardelectroniccom