i2 Inc., 185
IBM, 12–13, 31–32, 34, 41, 43–46, 52, 54–55, 83, 120, 148, 176–178, 182–187, 189, 191–197, 201
iChain, 198
IFX (Interactive Financial eXchange) Forum, 38
impact of Web services, 87–88, 108, 112
incremental adoption, 154–155
infrastructure maintenance/ management/upgrades, 98–100
Infravio, 51
innovation phase of Web services adoption, 18, 20, 60, 74–78, 155, 204–205
business landscape for, 75–76
early adopters and, 74
new entrants and, 74
plan of action for, 77–78
planning considerations for, 76–77
standards and, 78
instant messaging, 11
insurance industry, 134–135
Integrated Development Environment (IDE), 103, 148, 194
Eclipse, 193
Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and, 179
.NET and, 177
integration phase of Web services adoption, 18–19, 60–69, 106–107, 155, 204
ad hoc, custom, 62
business landscape and, 60–66
characteristics of typical, 63
cost of, 61, 63, 66
data warehouse/data mart and, 62
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) in, 62–63, 66–67
evolving standards and, 67
financial services industries and, 132–135
governance of, 54–57
interoperability of, 54–57
manufacturing industries and, 127–131
pilot services/pilot projects, 68
plan of action for, 68–69
planning considerations in, 66–68
Proof-of-Concept (POC) phase in, 60
security and, 67
skills acquisition in, 67
“skunk works” phase in, 60
Web services and, 116
Intel, 12–13, 55
Intellectual Property (IP), 88
Internet and Business to Business (B2B), 14–15
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), 42–43
Internet Information Server (IIS), 177
Internet Protocol (IP), 33
interoperability (see also cross platform support), 54–57, 168–169
inventory management, 3–4, 71
IONA, 176, 178, 191
iPlanet, 179, 191, 196
isolated transactions, in ACID principles, 50
IT strategies and management, 90, 98
IT value chain, 97–103