Reality is catching up with science fiction rather quickly these days. Augmented Reality (AR) gives a whole new meaning to integration. AR involves using existing sources of data to super impose information and images on top of our view of the world. Whether it is viewing a street and finding houses for sale to matching and finding someone's contact info via social networking via face recognition, this technology promises to change the way we view the world. For some killer examples, check out http://bit.ly/uEg5C...

Suppliers doing business with buyers offering this feature would be remiss not to implement the technology. Buyers' job is simply much easier and faster using this approach for their procurement. This translates into revenue loss for Suppliers who choose not to partake on this opportunity. Developed by SAP, the Open Catalog Interface (OCI) helps connect Supplier-Hosted Catalogs to buyers using SAP systems. OCI is based on connections via HTTP protocol over the Internet, allowing product data to...

Streamlining operations of an organization and achieving operational efficiencies has always been a worthy goal but it is especially true in bad times. One of the approaches to achieve this goal is to getting your existing programs to work together. The tools are widely available and in some cases they are so inexpensive and simple to implement so as to be a complete no-brainer. Integrating your existing legacy applications together rather than implement new software could yield some truly positive...