The ECM blueprint, supported by seven technical pillars, is a strategy that allows executives to maximize IT returns and create a flexible environment for evaluating, planning and managing future technology deployments. The application server minimizes complexity and supports interoperability. The separation of presentation and business logic delivers scalability and flexibility. An analytic data model. An analytic data model is critical because performance information comes from multiple sources, and new ventures must be measured and analyzed.
Integration needs to become an intrinsic part of the system of record and enable business processes.
Vendors must publish application processes as logical, call-able components and subscribe to other services via an integration framework. BPM provides the governance and rules needed to gain competitive advantage by increasing business agility. Vendors must provide the ability to coordinate application processes with a centralized process manager. The PTX will support commerce and access management by providing the gateway to external and internal constituents. Vendors must integrate through the PTX for external Web services and synchronize with existing systems by supporting open XML protocols.