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Web Service-Based ERP Systems and an Open Security Model

Web Service-Based ERP Systems and an Open Security Model
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Author(s): Nico Brehm (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany), Jorge Marx Gómez (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany)and Claus Rautenstrauch (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 3
Source title: Managing Modern Organizations Through Information Technology
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-822-2.ch083
ISBN13: 9781616921293
EISBN13: 9781466665354

Abstract

Modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like SAP R/3 or Oracle Applications consist of many software components which provide specific functionality. However, these ERP systems are designed as an all-in-one solution, often implementing functionality not needed. Furthermore, such ERP systems depend on very large-scale infrastructures like servers and networking technology, which are very expensive to install and to maintain. The new idea is to develop a novel ERP system architecture which facilitates an overall reusability of individual business components (BC) through a shared and NONmonolithic architecture based on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. According to the common use of distributed applications, several security problems exist. This paper describes an open security model for a shared ERP system based on Web Service technology. The visualized approach underlines the security requirements of distributed ERP systems and gives a basic proposal for further research.

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