Enterprise computing in the on demand era

Web-based distributed computing is the vital technology enabler for today's most important e-business opportunities. However, a complex enterprise e-business system poses several technology challenges. Some of the key components that would enable the growth of an e-business are service-oriented architectures, understanding the use of data across businesses, application integration, and reduction of the complexity of management, and human intervention. In this position paper we outline some of the major challenges and trends in enterprise systems.