Digital Business Ecosystem Transformation -- Towards Cloud Integration

Digital business ecosystems are becoming an increasingly popular concept as an open environment for modeling and building interoperable system integration. Business organizations have realized the importance of using standards as a cost-effective method for accelerating business process integration. Small and medium size enterprise (SME) participation in global trade is increasing, however, digital transactions are still at a low level. Cloud integration is expected to offer a cost-effective business model to form an interoperable digital supply chain. By observing the integration models, we can identify the large potential of cloud services to accelerate integration. An industrial case study is conducted. This paper investigates and contributes new knowledge on a how top-down approach by using a digital business ecosystem framework enables business managers to define new user requirements and functionalities for system integration. Through analysis, we identify the current cap of integration design. Using the cloud clustering framework, we identify how the design affects cloud integration services.