White PapersThe growth of partnerships into seamless e-business networks is one of the most significant trends in the evolution of Internet commerce. Some of the most successful global enterprises have achieved a very high level of coordination between their own information technology (IT) systems and those of their customers, suppliers and partners. This IT coordination is being used to differentiate solutions, reduce costs and improve speed and agility.
In business-to-consumer (B2C) scenarios where consumers communicate with an enterprise that presents products or services from multiple partners simultaneously, access to shared resources must be secure and structured to meet the requirements of each partner in the business relationship, while meeting the consumer's needs.
