B2B Integration : A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce

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• Content adapters to enable direct and P2P integration like adapters
for ODBC compliant databases such as SQL Server, Oracle and
Sybase.
16.3.2. FirstPeer — Professional servant
FirstPeer offers an open platform, person-to-person application
development tool, called the Professional Servant. The Professional
Servant manages the interaction among applications and devices on a
direct P2P basis. It extends and builds upon the basics of traditional
DNS, HTTP, XML, XML-RPC and Jabber instant messaging, to address
the opportunities in P2P marketplaces and commerce.
16.3.3. Groove networks — Groove 1.0
Groove is a peer computing platform designed to host a broad range of
peer-to-peer applications and business solutions for collaboration —
particularly security and synchronization. The solution enables instant
messaging, live voice, file sharing, free-form drawing and other ways of
working together.
16.3.4. Gnuetella
Gnuetella is a distributed P2P file sharing system, which does not
require a centralized server. Gnutella allows a user running a Gnutella
client to search for and download files from other Gnutella users.
Companies can use it to serve files into the intranet from any device on
the network.
16.3.5. Applied MetaComputing — Legion
Applied Meta provides a comprehensive middleware that has a complete
set of capabilities for developing robust P2P and distributed computing
solutions. Their technology provides a scaleable and secure framework
that allows enterprises to effectively manage distributed systems, which
include network servers, desktops, clusters and handheld devices across