5.3. Approaching the Challenges

Key to resolving the business and technical challenges was to develop a system that was flexible anough to accomodate existing systems while providing the means to do business in completely new ways. It was also key to find a vendor capable of delivering the latest technology while working closely with the CORE team to ensure its success.

5.3.1. Architecture Choice

The choice of an architecture was based on careful consideration of these issues and other factors, including available skill levels within the organization and discussions with senior representatives from leading development tool vendors. As a result, it was decided that the J2EE platform, which had just been publicly released in draft specification ...

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