eCommerce, infrastructure...

Sell-Side infrastructure has required 'indirect Internet access' as security measure. Preventing random access to the enterprise host has been considered a risk too high from both a security perspective as well as an operational load balancing perspective. Since access has no real barrier rules are difficult to enforce.

Rather than selective replication, numerous enterprises have selected 'direct mediated Internet access' where transaction query and posting requires virtual update to interact with other none Internet applications.

The large demand for infrastructure applications from Lines of Businesses (LOBs) has created incredible Infrastructure pressure. Financial resources to Y2K mediation and ERP implementation have diverted much needed funds from infrastructure.