Implementation of an e-Services Hub for Small and Medium Enterprises

The availability of new information technologies (IT) makes possible their use by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) thus being able to define new business models based on industrial networks of collaborating enterprises. These networks require integrated information services (e-Services) available through an open technological platform known as e-Hub. This paper presents a software architecture for a robust e-Services Hub and IT infrastructures implementing the Hub. The architecture is implemented using three main IT approaches: corporate portals, enterprise application integration and business process management. A description of free technologies implementing a prototype is included.