1 An e- business I nt egr at ion & Collabor at ion Plat f or m f or B2B e-Commer ce Kumar Bhaskar an, J en- Yao Chung, T er r y Heat h, Sant hosh Kumar an 1 E- Commer ce Gr oup, I BM Resear ch, Yor kt own Height s, NY Raja Das and Prabir Nandi B2B Engagement , I BM Sof t war e Gr oup, Somer s, N Y. Abst ract The B2B e- Commer ce ar ea is poised f or t r emendous gr owt h. While t his is a gr eat oppor t unit y f or t he syst em designer s, t he challenges ar e abundant as well. I n t his paper , we list t he r equir ement s on an applicat ion plat f or m f or B2B e- Commer ce. W e descr ibe a f r amewor k- based appr oach t o designing such a plat f or m. We use design pat t er ns t o descr ibe t he f r amewor ks on which t he plat f or m is based. These pat t er ns illust r at e how t he plat f or m suppor t s collabor at ive business pr ocesses t hat int egr at e ent er pr ise applicat ions and t r ading par t ner syst ems. W e pr esent a pr ogr amming model t hat enables t he assembly of complex e- business applicat ions on t he plat f or m. Keywor ds: Collabor at ive Commer ce, B2B I nt egr at ion, e- Mar ket s, Design Pat t er ns, Applicat ion Plat f or m 1 Contact author. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Route 134, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598. kumaran@us.ibm.com . 914 945 1469.