Fibre channel switches are the supporting structure of a SAN. Each switch carries its share of the data traffic and works together with other switches to maintain a stable and responsive environment.
Professional service organizations, companies that sell staff services instead of goods, normally have little use for traditional ERP solutions because their production cycles focus on managing human activities rather than material or assembly lines.
The standards-based architecture of Web services can offer less expensive and simplified integration of business processes, whereas traditional EAI tools can address specific tasks as an alternative or complement to Web services.