ARTS Welcomes New Members
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December 2006
The ARTS Standards Pavilion (booth 2155) at the NRF 96th Annual Convention and EXPO will demonstrate how ARTS Standards are the Building Blocks for SOA. The Data Model, ARTS XML Schemas and UnifiedPOS should all be incorporated into your SOA implementation plans. Learn from our sponsors AccessVia, Channel Intelligence, Epson, Escalate Retail, IBM, Merchant Advantage, Microsoft, Oracle, PCMS, Retail Anywhere, SAP, Soft Solutions and Softechnics how they provide better applications and services to retailers by using ARTS Standards. The newest ARTS standard XML Schema, Comparison Shopping Engine (CSE), will be showcased in two different demonstrations. Channel Intelligence and Merchant Advantage will show how to increase sales and reduce processing expense using this new standard. Plan now to attend the NRF Annual Convention. Click here to register online.
Alex Seidita, Chief Architect for Home Depot, will present on Enterprise Architecture at the next SOA Boot Camp January 31, 2007 in Orlando FL. The Boot Camp will be co-located with Shop.org FirstLook 2007 (separate registration required). The full-day education session will give attendees an understanding of the components of a service oriented architecture and tips for successful planning and implementation. Sponsors Fujitsu, SAP and Sun Microsystems will present actual retailer implementation case studies. The cost for ARTS, NRF and Shop.org members to attend is $395. To register visit http://www.nrf.com/SOA/.
NRF’s Workshop, Managing the Payment Card Industry Data Security Lifecycle, is scheduled for 8am -1pm February 22, 2007 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, TX. This event will feature presentations from Ken Askelson, Senior IT Audit Manager, J.C. Penney, and Teri Mieritz, IT Compliance and Risk Assessment Director, J.C. Penney. Event registration is complimentary for NRF and ARTS member retailers and is open to senior retail executives and their direct reports with responsibilities for PCI compliance or IT security. For more information, please contact La Sans Crawford at it@nrf.com or register at www.nrf.com/pci
PCM, the 14th standard ARTS XML schema that replaces the DAM schema to process images and other assets required to manage product information is now available to download. Read the press release and download the schema. (Hot links
Now available on http://www.nrf-arts.org/UnifiedPOS/default.htm for comments, version 1.11 is a preview of the future of POS. Microsoft and IBM will demonstrate a conceptual view of WSPOS that will be the remote access future of UnifiedPOS in the Pavilion booth 2155.
Brian Dean, VP, Product Strategy for Escalate Retail, Chris Smith, VP, Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Planning for Kohl’s and Eric Wilson, CIO of Raley’s have joined the Board. ARTS is very pleased to have such knowledgeable representatives from these leading retail industry companies provide to help set the ARTS direction and agenda. Action Items
A draft of the charter for the Data Warehouse project to support Business Intelligence applications is now available for review. Work team conference calls will begin in late January to remain on a fast track for completion. This is your last chance to join the work team. To participate in this exciting project, email ARTS@nrf.com and say, “I want to join the data warehouse team!” Click here to download a copy of the draft charter now.
The ARTS SOA Blueprint will include Infrastructure Requirements, Logical Model for Services and Supporting Use Cases. The objective of this project is to provide an industry-specific blueprint that will help retailers accelerate their adoption of SOA by leveraging ARTS-XML standards. It will also guide development of in-depth SOA education through project feedback. The goal is for retailers to reduce their integration costs and increase business agility through SOA. ARTS members that wish to join the team must email maderr@nrf.com prior to January 8th.
Comparison Shopping Engines (CSE), the new ARTS schema defining standard data formats for sending product information to the CSEs and for standard confirmation messages is being implemented by early adopters. Join these leaders in reducing the time required to post product online by as much as 50% by pledging to implement this standard and signing the Commitment Registry. See who is leading the e-commerce industry and sign up at http://www.nrf-arts.org/cse/cse.htm
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