[en] Cross-organizational collaboration and the exchange of process data are indispensable for many processes in federally organized governments. Conventional IT solutions, such as cross-organizational workflow management systems, address these requirements through centralized process management and architectures. However, such centralization is difficult and often undesirable in federal contexts. One alternative solution that emphasizes decentralized process management and a decentralized architecture is the blockchain solution of Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. Here, we investigate the architecture of this solution and examine how it addresses the requirements of federal contexts. We find that the solution’s architecture resembles an improvement and cross-organizational adaption of an old architectural paradigm, the enterprise service bus.
Disciplines :
Computer science
Author, co-author :
Amend, Julia; University of Bayreuth > FIM Research Center
Fridgen, Gilbert ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
Rieger, Alexander ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
Roth, Tamara ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
Stohr, Alexander; Fraunhofer FIT > Project Group Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
The Evolution of an Architectural Paradigm - Using Blockchain to Build a Cross-Organizational Enterprise Service Bus
Publication date :
April 2021
Event name :
54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii (Virtual)
Event date :
January 2021
Audience :
International
Main work title :
54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii (Virtual)
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Security, Reliability and Trust
Funders :
P17/IS/13342933/PayPal- FNR/Chair in DFS/Gilbert Fridgen
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