Digitally Networked Businesses

30 September 2009

Method4 is currently working with the Department of Enterprise and Transport (DE&T) on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government to explore the value of "Digitally Networked Businesses" to the development of the Welsh economy.

The concept of Digitally Networked Businesses (DNB) has been developed by DE&T and is based on the "Digital Business Ecosystems" research from the European Union's Framework 6 programme. DNBs can be thought of as internet-delivered communities, populated with content and services developed by their members that support one or more business sectors. A DNB is a "social networking site for business" and owned by its contributors.

Method4's involvement in the project is to define the technical infrastructure and standards of the DNB system for Wales. The web-enabled system will use open standards and provide future developers with a stable and robust framework on which to build applications. The first phase of the project is to develop a demonstrator system which will showcase a DNB to potential users.

Craig Hughes, director at Method4 said, "We are pleased to be working with DE&T on this project, our technical expertise will provide a sophisticated toolset to help businesses work together."