1) What is the business value of XML to the organizations described in the case? How are they able to achieve such large returns on investment?

The business value of XML to the organizations described in the case is that XML provides a general format for data exchange within and between organizations. It’s very useful, it is easier to translate task when they write new data sharing because many organizations have adopted this standard. The reason that they are able to achieve such a great returns on investments is because XML is an open standard and easy to implement therefore most of the saving go to the bottom line

XML has been one of the innovative finding and inference for the organizations described in the case. The use of XML has increased their productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. XML has made it easier for the organizations to make the most tedious and complex tasks more easy and reasonable. XML has helped them get accurate calculations on important information that was difficult to get. It has provided security and sharing. The data and the information are managed better than before.
They are able to achieve such a large return on investment by using XML in the most effective way; the environment and the demand of the activities of the organization are part of the efficacy that they used. When they started using XML the performance improved; things were getting done faster, easier and it was user friendly. It increased the overall productivity of the organization. With the increase of the productivity of the organization resulted in a large return on investment.

2) What are other ways in which XML could be used by organizations to create value and share data? Look for examples involving for-profit organizations to gain a more complete perspective on the issue.

Profit organizations are value oriented and those with numerous division