Benoit Lheureux is a research VP in Gartner Research and agenda manager for the Application Infrastructure group. He focuses on three areas: application integration, middleware and B2B e-commerce, with the emphasis on the latter. Mr. Lheureux publishes research on the evolution of B2B integration projects (from traditional supply chain to cloud computing and SaaS integration), B2B infrastructure (including all forms of B2B software and services), the evolution of EDI VANs and integration as a service, and the role and adoption of B2B standards, such as EDI, AS2 and Web services.