Scott Lehman - May 2002 In the world of corporate information technology the term "Enterprise" means different things to different people. But to me it means products, services, and solutions that are used throughout the entire company in a planned and consistent way to achieve some important strategic goal of the company. The accounting function within almost any company is a good example of this. The company has an important strategic goal to manage their money assets (as mandated by law if nothing else) according to widely accepted accounting principals. As such, everyone who participates in the corporate money game agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of the accounting department.