EIS is an acronym for enterprise information system. An
enterprise information system is the set of applications that
comprise an enterprise's system for handling company-wide information.
These applications provide an information intrastructure for an enterprise.
An enterprise information system offers a well-defined set of services to its
clients. These services are exposed to clients as local or remote interfaces.
Examples of enterprise information systems include: enterprise resource
planning systems, mainframe transaction processing systems, and legacy
database systems.
J2EETM Connector Architecture.