Heather Harreld

Continuing their march up the application stack, EAI (enterprise application integration) vendors are rolling out suites designed for business processes common to vertical industries such as health care and financial services.

Positioning Web services as purely an integration issue, webMethods Inc. and a host of partners have attacked the space occupied by other application server and development tools vendors promising to transform applications with a point and click.

WebMethods fired a shot across the bow of application server and development tools vendors with the announcement that its platform can transform applications into Web services with a point and click.

Commerce One is manoeuvring out of SAP

Commerce One Inc. has partnered with Compaq Computer Corp. to bundle its e-procurement solutions with Compaq ProLiant servers in a deal aimed at drawing small and mid-market customers of Commerce One marketplaces.

Although supply-chain management and collaboration for finished goods has received much attention of late, management of service parts and content needed for maintenance and repair of goods already in the market is moving to the forefront.

Hampered by integration and cultural issues, most enterprises are still waiting to reap benefits from business-to-business exchanges, according to a new study by Giga Information Group Inc. and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Hampered by integration and cultural issues, most enterprises are still waiting to reap benefits from business-to-business exchanges, according to a new study by Giga Information Group Inc. and Booz Allen Hamilton.