Active Software, Inc., provider of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) software products, announced support for Microsoft Commerce Interchange Pipeline (CIP) and BizTalk Server. Active Software’s ActiveWorks Integration System will integrate BizTalk Server with disparate front and back-office applications, providing a solution to conduct business with partners and consumers over the Internet. Microsoft BizTalk Server will provide the tools and infrastructure to enable richer business process integration within and between companies and will make it easy for customers to use BizTalk by incorporating the standard XML schema and protocols defined by the BizTalk framework. www.activesw.com