PeopleSoft Inc. announced they have selected Microsoft technologies and standards to develop key elements of the PeopleSoft Business Network (PSBN), including PSBN’s role-based Enterprise Portal and a series of Community Applications. PSBN is an electronic business network of Internet business solutions that will deliver a broad range of relevant information, including applications and content, to a large number of end users through an Enterprise Portal. Announced in November 1998 and scheduled for availability later this year. The two companies also announced that PeopleSoft plans to collaborate with Microsoft on the XML-based BizTalk framework for application integration and e-commerce. www.peoplesoft.com
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DataChannel, announced that its XML Framework, portfolio of XML software solutions and services, will support Microsoft’s BizTalk to enable cross platform electronic commerce over the Internet. www.datachannel.com
Level 8 Systems, provider of messaging middleware and enterprise application integration (EAI) solutions, announced support for Microsoft Commerce Interchange Pipeline (CIP) and the BizTalk framework in its upcoming EAI product, Geneva E/A Integrator.Geneva E/A Integrator (“Geneva”) is a Windows NT Server-based enterprise application integration product that supports XML based messaging and workflow integration across heterogeneous platforms and applications. Geneva, integrates with Windows Distributed interNet Applications (DNA) architecture technologies including MTS and MSMQ, XML, HTTP, and other middleware technologies. Geneva will be officially launched at the end of March. www.level8.com
webMethods Inc., announced support for both XML-based BizTalk, Microsoft’s vision for cross-platform electronic commerce, and the next generation of the Microsoft Commerce Interchange Pipeline (CIP). Additionally, webMethods announced availability of cross-platform interoperability between its webMethods B2B products and current and future releases of Commerce Interchange Pipeline, including the version of CIP currently available with Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition. www.webmethods.com
Vitria Technology, Inc. announced it will integrate its complete XML-based Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) with the Microsoft’ Commerce Interchange Pipeline (CIP). Vitria BusinessWare allows companies to build graphical models of their business processes, and then directly execute these models, managing the flow of business events and information and harnessing transparently the underlying applications. www.vitria.com
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
Micro Modeling Associates (MMA), a technology consulting firm, announced a strategic partnership with Object Design. MMA will leverage Object Design’s object-oriented database management systems and tools, including eXcelon, their XML data server, to develop customized business solutions and Web applications for large corporations. As a premier member of ODI’s eXtreme Advantage Partner Program, MMA will integrate eXcelon into its enterprise knowledge management service offering for Fortune 500 businesses. MMA participated on Object Design’s eXcelon steering committee alongside companies such as KPMG and Knight-Ridder, and is now incorporating eXcelon into its own technology framework. www.micromodeling.com
UWI.Com, the provider of XML-based Internet forms for business-to-business e-commerce, announced that the company is actively seeking a strategic partnership that will take advantage of the market for the company’s solutions. The company has retained the services of PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities LLC to facilitate this strategic move. Qualified parties are invited to access the corporate profile website at or contact Mark Fahlberg at: 703/610-7550. www.uwi.com
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