FRAMINGHAM (02/25/2000) - Mortice Kern Systems Inc. in Waterloo, Ont., is readying a product called Change Integrity that's designed to manage the workflow for teams maintaining information such as Web content and e-business applications. The product, currently in beta tests, includes a Java application server based on BEA Systems Inc.'s WebLogic technology as well as Web and proprietary client software. Once one member of a project team has completed a task, the Change Integrity software automatically notifies others on the team to proceed with their tasks. Mortice Kern Systems is targeting midsize organizations with the software, which the company says works best in environments where not more than a few hundred end users are accessing a server. However, servers can be linked to support bigger project teams. The software is slated for availability in early March. Preliminary pricing is $3,200 per server with Secure Sockets Layer and $200 less without it, and $600 per client.
Mortice Kern Systems: www.mks.com
Sterling Commerce Inc. has sold its Managed Systems Division (formerly XcelleNet) to Francisco Partners, a private equity firm, for about $50 million.
The Managed Systems Division will operate as a privately held, independent company based in Atlanta and will regain its XcelleNet name. XcelleNet will continue to offer products for managing remote systems. These offerings include Connect: Manage, which can be used to manage devices across intranets and extranets. Sterling Commerce bought XcelleNet in mid-1998, but XcelleNet proved to be a bad fit for Sterling.
XcelleNet: www.xcellenet.com.