What's new from...Viewlocity, Oracle, Inprise/Borland, BEA Systems

Viewlocity

Integration software provider Viewlocity has its AMTrix application integration product, an integration engine for internal software integration, B2B integration, online trading hubs and supply-chain synchronisation. AMTrix is an end-to-end solution designed to assist all businesses with the transformation to e-business.

Based on neutral, open standards, AMTrix allows integration between different applications, platforms, databases and communication protocols. It supports messaging formats, including EDI and XML, and provides a range of functions to integrate different systems across multiple operating systems, application formats and e-commerce standards.

By capturing and processing business events in real time, AMTrix supports business processes, workflows and associated information flows.

In the case of a trading hub, AMTrix enables real-time information between trading partners, ensuring mission-critical events are managed with a public or private exchange for increased efficiency and productivity.

For supply chain needs, AMTrix is designed to seamlessly support all processes for synchronisation. By leveraging Internet-based supply chain integration, customers, partners and suppliers can achieve measurable benefits in inventory visibility, order fulfilment and logistics assets utilisation.

AMTrix runs on Unix, Windows NT and AS/400. Pricing: based on configuration.

Viewlocity: (02) 9911 7788

www.viewlocity.com

Oracle

Oracle's e-business integration solution is based on the Oracle9i platform and includes Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) technologies, the Oracle9i Server and Oracle Integration Services.

The Oracle9i platform consists of client software, application servers, databases, integration services, network services, and management and development tools for the development and deployment of e-business applications.

Combined with the EAI technology, Oracle9i provides a robust, scalable and flexible e-business infrastructure.

Applications development is simplified by the application server which provides integration services for intranet and Internet solutions, and middle-tier services.

Oracle Integration Services provides additional integration tools to allow organisations to completely mesh their business processes into a single, continuous workflow. An infrastructure completely developed on Java and XML provides transparent access to a wide range of data sources, allowing messaging services to connect all business processes across an organisation's entire enterprise.

Oracle 9i Application Server is available in three versions: standard, enterprise and wireless, with the wireless version extending applications to wireless devices.

Pricing, based on minimum number of users, starts at $1800 for the Standard edition, $10,400 for the Enterprise edition and $51,600 for the Wireless edition.

Oracle: 1300 366 386

www.oracle.com.au

Inprise/Borland

In September, Inprise/Borland announced new enhancements to its cross-platform e-business development environment Borland JBuilder 4.

In the latest version, JBuilder 4 speeds up the time to market by rapidly building e-business applications and deploying them to leading Java 2 Enterprise Edition applications servers.

Combined with the Inprise Applications Server, JBuilder 4 offers support for BEA Systems' Web Logic server, providing enterprise customers with a flexible and scalable end-to-end solution.

New features included in JBuilder 4 are:l Support for the latest Java 2 version 1.3 with built-in support for the Sun Java HotSPot Virtual Machine to boost performancel Visual two-way tools, designers and wizards to shorten the development and deployment of e-business applicationsl Remote debugging for Java applications remotely on Windows, Linux, Solaris or any platform that supports Java 2 JPDA, such as HP-UX, AIX or Tru64.l Support for Enterprise Java Bean 1.1 compliant development on Windows, Linux and Solaris platforms.

Aimed at developers, JBuilder 4 is designed to offer a comprehensive set of tools for creating pure enterprise Java applications and integrating them into an e-business infrastructure in the shortest possible time.

JBuilder 4 is available direct or through major software distribution channels in three versions, enterprise, professional and foundation.

Inprise/Borland: 1800 632 266

www.borland.com.au

BEA Systems

BEA Systems' eLink solution is an end-to-end Enterprise Application Integration solution and B2B e-commerce integration server for rapidly integrating business systems.

Targeted at enterprises, eLink enables businesses to integrate business processes and applications across back and front office systems as well as integrate with other business partners over the Internet.

Additionally, the BEA eLink Integration Server provides transaction support, application connectivity, and business process and data integration options based on BEA's distributed, manageable and scalable e-commerce transaction platform.

Other features of eLink include mainframe adapters and several messaging paradigms, including asynchronous/synchronous, publish/subscribe, and request/response, to meet its customers' range of integration solution requirements.eLink also includes several optional features including the BEA eLink Information Integrator or Data Integration Option, and Business Process Option or Integrator for HP/Changengine. The Information Integrator options provide cost effective alternatives to writing or generating programs that translate diverse data models used by different applications into a common data format.

The Business Process option and Changengine provide tools for defining, and execution engines for running business processes that span applications integrated using BEA eLink.

BEA Systems: 1800 678 024

www.bea.com/products/elink/