Stories by Carolyn A. April and Heather Harreld

Integration vendors extend EDI with EAI

Looking to capitalize on users' desire to trim EDI network charges and exploit emerging standards, EAI (enterprise application integration) vendors are increasingly touting their tools as a way to extend or replace existing EDI infrastructures.

Next-gen enterprise apps

The next generation of enterprise applications is promising to shed traditional shackles, spanning functional silos to link data seamlessly among customer, supplier, financial, and other applications both inside and outside company firewalls.