Pipeline

EP-Express Edition 2.0 (Enterprise Portal)
Sybase
www.sybase.com

EP-Express Edition 2.0 lets companies deploy a personalized, common interface to multiple applications and information sources with single sign-on security. EP-Express Edition 2.0 provides a secure portal presentation layer for navigation, content management, and personalization. Features of the extensible EP-Express Edition 2.0 include prebuilt portlets for content feeds and searches and prebuilt support for search and categorization. Edition 2.0 is priced at $85,000 per CPU.

Sybase, 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville, CA 94608, 510-922-3500

Oracle Contracts
Oracle
www.oracle.com

Oracle has released Oracle Contracts, a component of the Oracle E-Business Suite that lets companies manage their contractual obligations across the enterprise, including agreements with customers, suppliers, and partners. Oracle hopes that with Oracle Contracts, companies can standardize the contracting process to reduce administrative costs and eliminate contract leakage. The Oracle Contracts family includes Oracle Contracts for Service, Oracle Contracts for Rights, and Oracle Contracts for Sales. The price for a two-year user application is $2,098.

Oracle, 500 Oracle Pkwy., Redwood Shores, CA 94065, 650-506-7000

Genio Suite 5.0
Hummingbird Ltd.
www.hummingbird.com

Hummingbird Ltd.'s universal data exchange solution, Genio Suite 5.0, is designed to speed data loads into data warehouses and data marts with the addition of natively supported bulk loaders including Teradata's TPump loader and Microsoft SQL Server loader. Also included in the new version are a GUI and a centralized administration console, Genio administration Manager. Pricing for Genio Suite 5.0 starts at $75,000.

Hummingbird Ltd., 1 Sparks Ave., North York, Ontario, Canada M2H 2W1, 416- 496-2200

iPlanet Integration Platform
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions
www.iplanet.com

IPlanet E-Commerce Solutions has incorporated SOAP, Java technology, and XML into the iPlanet Integration Platform, which includes iPlanet Integration Server B2B Edition, iPlanet Integration Server EAI Edition, and iPlanet Message Queue for Java. IPlanet believes that companies will have flexibility for employee, customer, partner, and supplier information exchange by extending their business processes across the Internet. Pricing for the iPlanet Integration Server B2B Edition is $100,000 per CPU. Pricing for the iPlanet Integration Server EAI Edition starts at $40,000 per CPU. Pricing for the iPlanet Message Queue for Java is $4,000 per CPU.

IPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, 4040 Palm Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054, 888- 786-8111

ABSolute
IBM AlphaWorks
www.alphaworks.ibm.com

IBM alphaWorks' ABSolute procurement technology helps corporate procurement professionals compare suppliers using the Information Visualization tool. The tool lets users view and change data factors of different offerings at the same time on a single screen. ABSolute also includes analysis capabilities such as dynamic querying. The system is currently under beta testing; anyone can participate by downloading ABSolute from the alphaWorks site.

IBM, 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10604, 800-IBM-4YOU

IBM's WebSphere Commerce Analyzer Advanced Edition (WCA/Advanced) gives companies access to customer buying patterns and purchasing trends to improve customer service. WCA/Advanced is a preconfigured application and supports open standards such as Java and SQL. Pricing starts at $130,000 including five users. Additional processors will cost $54,000 and additional users will cost $3,200.

IBM, 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10604, 800-IBM-4YOU