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Packaged Composite Apps Make Debut

Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 4:37:00 PM       Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox                            Digg This Article   Add to Delicious

Abstract:Sterling Commerce claims to beat other software vendors to market with first shrink-wrapped composite apps aimed at retailers, their suppliers and distributors.
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    Sterling Commerce this week made available the first two of a series of packaged composite applications (PCAs) aimed at retailers, their suppliers and companies that distribute their products.

    "We believe we are the first in the software industry to introduce a packaged composite application," said Scott Pulsipher, vice president of product management at Sterling, in an interview.

    Sterling's PCAs extract logic from two or more existing systems or applications within a services-oriented architecture (SOA) to form a new application without having to start from scratch. Composite applications automate specific business processes, such as order management or fulfillment, the Columbus, OH company said.

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