Acta Technology, represented locally by Global Technology Business Intelligence (GBI), has announced that its patented ERP data caching technology will be used in conjunction with IBM`s MQSeries. Acta is developing an interface enabling its eCache suite of packaged data applications to provide realtime access to the rich, "heavy data" typically located in ERP systems that support the MQSeries interface.
"As customers move to e-business, they need the tools to expand their business processes and data to their business partners," says Altus Viljoen, Acta product manager at GBI. "By creating an adapter to the MQSeries, Acta has extended its reach to data located in a very broad range of enterprise back-office systems."
Acta`s eCache application for MQSeries enables companies to access the information-rich back-office data (heavy data) essential for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. eCache allows access to information from a wide variety of data sources, as IBM`s MQSeries offers support of more than 35 platforms - expanding the integration of applications, systems and data for extended businesses.
Heavy data - the detailed, historical and other information (order status, inventory, product availability, year-to-date purchases, open invoices, related early-payment incentives) that is locked away in back-office systems - enables business partners to make realtime decisions on purchases.
The extended enterprise needs frequent, realtime access to all types of pre- and post-order information. The Acta eCommerce Data Platform and suite of eCaches enable the rapid delivery of data essential for B2B e-commerce, and prepare companies for data-intensive environments.
Back-office systems were designed to process transactions, not to carry out the heavy demands of providing content-rich data to the extended enterprise.
Additionally, in the Internet economy, businesses must use new business channels, including marketplaces and e-commerce, to improve their business model. These new channels are creating demand for the use of e-commerce-ready data.
Real B2B e-commerce requires data from all enterprise sources - and it is needed in real-time. Making data e-commerce-ready allows businesses to realise the full benefits of B2B e-commerce by sharing their heavy data with the extended company.
Combining MQSeries` realtime, scalable integration with multiple back-office systems and Acta`s ability to deliver frequently requested heavy data, customers will have industrial-strength access to the information they need for B2B e-commerce.
"Acta`s eCache for MQSeries allows B2B companies to share data across their extended organisation without sacrificing back-office systems," adds Viljoen.
Under the terms of the agreement, Acta will develop an adapter for MQSeries. This adapter will allow Acta`s eCaches to intelligently provide real-time access to a wide variety of data sources.
MQSeries provides support to over 35 platforms. Acta eCaches provide rapid and scalable access to back-office data by extracting and staging that data in XML-enabled caches. Much like the caches that accommodate heavy demand for Web content on the Internet, eCaches allow companies to provide rapid, click-speed response times to serve the multitude of customers and vendors who request back-office information via the Web.
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