Could somebody please interpret this excerpt which I copied from Information Week? What does this mean in plain English? Does Bay need to integrate its enterprise planning software with that of Nortel?
"With enterprise resource planning software widely implemented, there's a growing need to integrate disparate systems. Jorge Taborga, CIO of Bay Networks Inc., is in the market for products to connect Bay's SAP applications with the Baan applications of Nortel Networks Inc., which acquired Bay last August. "When you have a large enterprise, you're dealing with ERP-to-ERP connections," Taborga says.
Bay uses CrossWorlds Software Inc.'s integration tools; this quarter,
CrossWorlds will introduce CrossWorlds Enterprise, software for integrating core processes such as finance, human resources, and purchasing. Other vendors are upgrading their integration systems as well. In February, Vitria Technology Inc. will unveil an enhanced connector for SAP that provides access to all of SAP's application interfaces. In the first half, Active Software Inc. will release an adapter to extend SAP's Business Workflow to non-SAP applications, as well as adapters for Baan, PeopleSoft 7.5, Siebel 99, and
Vantive 8. Oberon Software will release an adapter in the first quarter that ties Siebel 99 into SAP and J.D. Edwards applications, among others."
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