AspenTech Launches e-Business InitiativeFinally
Steve McVey - November 17, 1999

Event Summary

Aspen Technology, Inc. recently announced an e-business initiative, Aspen e-Business, which is the first in a planned series of business-to-business e-commerce applications. As part of the initiative, AspenTech will partner with business-to-business application vendor Extricity Software, Inc. The proposed solutions will build on Aspen's existing Aspen MIMI and Aspen PIMS supply chain management software. In the future, Aspen plans to integrate Extricity's workflow modeling, e-commerce and process execution technologies with its own process plant modeling, automation and optimization systems. The integration aims to help customers form closer relationships with its partners that may have disparate ERP and supply chain systems...