CrossWorlds Software is embedding Cyclone’s Interchange B2B connectivity solution into its Trading Partner Interchange product. Cyclone’s solution allows companies to choose from multiple trading channels including e-commerce portals, EDI networks, and current trading exchanges using standards such as XML, EDI, AS/2, RNIF 2.0, and S/MIME to integrate with trading partners, customers, and trading communities.

Cyclone Commerce, a provider of B2B connectivity solutions, has signed an OEM agreement with CrossWorlds Software. CrossWorlds will embed Cyclone’s Interchange solution into its Trading Partner Interchange (TPI) product.

CrossWorlds TPI will provide Global 2000 companies and e-marketplaces with a tightly coupled, end-to-end solution that enables them to integrate with a wide variety of trading partners and trading communities via RosettaNet, EDI, and XML-based process integration. CrossWorlds’ solution is an integration platform comprised of:

- packaged integration modules, business objects to support the most common business processes
- pre-built connectivity to leading applications
- a robust tool set for integrating custom and legacy systems as well as extending and customizing business processes.

“We believe our relationship with Cyclone Commerce will provide our customers with a scalable, tightly integrated trading partner solution,” said Fred Amoroso, president and CEO, CrossWorlds. “With Cyclone Interchange embedded into CrossWorlds TPI, businesses will have the flexibility to select and more quickly establish trading relationships with the partners and communities that best fit their needs, no matter what trading platform that company uses.”

Using the Cyclone platform, CrossWorlds TPI customers will benefit from the following enhancements:

* Security – platform-independent, multi-vendor security framework-based on Cyclone’s CrossWorks technology-ensuring robust data security and reliability.

* Cost savings – using Cyclone’s connectivity technology, customers will see more rapid deployment of commerce connections, enabling them to more quickly and efficiently establish trading connections over a wide variety of protocols.

* Interoperable platform – with Java-based technology that integrates with current and future e-commerce platforms.