Enterprise Applications briefs

Network World
January 20, 2003 12:08 AM ET

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SAP AG last week said it would add workforce management capabilities to its mySAP Retail offering. The new, Web-based package will be released in the fourth quarter of this year, the company said. A key feature of the software will be an optimization engine aimed at assisting stores with staff scheduling by balancing variables such as employee skills, payroll requirements, workplace rules and employee availability. Much of the new software's features are based on StaffWorks, a product SAP picked up in its 1999 acquisition of Campbell Software. The workforce management tools will be available as part of mySAP Retail, an offering in SAP's mySAP portfolio of Internet-connected e-business software. MySAP Retail is intended to facilitate operations such as customer service, supply-chain management and sales support. Pricing has not been announced.
Flamenco Networks last week announced an enterprise version of its hosted Web Services Management Solution, software for securing Web services. Previously, Flamenco offered the software as a service hosted either by Flamenco or a service provider that had licensed Flamenco's software. Now, companies can bring Web Services Management Solution to their networks to provide security for network traffic based on XML and Simple Object Access Protocol. WSMS is a distributed platform that consists of two primary components: a controller and a set of proxies. The controller is a Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition application that monitors and manages Web services traffic. The proxies include handlers configured to support security services such as authentication, authorization, encryption, digital signatures and nonrepudiation. WSMS Enterprise Edition is available now with pricing starting at $100,000.

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