Application integration software that runs on Unix, Windows NT, VMS and mainframes from Sun. It provides a process engine that interacts with heterogeneous applications via XSL-based rules. Data are transferred between Forte Fusion and the applications in XML or via connector interfaces that convert to and from XML. See Forte.
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