Business-to-Business (B2B) and enterprise systems trends include U.S. Government electronic health record interfaces, SAP buying Sybase, and new, free eInvoicing platform for small businesses and suppliers. See links below for details on B2B and enterprise systems trends in the news.
- Electronic Health Record (EHR) Product Certification. eCommerce Times reports that new, proposed regulations will have the government supervise certification of IT-related Electronic Health Record (EHR) products to include interoperability to exchange data. News Item: The Big Business of Electronic Health Records – #Gov certifying IT systems & interfaces? #Data #Integration http://bit.ly/a4n7Qt 06:06 19 May 2010
- SAP Buyout of Sybase. MarketWatch reports that with SAP AG’s proposed $5.8B acquisition of Sybase, SAP is gaining mobile technology and so-called “in-memory” database technology. SAP agrees to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion – MarketWatch http://bit.ly/aCwG8C 19:48 PM 12 May 2010
- Free eInvoicing Trends. FineExtra reports that “Danish firm Tradeshift is launching an international e-invoicing platform designed to disrupt traditional international payment mechanisms by offering fee-free transactions over an open-standards and Internet-based smart supply chain network. News Items: Danish start-up Tradeshift launches e-invoicing platform – free eInvoicing for small biz #B2B http://bit.ly/anw3e3 7:34 PM May 3rd 2010. Also, see our posting Free B2B Electronic Invoicing For Small Suppliers.
