Short Take: SAP, TSI team for integration tools

Business applications vendor SAP and integration software provider TSI International Software will combine TSI's Mercator with the SAP Accelerated Financials to help speed deployment of SAP R/3 financial software. Mercator conversion templates will be provided for major data entities within SAP Accelerated Financials. Then templates can be customized and new templates created using Mercator's graphical user interface, allowing users to fit the system to their business needs. Pricing was not announced.