The fact that two men involved in last month's terrorist attacks were on an FBI watch list and yet were not flagged by the airlines, airline security or other agencies is not lost on federal officials. Responding to the need . . .
The fact that two men involved in last month's terrorist attacks were on an FBI watch list and yet were not flagged by the airlines, airline security or other agencies is not lost on federal officials. Responding to the need for better communication among their various arms, several U.S. government agencies have issued informal requests for proposals to systems integrators, asking for suggestions and tools to help accelerate the integration of their disparate applications and databases.

As enterprise application integration software vendors such as WebMethods Inc. and Tibco Software Inc. prepare responses, it remains unclear how much politics will define which applications and databases are integrated.

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