He adds that Oracle has been working closely with Covisint's software design team to develop a supply-chain planning package that will win Covisint's business. Covisint interim CEO Rico Digirolamo would say only that the exchange hasn't selected a supply-chain planning software vendor. Kevin Prouty, research director for automotive strategies at AMR Research, says Oracle's offerings make up Covisint's core operational infrastructure, particularly its internal communication and messaging software and its electronic data interchange and XML integration adapters. Covisint founders Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. each will receive 14.4 million shares of Commerce One. The hosted model represents a dramatic shift for EDS, which has for years built infrastructure-intensive learning portals.
Analysts expect more E-learning vendors to follow the hosted model in the coming year.