It lets users integrate internal software such as middleware, databases and applications. Customers use the software to integrate proprietary data with data in SAP applications and in e-commerce applications. It also lets business partners without SAP infrastructures exchange XML-formatted data with other companies. Shop and Track applications help companies use their enterprise data to deliver personalized information to a company's business partners and customers. Shop, for instance, helps dealers and distributors find and purchase products from a company's Web site.
Track lets partners keep track of data such as order status.
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