Patent ID: 7287041

Claim:
A method in a computing system for managing enterprise data, the method comprising: extracting first enterprise information in a first form that is associated with a first source computerized system; converting the first enterprise information in the first form into corresponding first enterprise information that is in a second intermediate form; and converting the first enterprise information in the second intermediate form into first enterprise information that is in a target form that corresponds to a target computerized system, wherein information that is in the second intermediate form comprises a plurality of custom data type elements that are adapted for capturing customer information and that can be referenced by other data structures of the information that is in the second intermediate form, and wherein any modifications of the other data structures are independent of the custom data type elements; transmitting the first enterprise information that is in the target form to the target computerized system for processing therein; converting the first enterprise information in the second intermediate form into first enterprise information that is in a second target form that corresponds to a second target computerized system; extracting second enterprise information in a third form that is associated with a second source computerized system that is distinct from the first source computerized system, wherein the third form is distinct from the first form; converting the second enterprise information in the third form into second enterprise information that is in the second intermediate form; and converting the second enterprise information in the second intermediate form into second enterprise information that is in the target form.