Patent ID: 7904340

Claim:
A method in a computing system, the method comprising: defining a product common model, wherein the defining comprises determining a common set of fields of product management information, each field of the common set of fields corresponds to a source field in a source set of fields of product management information, the source set of fields comprises at least one source field that does not correspond to any field of the common set of fields, the each field of the common set of fields further corresponds to a target field in a target set of fields of product management information, and the target set of fields comprises at least one target field that does not correspond to any field of the common set of fields; extracting a source set of product management information, wherein the source set is stored on a source computerized product management system, the source set is stored within the source set of fields, and the extracting is performed by an integration server coupled to the source computerized product management system; converting the source set of product management information, wherein the converting the source set converts the source set into a common set of product management information, the common set of product management information is stored within the common set of fields of the product common model, and the converting the source set is performed by the integration server; converting the common set of product management information, wherein the converting the common set converts the common set into a target set of product management information, the target set is stored on a target computerized product management system, the target set is stored within the target set of fields, and the converting the common set is performed by the integration server.