Business Application Integration is designed to bring such as enterprise application integration (EAI) or  Extraxct, Tranfor, Load (ETL) to those that traditionally could not afford the technology. And it is designed to reach over the firewall into data stored in cloud-based applications. The combination provides both the integration engine and a presentation layer for the data. And both platforms use similar RESTful, Web-oriented architectures, and are designed for extensibility and scalability.

recently named to Network World's list of open source companies to watch, and SnapLogic announced the partnership this week that ties together SnapLogic's DataFlow Server and MindTouch 2009.

MindTouch 2009 offers a platform for creating, aggregating and sharing information regardless of form. It is part wiki, portal and application server, and includes integration with Microsoft productivity tools, database and CRM adapters, charting tools, and directory integration.

which was named by Network World in 2008 as an open source company to watch, offers an open source data integration framework for integrating data on both sides of the enterprise firewall.