<s>
e-Biz	B-Application
Integrator	I-Application
is	O
a	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
software	O
package	O
for	O
enterprise	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
integration	I-Architecture
,	O
that	O
first	O
became	O
available	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
NEON	O
(	O
New	O
Era	O
of	O
Networks	O
)	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
large	O
scale	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
UNIX-based	O
enterprises	O
,	O
then	O
NEON	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Sybase	B-Application
in	O
2001	O
for	O
US$370	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Forrester	O
Research	O
gave	O
e-Biz	B-Application
Integrator	I-Application
a	O
poor	O
rating	O
for	O
complex	O
integration	O
projects	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
core	O
security	O
features	O
and	O
mature	O
tools	O
for	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sybase	B-Application
stopped	O
offering	O
this	O
product	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
