Extensity Extends E-Service

<B>Extensity Extends E-Service</B>

By Cheryl Rosen

Extensity Inc. is putting the finishing touches on a new service offering, Extensity Connect, that will put up and host "business-to-employee" Web sites featuring automated travel booking and expense reporting. In testing now, the service is scheduled to hit the market this summer.

Each corporation that signs on will get a Web site of its own, with travel and meeting booking, automated expense reporting, a collaborative online Meeting Center, time sheets, purchase requisitions and e-commerce capabilities. Individual travelers will be able to customize their home pages with favorite stock quotes and other information, while managers will see reports on the travel spending of their business units.

Online booking for the site will be provided by GetThere.com or Sabre BTS, at the customer's choice. Extensity Connect also is partnering with NetCentives, a provider of "click rewards" that corporations can use to change traveler behavior; WebEx, an online meeting facility that allows employees to share data on their computer screens while also talking to each other on the telephone; and EventSource.com, an online meeting booking system. Per diem data from Runzheimer International also will be available.

Extensity Connect includes 105 pre-packaged reports from which departmental managers can choose, said marketing vice president Elizabeth Ireland.

Extensity, an automated expense reporting supplier that went public in January, has 300,000 licensed users at more than 70 customer sites, added Ireland.