Data integration software vendor JuxtaComm Technologies has filed suit in a Texas court alleging patent infringement. The case names a number of high-profile software companies, <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2177341,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">including Microsoft and IBM.</A>

JuxtaComm is alleging that the companies in question--which include a number of prominent business intelligence and application integration companies--have infringed its patent for a system that transforms and exchanges data between distributed heterogeneous computer systems.