Business Engine offers portfolio management solutions for information technology, and research and development companies.
As of February 8, 2007, Business Engine, Inc. was acquired by PlanView, Inc. Business Engine, Inc. offers portfolio management solutions for information technology (IT), and research and development companies. It offers solutions for IT planning and control, such as project portfolio management, IT financial management, application portfolio management, and business process management; new product development; and program management systems that integrate technical performance requirements, resource planning, and schedules. Its products include Business Engine Network, a Web-based environment for corporate planning, financial control, and project execution; and Planview Micro-Frame Program Manager, which is a project management solution that enables organizations to estimate the proposal or program baselines out-of-the-box proposals, baseline, forecast, resource, and government reports. The company, through its consulting partners, offers strategic planning, process improvement, transition management, technology enablement, project management, system integration, and application implementation services. In addition, it provides operating systems, databases, applications, and software development tools. The company serves aerospace and defense, financial service, manufacturing and telecommunications, pharmaceutical and healthcare, and retail industries. It has strategic partnership with UGS Corp. The company was formerly known as Micro-Frame Technologies, Inc. and it changed its name to Business Engine, Inc. in October, 1998. Business Engine, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in San Francisco, California.