Dennis Callaghan

E-mail server software developer Sendmail Inc. is branching out into groupware with the addition of its Calendar Server. The product, targeted at enterprises and service providers, offers personal calendars and group schedules that users can access and manage from Web and wireless clients. Calendar Server, which was announced last week, supports wireless access to appointments, […]

PeopleSoft Inc. on Tuesday announced the appointment of George Ahn, a former marketing executive at rival Siebel Systems Inc., as the group vice president and general manager of its customer relationship management (CRM) business. Ahn replaces Joe Davis, who left PeopleSoft last month to become president and CEO of Web analytics software company CoreMetrics Inc. […]

IBM is planning to add open-standards electronic forms capabilities across its messaging and collaboration software portfolio by buying PureEdge Solutions Inc. The acquired XML forms technology is expected to be complementary to existing IBM and partner e-forms offerings. Terms of the deal, expected to close at the end of last week, were not disclosed. PureEdges […]

Business intelligence software developer Business Objects SA announced plans Wednesday to acquire planning and forecasting software developer SRC Software Inc., a departure from the companys previously stated strategy to remain focused on BI. The all-cash acquisition is expected to close later this quarter and is valued at approximately $100 million. In SRC, Business Objects will […]

Business Objects S.A. is nearing completion of an Eclipse plug-in for its Crystal Reports application that will let developers working in the open-source framework add Crystal Reports query and reporting capabilities to their applications. The move is the companys response to the Eclipse-based BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) system, an open-source reporting system for […]

IBM is throwing more weight behind blogging as an enterprise collaboration application with two upcoming versions of new blogging tools as part of its Workplace collaboration platform. The Armonk, N.Y., company is previewing a blogging tool on its AlphaWorks developers Web site, where it is a free download, while also introducing an application development component […]

IBM is throwing more weight behind Weblogging as an enterprise collaboration application with two upcoming versions of new blogging tools, provided as part of its Workplace collaboration platform. IBM is previewing a blogging tool on its AlphaWorks developers Web site, where it is a free download, while also introducing an application development component for blogging […]

Microsoft Corp. has decided to skip its long-delayed Microsoft CRM 2.0 release and jump right to Version 3.0. The long-awaited version is scheduled to be released to manufacturing next quarter with general availability in the first quarter of next year. Partners will have access to the new version next month, with a customer beta due […]

Microsoft has decided to skip its long-delayed Microsoft CRM 2.0 release and jump right to Version 3.0, the company announced Tuesday. The much-awaited version is scheduled to be released to manufacturing in the fourth quarter with general availability in the first quarter of next year. Partners will get access to the new version in August, […]

Sage Software plc. on Tuesday announced a Web-based version of its Act contact management software for use by workgroups. Act Premium for Web 2005 is a Web-based version of Sages Act Premium for Workgroups 2005 product that is designed to give users the same experience online using the Web client and offline using the desktop […]