Dennis Callaghan

Actinic Software LLC and Mercantec Inc. hope to ride the wave of small businesses evolving from simple Web storefronts and shopping carts to more full-featured e-businesses with new offerings. Actinic this week will release ActiveLink for QuickBooks, an add-on to its Actinic Store suite of storefront software that links a companys Web storefront to back-office […]

With many of Microsoft Corp.s future Web services initiatives riding on instant messaging technology, nearly a week of service disruptions on Microsofts MSN Messenger service was the last thing the company needed. But thats exactly what it got as MSN Messenger experienced service outages and disruptions during much of the first week of this month. […]

A new development platform from Insightful Corp. and a new service from DigiMine Inc. provide customer analysis options for the do-it-yourselfer and for enterprises that simply want to see reports with less IT intervention. Insightful late last month released S-Plus Analytic Server 2.0, a platform for developing applications for database marketing and segmentation, customer behavior […]

Mirapoint Inc. expanded its messaging offerings with the release of its Mirapoint Internet Directory appliance last week. Internet Directory, a combined hardware-software offering thats compliant with LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Version 3, adds directory services to Mirapoints messaging offerings. It manages user information such as user name, password and mailbox location. Internet Directory will […]

With clunky interfaces and slow wireless network speeds tossing cold water on the hype for wireless business intelligence applications, Business Objects SA has focused enhancements in its latest InfoView product on mobility, not real-time connectivity. InfoView Mobile 4.0, which debuted last week, extends support for viewing reports generated by Business Objects WebIntelligence analysis server to […]

Commence Corp. is adding interface enhancements to its namesake CRM software for small and medium-size businesses. The company this week will introduce Commence Relationship Management, a version of its Commence 2000 package upgraded with a digital dashboard, or portal where users can customize views of business information to get what they need. Commence RM, as […]

The news last week that enterprise software developer Peregrine Systems Inc. will acquire rival Remedy Corp. in a $1.08 billion cash and stock transaction caught some Remedy customers off guard. “It was a total shock to me and to a lot of other people,” said Kevin Forsyth, lead Remedy administrator/developer at VoiceStream Wireless Corp., in […]

IT Factory Inc. this week will announce application development tools for its Lotus Development Corp. Domino and Microsoft Corp. Exchange customers. Both tools, the ITF Tools Suite for Lotus and the ITF Development Center for Microsoft, are designed to ensure rapid development of Web-based collaborative and knowledge management applications built on the Domino and Exchange […]

Count Lotus Development Corp. as the latest developer to try to turn its software into services for the Web. The Cambridge, Mass., IBM subsidiary is creating tools that will make it easier to extend its Domino-based messaging and collaboration applications to the Web, a move that follows Microsoft Corp.s similar efforts around Exchange and .Net. […]

As many technology companies learned the hard way last quarter, the lack of accurate sales forecasts exacerbated by the slowing economy can blindside a business when revenue shortfalls materialize late in the quarter. With that scenario in mind, hosted SFA (sales force automation) application provider UpShot Corp. is rolling out a sales forecasting module called […]