Dennis Callaghan

HANNOVER, Germany—The industrys two largest enterprise resource planning developers, SAP AG and PeopleSoft Inc., are offering corporations decidedly different paths to business automation. The choice between PeopleSofts EnterpriseOne 8.10 and SAPs NetWeaver 2004, both of which were introduced at the CeBIT trade show here last week, hinges in large part on an enterprises philosophy toward […]

HANNOVER, GERMANY—Just one day after announcing the 9.1 version of SuSE Linux at the CeBIT 2004 show here, Novell Inc. on Friday rolled out a host of new announcements that included the first release of its GroupWise collaboration platform to run entirely on Linux, a new patch management offering and a new partner program. Novell […]

HANNOVER, GERMANY—Perhaps the biggest enterprise IT theme at the CeBIT 2004 show here has been the emergence of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag technology. Developers of business application software, mobile phones and security software all demonstrated new offerings that use the technology. Nokia Corp. launched its Mobile RFID Kit, designed to turn the Nokia 5140 […]

HANOVER, Germany—The update to SAP AGs NetWeaver business integration platform announced at CeBIT 2004 here Thursday will give a boost to SAPs customer relationship management applications, according to company officials. NetWeaver updates will be accessed by mySAP CRM 4.0, providing analytic applications to business users of the suite. The NetWeaver 2004 update will also provide […]

HANNOVER, GERMANY—Even in Europe, PeopleSoft executives couldnt dodge questions about the state of Oracles hostile takeover bid for the company. Oracles bid, launched last June and resisted by PeopleSofts board of directors ever since, is foundering under regulatory disapproval both in the United States and in the European Union. But PeopleSoft chief technology officer Rick […]

HANNOVER, GERMANY—PeopleSoft Inc. and TIBCO Software Inc. both announced new offerings at the CeBIT 2004 show here Thursday designed to improve application management through integration. Each company, however, is taking a different path. PeopleSoft announced an industry partnership program with application management vendors Computer Associates International Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Quest Software Inc., Segue […]

HANNOVER, Germany—Siemens AGs Siemens Mobile division announced at the CeBIT 2004 show here Wednesday a new triband module for handling tracking functions in various applications. The new module, known as the XT55 GSM/GPRS/GPS module, integrates the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) mobile communications technologies with GPS (Global Positioning […]

HANNOVER, GERMANY—Nokia Corp. announced the addition of RFID capabilities to one of its GSM mobile phones here on Wednesday at the CeBIT show. The company launched the Nokia Mobile RFID Kit, which will integrate with its 5140 model global system for mobile communications mobile phone. The kit includes two Xpress-on radio frequency identification Reader Shells […]

Groove Networks Inc. and meeting Maker Inc. are rolling out software designed to make it easier for enterprises to add collaborative elements to their business tasks. Version 3.0 of the Groove peer-to-peer collaboration platform, which was released in a public beta version late last week, is designed for teams of workers spread out at different […]

Art Technology Group Inc. and Blue Martini Software Inc. both announced updates to their respective commerce platforms Monday that add new customer relationship management capabilities for enterprises. ATG, of Cambridge, Mass., announced two new products: Campaign Organizer, for measuring the effectiveness of online marketing programs and adjusting accordingly; and Adaptive Customer Assistance, an online customer […]