Dennis Callaghan

Speculation has swirled in Silicon Valley all week that Hyperion Solutions Corp. will acquire a business intelligence software vendor after Business Objects SA announced its acquisition of Crystal Decisions Inc. last Friday. On Wednesday afternoon, Hyperion, of Sunnyvale, Calif., answered the speculation, announcing plans to buy Brio Software Inc. in a cash and stock deal […]

Customer relationship management software firm Siebel Systems will cut 9 percent of its workforce after its revenues fell year-to-year for the eighth straight quarter, the company announced Tuesday. The San Mateo, Calif., company reported total revenues of $333.3 million, down from $405.6 million in the same period a year ago. As in each of the […]

Interwoven Inc. and IBM are both extending content management capabilities to wider user bases. Interwoven this week will announce the latest version of its flagship product, TeamSite 6.0, which touts mainly ease-of-use improvements that enable more personnel in an organization to use the software. The upgrade features a redesigned ContentCenter user interface, and it adds […]

Oracle Corp. is preparing advanced capabilities for its Oracle Collaboration Suite that could give enterprises a compelling alternative to rival messaging and collaboration platforms from IBM and Microsoft Corp. Oracle this week will ship Release 2 of OCS, which introduces Web conferencing to the platform. Then, in September, the Redwood Shores, Calif., company will announce […]

The race to stop spam continues with at least four software vendors rolling out offerings, many positioned for broad content security, including virus blocking and e-mail filtering. Elron Software Inc., Proofpoint Inc. and Brightmail Inc. this week will each announce products designed to block spam from entering users in-boxes. Mail-Filters.com Inc. last week rolled out […]

Verity Inc. and iPhrase Technologies Inc. each announced last week search tools that promise to make searches more intelligent and to deliver a search experience tailored to individual users. Verity, of Sunnyvale, Calif., released Ultraseek 5.1, the first major upgrade to the Ultraseek product since Verity acquired it from Inktomi Corp. last year. Meanwhile, iPhrase, […]

Cognos Inc. announced Monday the release of the latest version of its Metrics Manager enterprise scorecarding product, featuring improvements in usability, analysis and metrics management. Cognos Metrics Manager Version 2 features personalized views of key metrics for each user plus real-time monitoring, alerting and event detection capabilities through e-mail and mobile devices. Assessment capabilities have […]

If Microsofts January acquisition of Web conferencing service provider PlaceWare Inc. was supposed to have a chilling effect on the business of PlaceWares chief rival, WebEx Communications Inc., it has yet to be felt. WebEx enjoyed another strong financial performance in the second quarter of 2003, posting revenues of $44.9 million, up from $33.2 million […]

Business Objects SA announced Friday that it will acquire rival business intelligence and reporting software developer Crystal Decisions Inc. in a cash and stock deal valued at $820 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Business Objects will issue approximately 26.5 million shares of common stock in respect of outstanding Crystal Decisions common shares and […]

Oracle Corp. next week will announce Release 2 of its Oracle Collaboration Suite, adding Web conferencing capabilities to the messaging and collaboration applications the company debuted last year. The suite takes aim at rival messaging and collaboration platforms from IBMs Lotus Software division and Microsoft Corp. The new Oracle Web Conferencing component of OCS, known […]

Informatica Corp. announced Thursday during its second-quarter earnings call that it will stop selling its packaged analytical applications directly to customers, making them available only through systems integration and software application development partners. The company will instead focus on its core data integration and business intelligence platform. Informatica will continue to support current analytic applications […]

Perfect Commerce Inc. and eScout LLC announced Wednesday that they have merged into one company to tackle the supplier relationship management market. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Perfect Commerce will receive newly issued shares of stock from eScout. The merger is expected to close during this quarter. Sandy Kemper will remain eScouts […]