Dennis Callaghan

In a quarter when market-leading Siebel Systems Inc. posted a rare loss, few other CRM software vendors fared much better. PeopleSoft Inc., which had been largely unscathed by the economic downturn, saw revenues drop year-to-year from $520.7 million to $471.2 million. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based company relies largely on services revenues, which actually went up by […]

Tom Siebel has always bragged about how his namesake company, Siebel Systems Inc., has been profitable since it first started shipping its CRM software seven years ago. But that legacy lost a bit of its luster Thursday when the company reported a net loss for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, thanks to restructuring charges […]

Content management software vendors reported a mixed bag of results this week with FileNet Corp. seeing revenues up slightly and turning a profit while Vignette Corp. and Interwoven Inc. saw revenues slide amid more losses. With the three companies reporting third quarter earnings on the same day, FileNet clearly showed its strength, with revenues of […]

Plumtree Software Inc. announced its entry into the content management space and more broadly its “Enterprise Web” Web services strategy Monday at its Plumtree Odyssey user conference in San Diego. The new content management system, Plumtree Content Server 4.0, is based on technology Plumtree acquired when it bought Hablador Inc. last year. It serves as […]

Several software developers are rolling out new products designed to make online business sites easier to navigate and cull information from. In new software from iPhrase Technologies Inc., Kaidara Software and Endeca Technologies Inc., each company is trying to provide this functionality, however, in different ways. iPhrase this week will announce One Step 4.0, its […]

CRM software developer Talisma Corp. added to its executive team Friday, naming Dan Vetras as president and chief operating system. Vetras will run the day-to-day operations of Seattle-based Talisma, reporting to Chairman and CEO Pradeep Singh. Vetras was most recently president and CEO of Captura Inc., a provider of hosted corporate expense management services, which […]

Critical Path Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced an alliance earlier this week that calls for the two companies to offer a managed messaging service to small-to-medium-sized businesses as well as large enterprises, carriers and ISPs. The new service combines CriticalPaths messaging software with HPs IT infrastructure and data center management services. The deal calls for […]

In just its second quarterly earnings report since becoming a public company, Plumtree Software Inc. saw revenues and profits tumble for the third quarter, ended Sept. 30. Yet the company is hoping a planned entry into the content management software space this quarter will help to improve its fortunes. Revenues fell from $20.6 million to […]

An ongoing warming of the relationship between Microsoft Corp. and Siebel Systems Inc. could mean better integration options and improved performance for users of Siebels CRM applications. At Siebels User Week conference in Los Angeles starting Oct. 20, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates and Siebel Chairman and CEO Tom Siebel are scheduled […]

BEA Systems Inc. and Siebel Systems Inc. announced an expansion Monday of the companies existing relationship that will call for BEA to support Siebels fledgling Universal Application Network application integration platform. The expanded relationship calls for BEA to become a Strategic Software Partner in Siebels Alliance program and to join with Siebel to create UAN […]

SAS Institute Inc. and Comshare Inc. both announced Monday new versions of software designed to give enterprises an improved view of information. Cary, N.C.-based SAS shipped Version 2 of its Enterprise Guide, a project-oriented Windows-based application used to analyze information from the companys business analytics platform. Meanwhile, Comshare announced Version 5 of its Comshare MPC […]

Microsoft Corp. and IBMs Lotus Software division are each touting reductions in the total cost of ownership of corporate messaging systems as the primary benefit for upgrading to their respective messaging platforms. Microsoft, at its Exchange Conference in Anaheim, Calif., this week, will unveil more information about the next version of its Exchange messaging software, […]