Dennis Callaghan

Plumtree Software Inc.s long-awaited initial public offering Tuesday saw the companys stock price end the trading day unchanged from its debut price of $8.50 per share. The San Francisco-based portal software company, privately held since its founding in 1998, issued 5 million shares of its stock, trading on Nasdaq under the PLUM symbol. The IPO […]

Business intelligence at its most basic means giving managers a historical picture of the state of their operations. But organizations are increasingly demanding that their BI systems give executives—chief financial officers, especially—a higher-level view of how a company is performing, from individual business segments to departments to product lines and even employees. Several vendors, including […]

Cognos Inc. last week said it will pay $24 million to business intelligence software competitor Business Objects S.A. to settle a 2-year-old patent suit. Business Objects had charged that Cognos Impromptu product for database reporting infringed on its U.S. patent No. 5,555,403, titled “Relational Database Access System Using Semantically Dynamic Objects.” At issue were Cognos […]

Citrix Systems Inc. announced the latest version of its application portal server Monday, promising a plug-and-play technology to solve implementation headaches and deliver a personalized experience to users. The software, known as NFuse Elite provides secure access to personalized applications and content as well as centralized management for administrators, Citrix officials said, going beyond previous […]

Firepond Inc. on Friday reported that three new sales contracts it had previously announced this year were falsified. Signatures on the contracts were forged and the status of the contracts had been misrepresented by acting vice president of Sales Jim Reid, who was fired Wednesday, Firepond officials said. One falsified contract was with Canadian manufacturing […]

Microsofts reported plans to package and integrate its various e-business applications together is drawing both praise and skepticism from its customers and implementation partners. Published reports indicate that Microsoft plans to package together its BizTalk application integration server and SharePoint Portal Server in a pre-integrated package with its Commerce Server, Content Management Server and Host […]

Cognos Inc. and Business Objects S.A. have reached a settlement to a 2-year-old patent infringement suit that will require Cognos to pay $24 million to Business Objects over the next two years, the two companies announced late Monday. Business Objects had alleged that Cognos Impromptu product for database reporting infringed upon its U.S. patent number […]

Microsoft Corp.s plan to bring its SharePoint portal line and its .Net application server together is facing skepticism among customers. The Redmond, Wash., companys strategy, announced last week, doesnt address performance issues in SharePoint Portal Server or the market confusion sown by the companys multidirectional collaboration strategy. SharePoint comprises SharePoint Portal Server, or SPS, a […]

Hosted CRM providers UpShot Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc. are adding capabilities to their hosted services to make them interoperable with desktop and enterprise applications. UpShot will announce this week UpShot Office, which links the companys Web-based service to a users desktop applications, such as Excel spreadsheets. Salesforce.com earlier this month announced integration with computer telephony […]

Financial problems continue to plague CRM software companies as Divine Inc. and Exchange Applications Inc. both find themselves battling Nasdaq delisting. Divines board last week approved a 1-for-25 reverse split of the companys stock, designed to increase the price per share of the stock, which now trades at about 22 cents. This happened after the […]

Microsoft Corp. and Verizon Wireless announced Thursday a strategic partnership that will deliver Microsoft Network content and communications services to Verizon Wireless customers. The service, known as VZW with MSN, launches Friday. It will be available to Verizon Wireless customers who have a digital wireless device with a Web browser. The service replaces Verizons existing […]

Novell Inc. reported late Thursday a jump in revenues for its fiscal second quarter ended April 30, compared to the same period a year ago, but also saw losses rise, bogged down by pre-tax charges. The Provo, Utah, companys revenues checked in at $273.9 million compared to $240.8 million in the same period last year. […]