Jacqueline Emigh

i2 this week launched a solution aimed at catapulting S&OM (sales and operations management) to the “next generation,” where software and services will help customers make better and faster decisions in response to todays rapidly changing and increasingly complex business problems. The first prospects for i2 Technologies Inc.s new S&OM Solution will consist of companies […]

A multibillion-dollar corporation is about to start testing FoxFetch, a recently patented PDA-based technology that brings together Bluetooth and radio frequency wireless capabilities with an embedded SQL Server database in an effort to cut order management costs. Running on the Intermec 650 and other PocketPC devices, FoxFetch is now under development by WMS (warehouse management […]

“Inventory is king,” said Andy Hrasky, controller of Victor Manufacturing, a midrange enterprise that has doubled in size over the past few years with the use of “supply-chain intensive” ERP software from CMS Software Inc., choosing the solution over ERP products from SAP AG, Microsoft Corp. and other competitors. Since adopting CMSs product in the […]

LAS VEGAS—At its annual users forum here this week, The SCO Group Inc. quietly rolled out the SCO Office Appliance Program—one reflection of the companys push to lure new customers. The program for resellers and their business customers revolves around a new device for quickly installing an OS, a mail server and backup capabilities. SCO […]

LAS VEGAS—To buttress its anti-Linux product strategy, The SCO Group Inc. is working with third-party partners that include MySQL AB and EnterpriseDB Corp. on databases, Borland Software Corp. on tools, and NeTraverse Inc. in the virtual server arena, SCO executives said during an annual user conference here this week. Although Oracle Corp. has declined to […]

LAS VEGAS—As LinuxWorld unfolds in San Francisco, The SCO Group is deploying its users forum in Las Vegas to take aim against Linux and other PC-based competitors, laying out weaponry that includes a “virtual environment,” a mobile initiative, and more third-party software. During a general session here, SCO Group Inc. president and CEO Darl McBride […]

LAS VEGAS—Brushing courtroom battles over Linux aside this week, SCO will use its annual users forum here to unveil new initiatives around its Unix products, including a future architecture code-named Project Fusion, a new SCO Office appliance geared to resellers, and a distribution deal with network appliance maker Cymphonix. It will also take this opportunity […]

United Parcel Service Inc. has added new features to its enterprise-oriented Trade Direct service, making it possible for retailers, dot-com sites and other enterprises to now track the status of both small packages and large freight around the globe through a single Web-based system. An upshot of ongoing systems integration work at UPS, the new […]

European-based shipping giant DHL has added supply chain and logistics services such as distribution warehousing and order management to its package delivery services throughout the Americas, meanwhile signing Sun Microsystems Inc. to a three-year outsourcing and IT co-development deal. In an ambitious expansion move, DHLs three previous business units for the Americas—Express Logistics, DHL Logistics […]

After years of pilot technology tests, big and small businesses are now launching real-world, commercial digital-rights-management deployments, said customers and vendors at this weeks DRM Strategies conference, who outlined their experiences across fields as diverse as finance, law, market research and auto racing. DRM started out as consumer-side technology, making its first appearances in television […]

NEW YORK—Is DRM scaring off consumers? If digital content providers want to sell more music files, downloadable video and e-books, digital rights management should either get a lot better or get out of the way, according to some of the speakers at this weeks DRM Strategies conference here. Many consumers havent even heard of DRM […]

NEW YORK—In an industry as young as DRM, heavy hitters ranging from Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to RSA Security Inc. are duking it out against smaller specialists, trying to nail down early market leads. Naturally, then, the hottest topic of conversation at this weeks DRM Strategies show in New York City revolves around […]