Jacqueline Emigh

Reported shipment delays for Microsofts ERP software could spell some opportunities for enterprise and radio-frequency identification systems integrators, both inside and outside the Microsoft camp. But, on the other hand, Microsofts moves to hold back products for further fine-tuning make sense for the company from a competitive standpoint, according to some industry observers. “A delay […]

IT spending might be humdrum on the whole, but supply chain technology is one area where users are making some big investments, according to a chorus of analysts. Hot areas cited by individual analysts run the gamut from demand planning and inventory management to collaboration-oriented IT systems such as e-procurement (electronic procurement) and PIM (product […]

Sybases iAnywhere Solutions Inc. has plans to expand RFID Anywhere, its new RFID development and management platform, from supply chain applications at the network edge to centrally administered implementations integrated with databases and other enterprise applications. To that end, an upgrade to RFID Anywhere is now slated for March or April. With its first edition […]

Carly Fiorinas departure from HP has gone hand in hand with rumors ranging from immediate sales layoffs to a larger corporate restructuring somewhere down the road. But partners from a variety of sectors say theyre set to take organizational changes in stride. Some even see new opportunities for partners. “One of our closest friends—a long-time […]

Will Carly Fiorinas resignation from Hewlett-Packard spur manufacturers and other business customers to move to rival IT vendors? Maybe, according to some analysts and users. Much will depend on how HP adheres to the competitive strategy already carved out by Fiorina, as well as how long it takes to name a new CEO. “HP is […]

Organizations can save a lot of time and money by automating procurement, or the buying and sourcing of goods and services, according to some analysts. In a new report, The Hackett Group is releasing findings that “world-class” procurement executives—those rated as most effective and efficient—invest substantially more money in IT than their peers, while actually […]

Matson Integrated Logistics, a division of ocean carrier Matson Navigation Co. Inc., has acquired Aquitaine Assets Ltd., a $20 million transportation and technology company in Texas, for an undisclosed sum. MILs main reason for acquiring Houston-based Aquitaine is to expand its own rail, truck and air freight services into Texas, said Jeff Hull, a company […]

i2 Technologies signed a number of deals in the last financial quarter, with customers that included Sun Microsystems, but the supply chain vendors total revenues dropped for both the quarter and the 2004 financial year. In response, i2 Technologies Inc. will keep cutting costs while undertaking a reverse stock split and promoting its latest solutions […]

Riding high on a stellar financial quarter, surveillance systems vendor L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. is pondering future opportunities—and possible acquisitions—in cargo security and other antiterrorist aspects of homeland security, as well as in military defense. After announcing a 21.2 percent leap in earnings for the fourth quarter of 2004, L-3 Chief Executive Frank Lanza said […]

With a record 122 software deals during the fourth quarter of 2004, supply chain vendor JDA Software Group Inc. is well-positioned for further growth, regardless of plans to restructure and challenges that remain in a couple of sales areas, according to CEO Hamish Brewer. In a Form 8-K filing submitted to the SEC (Securities and […]

In its fifth big e-procurement win of the past year, ICG Commerce Inc. has signed a multiyear, multimillion dollar business process outsourcing contract with industrial packaging giant Greif Inc. Under the agreement, ICG Commerce will outsource all of Greifs procurement in indirect categories, which range from MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) items to facilities and […]

After making a range of moves last year toward bolstering RFID adoption, network specialist VeriSign Inc. is now working with epcGlobal on future RFID security improvements, while also consulting enterprises about which business processes to RFID-enable in the interests of quicker ROI. VeriSign started out 2004 by announcing that it had nailed down a contract […]