John S. McCright

German software giant SAP AG churned out positive financial results for last quarter despite a slow economy. The enterprise applications maker Thursday reported that its first-quarter profits more than doubled from the same period of 2002, while sales were relatively flat. Net income for the quarter ended March 31 was 186 million euros, or about […]

New software from Oracle Corp. automates the paper-intensive process of maintaining fleets of commercial and military aircraft or other types of vehicles. The Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) suite, which the Redwood Shores, Calif., company unveiled on Tuesday, is designed to improve the efficiency of groups responsible for these vehicles. It does this […]

Software that combines EAI and ETL promises to let enterprises not only move data among applications but also program the applications to take actions based on that incoming data. WebMethods Inc. and Informatica Corp. this week will announce Business Activity Platform, a product that combines features of their respective enterprise application integration and extraction, transformation […]

Kurant last week introduced an upgrade to its StoreSense e-commerce software for small and midsize businesses, or SMBs, that more tightly links Web storefronts to back-end transactions. StoreSense 5.5 enables retailers or services companies to bill and collect payments online, company officials said. Version 5.5 provides a new tagging language, called StoreSense Markup Language, for […]

Heightened anti-terrorism security has many companies with international supply chains facing new rules and policies governing the movement of goods into and out of U.S. ports. Some of them are turning to software solutions from companies such as SAP AG to help navigate the proliferation of new rules and speed the collection of data necessary […]

PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday introduced a new suite of enterprise resource planning software designed to automated the gamut of horizontal business processes for midsize companies. The PeopleSoft Mid-Market Solutions includes 13 modules and is sold with a fixed price that includes unlimited user licenses, training and implementation services. The modules automate defined business processes. For […]

Gateway Inc. is kicking off a push to win over enterprise customers with the introduction of two new high-density servers this week. The rack-mount servers, the 1U (1.75-inch)-high Gateway 955 and the 2U (3.5-inch)-high Gateway 975, are targeted for server consolidation projects. A standard rack can accommodate 42 955 servers, according to officials at the […]

Fujitsu Software Corp. and Edge Dynamics Inc. are each rolling out software to help businesses put the flood of transactional data surging through their computers in context. Startup Edge Dynamics this week will introduce Business Operations Compliance, which analyzes transactional data in supply chain automation and ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications, flags problems, and applies […]

Building on its expertise in automating employee time and attendance reporting, CyberShift Inc. later this month will roll out a suite of applications designed to help companies make better use of their employees time and skills. CyberShift Workforce Management Suite features applications that let business managers tackle a range of human resource optimization issues, including […]

Enterprises have long fed their supply chain information into data warehouses to get a better handle on planning production and logistics activities. Supply chain software from developers including Valdero Corp., Vizional Technologies Inc., SAP AG and i2 Technologies Inc. look to shorten the distance between that planning process and the real-time execution of supply chain […]

Small and midsize businesses looking to automate office functions got another alternative to evaluate last week as SAP AG introduced its Business One software suite in the United States. The suite offers a set of basic enterprise software that promises to give managers at companies with 10 to 250 employees better access to consolidated information […]

Clear Technology Inc. and IDS Scheer Inc. are advancing the state of the art in business process management with upgrades to their respective BPM applications. Clear is expanding its Tranzax BPM suite for insurance companies to make it more broadly applicable. Version 3.0 of the software, which the Westminster, Colo., company will begin shipping this […]