John S. McCright

Software and technology bundles due to be introduced by SAP AG, Manugistics Group Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. at this weeks National Manufacturing Week trade show in Chicago aim to make life easier for IT managers at manufacturing companies. SAP, of Walldorf, Germany, will introduce upgrades to its manufacturing automation software as well as new […]

New and enhanced products from IBM and TIBCO Software Inc. promise to give corporate analysts better views into how business processes running across a variety of integrated applications are operating. IBM this week will roll out Version 4.2 of its WebSphere Business Integration software, which adds BPM (business process management) technologies gained from the companys […]

Software upgrades from three developers—Intersperse Inc., Pegasystems Inc. and Comergent Technologies Inc. —will help companies manage the IT infrastructure that keeps their business processes moving, officials from the companies said. Intersperse this week will make available Version 2.0 of Intersperse Management Framework Enterprise Edition, which enables IT architects and developers in corporate environments to discover, […]

Many companies are trying to remain flexible in this uncertain economy by reducing staff and using outsourced services. But buying contract labor, consulting and other services requires a high degree of contract and pricing configuration, which is more complex than simply buying widgets from a catalog. Often, several departments and outside vendors are involved each […]

Software rollouts from SAS Institute Inc., Kubi Software Inc. and Documentum Inc. are the latest examples of how collaboration tools are increasingly gaining value as integrated parts of enterprise applications. SAS, of Cary, N.C., next month will roll out Version 2 of its SAS Drug Development platform with new collaboration capabilities. The software, which aids […]

IT spending may be down, but competition to lure exhibitors and IT managers to industry trade shows is way up. Jupitermedia Corp. and legendary conventioneer Sheldon Adelson each have plans to launch trade shows that will run concurrently in Las Vegas next November with Key3Media Group Inc.s Comdex. The news came to light as Los […]

Enterprises looking to extend employee-to-employee collaboration beyond e-mail are getting new technology from Groove Networks Inc., Ipswitch Inc., IBMs Lotus Software division and Automation Centre Inc. Groove last week debuted its latest flagship workgroup collaboration platform, Groove Workspaces 2.5, and a Web services tool kit, Groove Web Services. Workspaces 2.5 adds capabilities for users to […]

Spending on information technology may be down, but competition to lure exhibitors and IT managers to IT trade shows is way up. Jupitermedia Corp. and renowned conventioneer Sheldon Adelson each have plans to launch new trade shows that will run concurrently with Key 3Media Group Inc.s Comdex Fall 2003 in Las Vegas next November. The […]

Punch Networks Corp. this week will begin shipping Version 4.0 of WebGroups, an Internet-based file-sharing and collaboration service. The upgrade extends the services file collaboration capabilities by adding a new access option for nonmembers, an embedded MP3 player, a slide-show player, thumbnail views of folders and personalization enhancements, according to officials at Seattle-based Punch. Version […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. last year regained the lead in worldwide sales of PCs from Dell Computer Corp., according to separate reports released earlier this month by market research companies Gartner Dataquest Inc. and International Data Corp. The battle played out against the backdrop of an overall increase in sales of PCs last year. Some 132.4 million […]