Renee Boucher Ferguson

ACCPAC International Inc., which makes accounting software for small businesses, announced Wednesday its Simply Accounting Basic 2004 and Simply Accounting 2004 Pro packages. The Basic package includes payroll and e-commerce functions. The Pro version steps it up a notch by providing support for multiple users and currencies as well as time and billing, among other […]

Oracle Corp.s hopes of removing some obstacles to its $7.3 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. evaporated last week as a European regulator extended its probe into the proposed action and PeopleSoft strengthened a customer refund program that could raise the cost of the purchase. The European Commission announced that it will enter a second […]

SSA Global Technologies Inc. and Epicor Software Corp. are expanding the technical reach and market penetration of their respective ERP software suites through acquisitions. Chicago-based SSA last week said it will extend some of the core modules in its SSA enterprise resource planning suite to the ERP suite of Baan Co., which SSA acquired this […]

A trio of product lifecycle management software makers are trying to work through their business segments growing pains by reconstituting themselves or retooling their offerings. Electronic Data Systems Corp.s PLM Solutions business, Agile Software Corp. and Dassault Systèmes AG are each trying to fight the perception among some customers that the concept of PLM has […]

Citing recent developments that it said were misunderstood by analysts and the media, Oracle Corp on Monday set out to clarify its stance on its $7.3 billion takeover bid of PeopleSoft Inc. In a conference call with financial analysts and the press, Oracle officials reiterated the companys commitment to the hostile takeover bid—and suggested PeopleSoft […]

Business process modeling software developer IDS Scheer Inc. announced Monday a partnership with WebV2 Inc. that will result in a federated approach to managing business processes, which will extend business processes to mobile devices. WebV2, of Mountain View, Calif., makes distributed business process execution software that enables process connectivity through loosely coupled interfaces, officials said. […]

While product lifecycle management has long been a buzzword with companies, the difficulty of managing data end-to-end, from product inception and procurement to manufacturing and distribution, is hindered by the simple fact of sharing information across systems—and downloading complex images in unsynchronized formats. To move the industry forward PLM software developer UGS PLM Solutions, in […]

At the Retail Delivery Show in New Orleans this week IBM and I-flex Solutions Inc. announced today a partnership that will result in a modern banking platform for banks, officials said. IBM, of Armonk, New York, and I-flex, a financial services software developer, will jointly develop and market replacement software that will enable banks to […]

Startup AptSoft Corp. is readying software that its officials said takes a new approach to application integration. The Burlington, Mass., company this week will release its Director software, which uses a technology designed to automate business workflows. Rather than relying on hard-wired code or middleware, Director helps companies integrate applications at a business-process level. Director […]

Despite Oracle Corp.s assurances that it intends to go through with its $7.3 billion hostile takeover bid for enterprise software rival PeopleSoft Inc., observers are getting a look at possible ways the deal could unravel. Oracle last week amended its filing in a Delaware court, asking that PeopleSoft be forced to curtail a rebate offered […]