Renee Boucher Ferguson

Software developer startup PowerEasy Corp. is readying an ERP suite for the Macintosh operating system. PowerEasy ERP 1.0 on Mac OS X, which will be introduced at Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week, provides enterprise resource planning applications running on Sybase Inc.s Adaptive Server Enterprise database and Apple Computer Inc.s WebObjects 5.2 application server. […]

PreCache Inc. announced Friday a NetInjector software platform that fits into the network middleware category and is geared toward helping companies offer computing capabilities to a variety of techno gadgets—from cell phones and hand-helds to personal video recorders and MP3 players, officials said. Using a publish/subscribe messaging model, the NetInjector platform enables infrastructure providers and […]

Financial service software provider S1 Corp. announced Monday a new system to help financial institutions automate their order processing. The S1 Trade Finance Purchase Order Processing System—or POPS—is jointly developed with Bank of America, which is also installing the system. What POPS provides is a single system that performs global trade-related purchase order processing and […]

Supply chain execution software developer Manhattan Associates Inc. announced earlier this week that it acquired certain assets of Logistics.com from Internet Capital Group for approximately $20 million. Logistics.com, of Burlington, Mass., makes logistics planning and execution software that enable users to buy, sell, manage and optimize transportation services. The acquisition is expected to bridge the […]

Enterprise spend management software developer Ariba Inc. will restate its financial statements for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2001, and for the quarter that ended March 31 of the same year. The restatement is a result of the companys ongoing audit committee review, officials said in a release earlier this week. The review […]

Enterprise contract management software maker Nextance announced Monday the next iteration of its application suite. Nextance 3.0 provides applications to manage contracts and commitments, along with their related business processes. It is available in business-specific software suites, including procurement, sales, intellectual property and legal. This latest release of the Nextance platform includes new features for […]

A raft of business process management upgrades from IDS Scheer AG, Intalio Inc. and IBM should aid corporations looking to map and integrate business processes at the department level. IDS Scheer, of Saarbrücken, Germany, and Intalio, of San Mateo, Calif., next month will announce new versions of their respective BPM software suites. Separately, IBM last […]

New business intelligence and risk management applications in an upgrade to Oracle Corp.s namesake Financials suite help businesses increase financial visibility and manage risk, company officials said. Oracle Financials 11.5.8, which became generally available this month, brings improved BI tools that add expanded role-based financial intelligence. New features include a profit-and-loss portal and an expense […]

First Data Corp.s e-payment development subsidiary eOne Global LP announced Monday that it has acquired BillingZone LLC from PNC Bank National Association and Perot Systems Corp. BillingZone, of Napa, Calif., provides electronic invoice presentment and payment [EIPP] services for companies and their trading partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. eOne Global, of Pittsburgh, […]

IBM announced yesterday that it is expanding the scope of its WebSphere Business Integration portfolio with three new offerings based on the Holosofx Inc. acquisition made earlier this fall. Holosofx produced business integration software. The three new offerings extend Big Blues WebSphere integration offerings and are geared toward helping business analysts and line-of-business professionals manage […]

eScout LLC and Commerce One Inc. announced Thursday that eScout will acquire the Commerce One.net marketplace, a business unit of Commerce One. Commerce One currently has an equity stake in eScout. As part of the transaction, C1 is increasing its stake in eScout and will obtain a seat on eScouts board of directors. Additional details […]

Midmarket ERP software developer Adonix announced Thursday that it has acquired Computer Integrated Manufacturing for Process, or CIMPRO, a subsidiary of MAI Systems Corp. CIMPRO, of Tarrytown, N.Y., provides software designed to address the needs of the process industry. Its application modules share information across an enterprise. Adonix will assume all CIMPRO employees, net assets, […]