Renee Boucher Ferguson

Proposed changes and additions to an XML variant targeted for use in financial reporting will make information more accessible and easier to audit, say supporters of the technology. Extensible Business Reporting Language, known as XBRL, is used to tag financial information and aims to provide a standard way for banks, stock markets and corporations to […]

Supply chain planning software developer Adexa Inc. announced Monday the beta version of its Collaborative Operations Planning software, which helps companies plan and schedule for product demand. COP, as the software is known, is geared to provide the missing link between operations planning and demand planning by ensuring that financial targets are considered during every […]

About half of the 8.500 banks that report quarterly earnings to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. do so with mistakes intact. The Washington-based FDIC, along with the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, are trying to correct that problem and make it easier for banks to understand the FDICs […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced plans to work with Edgar Online Inc. on new software designed to change the way companies author and analyze financial data. The Microsoft Official Solution Accelerator for XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) will help users more easily author and analyze financial documents using Microsoft Word and Excel, 2003 versions, officials […]

SAP AG announced today the latest iteration of its Enterprise Portal software, featuring better multiplatform support, more language capabilities and upgraded collaboration functions. The portal software helps companies access information from internal applications and external sources. Part of SAPs NetWeaver integration stack, Version 6.0 of the Enterprise Portal now supports Unix and Windows servers as […]

Business-to-business integration software provider Quovadx Inc. announced Tuesday morning the acquisition of Rogue Wave Software Inc. in a deal valued at $71 million. Rogue, of Boulder, Colo., makes reusable software components for application development. The acquisition is structured as an exchange offer, with Quovadx acquiring all of Rogues outstanding stock for $4.09 in cash and […]

Developers are readying software with new functionality to enable corporations to squeeze more efficiency out of their supply chains and tie their performance to Wall Street earnings expectations. Optiant Inc., of Burlington, Mass., this week will announce Power Chain Summit, a software module that links corporate goals for profitability and market share to a supply […]

Many business process modeling and management technologies automated back-office functions such as procure-to-pay and invoicing. Apriso Corp. and i2 Technologies Inc. are taking a different approach with software targeted at managing business processes in a companys supply chain. Apriso, of Long Beach, Calif., last week introduced a suite of software that automates business processes in […]

A handful of software developers are altering their respective enterprise product lines with the goal of attracting new small- and midsize-business customers. Companies, including IBM, SAP AG and NetSuite Inc., are each developing new applications that give small businesses a hook into larger enterprise applications for the first time, with an awareness of cost. IBM, […]

Professional services automation software developer Tenrox Tuesday will announce the next iteration of its operational control and compliance software. Tenrox 8, designed for professional services firms and companies with internal IT departments, provides capabilities for automating billing, expense reporting, invoicing, chargebacks and project accounting, among other areas. Version 8 brings a Web-based XML architecture, an […]