Renee Boucher Ferguson

Companies looking to invest in PLM applications will have more choice through new offerings from Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Agile Software Corp. EDS will release at its Product Development & Management Association conference in Boston this week a module for its Teamcenter product lifecycle management suite that helps CPG (consumer packaged-goods) makers manage their […]

Midlevel erp software developers SSA Global Inc. and Lawson Software Inc. are both on the acquisition hunt to line up more complete product offerings that can compete in some areas with top-tier competitors. SSA Global has been grabbing companies that add market share or a customer base. The Chicago-based vendor of enterprise resource planning applications […]

Once known for its procurement software and e-marketplace capabilities, Commerce One Inc. is now focusing on business process integration. On Oct. 13, the Pleasanton, Calif., company will announce the next iteration of its Conductor platform that helps companies automate and integrate business processes. With Version 6.5 of the platform, Commerce One is focusing on four […]

A trio of integration software vendors, WRQ Inc., Jacada Ltd. and NEON Systems Inc., are rolling out upgraded products designed to make it easier to tap into legacy host-based and green screen applications. WRQ this week will announce upgrades to its Reflection line of products that connects host systems to Windows and Web applications. Reflection […]

Supply chain management software developer Manugistics Group Inc. announced today an expanded alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc. that should help users gain better access to both supply and demand chain applications and data across their enterprise. As part of the extended relationship, Manugistics, of Rockville, Md., is now a certified reseller of the Sun Java […]

Competition apparently becomes PeopleSoft Inc. In the midst of a hostile takeover bid by rival Oracle Corp. that some speculated would harm PeopleSofts business, the company today raised its third quarter forecasts—for the second time in just over a month. Citing strong software sales and its recent acquisition of enterprise resource planning software maker J.D. […]

A report published Thursday suggests that the U.S. Department of Justice is readying its antitrust suit against Oracle Corp. stemming from the companys bid to take over ERP rival PeopleSoft Inc. The report, published in USA Today this morning, cites attorneys close to the deal that have cited moves within the DOJ that signal its […]

SAP AG announced Tuesday a new module for its NetWeaver technology stack that promises to help companies harmonize data across applications and IT systems. Announced at its SAP TechEd 03 Europe conference held this week in Basel, Switzerland, SAPs Master Data Management module looks to solve the problems created by similar but different customer, product […]

Product lifecycle management application developer Agile Software Corp. announced Wednesday the acquisition of Tradec Inc. San Jose, Calif.-based Tradec makes cost management software to help manufacturing companies reduce direct material costs, officials said. The acquisition, the terms of which were not disclosed, will help Agile boost its cost management software, Product Cost Management, by tapping […]

The legal fisticuffs over Oracle Corp.s intent to wrest control of PeopleSoft Inc. is heating up again, with recent court transcripts that read like a bad Judge Judy episode. After a lashing from Delaware Chancery Court Vice Chancellor Leo Strine last Wednesday that characterized both companys behavior as jejune, PeopleSoft agreed to submit some 2,000 […]