Renee Boucher Ferguson

Looking ahead to the next stage of enterprise application integration, Tibco Software Inc. is readying new technology that enables companies to not only get business process information in real time but to predict future trends based on unstructured data. Tibco on Friday will announce at its Strategic Directions conference in Phoenix a handful of new […]

Based on the strength of its NetWeaver integration software, SAP AG is trying to expand its identity beyond being strictly an applications provider to a broad-based platform provider. At its TechEd developer conference here last week, the Walldorf, Germany, software company laid out the practical nuts and bolts for how customers can use NetWeaver and […]

If Oracle Corp. succeeds in its planned $7.3 billion acquisition of ERP software rival PeopleSoft Inc., the company says PeopleSoft applications could lay dormant or be scrapped. PeopleSoft is trying to show how different it can be with its acquisition of smaller enterprise resource planning company J.D. Edwards. True to its promise made when the […]

Potentially giving spend management software maker Ariba Inc. a run for its money, sourcing software provider Emptoris Inc. announced on Monday the acquisition of Zeborg Inc. Like Ariba, which has its roots in procurement, Zeborg develops spend analytics software. Zeborg brings a focus on indirect spending to Emptoris, which has a fairly strong customer base […]

Data integration and business intelligence software developer Informatica Corp. announced today its intent to acquire Striva Corp., which provides mainframe integration software. Informatica, of Redwood City, Calif., has had an OEM relationship with Striva, of Scotts Valley, Calif., for the past two years. Informaticas PowerConnect suite of software includes Strivas mainframe software for high-speed bulk […]

Composition, not coding: thats the message behind SAPs newest development tool, code-named GUI Machine. Introduced at this years Tech Ed developers conference in Las Vegas, the Graphical User Interface Machine, scheduled for release in the next couple of months, is a development tool geared toward business analysts rather than developers. Using GUI Machine, business users […]

LAS VEGAS—Although not traditionally known for having stellar integration capabilities, SAP AG is out to change that with its NetWeaver integration platform. Announced last year at TechEd, NetWeaver is SAPs answer to infrastructure, application and business process integration. Its also whats going to propel SAP into the next decade, according to company executives. During keynote […]

SAP AG is looking to make developers more productive by extending the reach of the companys development environment beyond its enterprise applications and with a new online community and tools. NetWeaver Development Studio, which will be introduced at the SAP TechEd conference in Las Vegas this week, is based on the Walldorf, Germany, companys NetWeaver […]

One indication that Microsoft Corp. is serious about its latest push to capture and serve small and midsize companies is the executive firepower it is amassing in that business. A corporate reorganization that came to light in March put 12-year Microsoft veteran Orlando Ayala, former head of the Worldwide Sales, Marketing & Services Group at […]

Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to small and midsize businesses, which account for half the software companys revenues, primarily through sales of Windows and the Office productivity suite. But the Redmond, Wash., company two years ago began a systematic effort to create software and a sales channel to serve SMB customers. In the coming months, […]