Renee Boucher Ferguson

Two supply chain software makers, SynQuest Inc. and Viewlocity Inc., announced today a definitive agreement to merge operations. SynQuest provides supply chain planning software, while Viewlocity offers supply chain event management soft-ware. Both companies are based in Atlanta. A third company, Tilion Inc., will merge into the combined company to provide approximately $13 million in […]

The software company that powers Oracle Corp.ís Small Business Suite is enhancing the bundle with new accounting applications. NetLedger Inc. last week rolled out its Advanced Accounting package, hosted accounting software geared toward midsize companies with multinational locations, complex warehousing and complicated inventory management, according to officials in San Mateo, Calif. The new service can […]

IBM and SAP AG are extending their respective efforts to link heterogeneous applications with new integration offerings. IBM this month will announce two WebSphere Business Integration software components, called Collaborations, that link applications in the financial services and retail industries. Separately, SAP, along with its development partner Accenture Ltd., will roll out Cross Applications integration […]

IBM and SAP AG are extending their respective efforts to link heterogeneous applications with new integration offerings. IBM next month will announce two new WebSphere Business Integration software components, called Collaborations, that link applications in the financial services and retail industries. Separately, SAP, along with its development partner Accenture Ltd., will roll out new Cross […]

Honing in on the employee self service market, SAP AG announced today its Employee Productivity Suite at DCIs Employee Relationship Management Conference in New York. SAP EPS is an integrated set of self-service management and productivity tools designed to increase employee access to information and business processes, said officials of the Walldorf, Germany, company. The […]

Targeting homeland security, PeopleSoft Inc. on Tuesday announced at its Connect 2002 user conference in New Orleans, two new software modules aimed at its higher education and public sector install base. PeopleSoft PASS SEVIS [Patriot Act Student and Exchange Visitor Information System Solution] will help colleges and universities comply with the federal mandate to track […]

NetLedger Inc., the accounting software company that powers Oracles Small Business Suite, announced a new suite today. NetLedger Advanced Accounting is an online accounting package for mid-sized businesses looking for a more complex approach to accounting than a shrink-wrapped package provides. The Advanced Accounting software is geared toward companies with multinational locations, complex warehousing and […]

New tools from Blue Pumpkin Software Inc. can help companies automate and integrate work force processes. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company last week launched the Blue Pumpkin Fusion platform, which houses its two application sets, Activity Manager and Advisor, and looks to solve two fundamental problems for companies: the proliferation of disconnected, manual processes and the […]

EDI users looking for a less expensive B2B transport method may have an option with an emerging standard under consideration by the Internet Engineering Task Force. AS (Applicability Statement) 2 is a specification for dealing with business-to-business communications data that will enable companies to maintain their investment in electronic data interchange technology while getting some […]

Supply chain management software maker WorldChain Inc. will announce on Monday the next iteration of its namesake software. WorldChain 3.0 will help users move away from traditional forecast-based push supply chain approaches to pull-based models, where a company and its supply chain execute off the same customer demand signal, according to officials. Applicable for both […]

Supply chain management software maker Manugistics Group Inc. and business intelligence vendor Cognos announced an alliance today. The gist of the agreement is to deliver real-time business and customer insight that spans data warehouses and operational sources to extended trading networks, including customers, distributors and suppliers. Manugistics, of Rockville, Md., will integrate the reporting and […]

PeopleSoft Inc. is looking to play catch-up to its enterprise software competitors with new offerings designed to provide a well-rounded technology stack for integration. At its Connect user conference in New Orleans next week, the Pleasanton, Calif., company will pick up the integration mantle with the message that it, too, is an infrastructure provider. As […]