Renee Boucher Ferguson

An upgrade to Lombardi Software Inc.s TeamWorks software platform is intended to move beyond the companys traditional business process management functionality by automating and monitoring business activity for unplanned or unexpected changes to normal operations. The goal of TeamWorks 3.3, which debuted last week, is to enable users to link their business processes with their […]

MarketMile LLC, the e-procurement service provider founded by American Express, is making a few changes. The company tomorrow will announce a new name, a new platform and new technology. MarketMile is nixing the name that connotes both an e-marketplace and a miles program, in favor of the new name Ketera Technologies. Along with the name […]

New tools from Blue Pumpkin Software will help companies automate and integrate their workforce processes. Enterprise workforce management software maker Blue Pumpkin, of Sunnyvale, Calif., will launch a new workforce management platform on Monday for its two application sets, Activity Manager and Advisor. The Blue Pumpkin Fusion platform looks to solve for companies two fundamental […]

GE Global Exchange Services (GXS) announced today the release of a new module that helps users connect to trading partners securely through the Internet. The AS2 module is part of the GXS Enterprise System 7.5 integration broker offering and is the software version of the Applicability Statement 2 protocol that establishes standard point-to-point connections in […]

Beefing up distribution for its portal software, IBM today announced a number of partnerships with consulting companies that will result in IBMs WebSphere Portal technology being integrated into–in many cases–vertical market offerings. Deloitte & Touche LLP, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Sapient Corp, SBI and Co Inc. and Hitachi Ltds Experio will co-market or incorporate […]

Moving to simplify the integration of its electronic payment processing services into a Web services environment, CyberSource Corp. today announced a new native C# component. The new component, which is specific to Web service environments built with Microsoft Corp.s .Net technologies, provides businesses with faster access to CyberSources payment and fraud detection services, in addition […]

Sybase Inc. has bundled its integration software with TightLink Corp.s business-to-business collaboration software to create a package designed to enable financial institutions to comply with new reporting regulations. The Sybase Patriotcompliance Solution, available now, combines Sybases NEON, or New Era of Networks, business process integration technology and its Enterprise Portal with the anti-money laundering and […]

While technologies that enable metadata integration within databases have been available for several years, MetaMatrix Inc., IBM and others are rolling out products to make metadata more useful in business-to-business transactions via Web services. Version 3.0 of MetaMatrixs namesake metadata integration software, due this fall, will feature XML modeling and data integration technology, along with […]

Users of Oracle Corp. enterprise software now have an option for business process integration using an Oracle partners software. Sierra Atlantic Inc. announced last week that its Application Network products are available on the Oracle9i Application Server platform. The goal is to provide out-of-the-box business process integration of Oracle E-Business Suite software with other enterprise […]

New software from IDS Scheer AG and Comergent Technologies Inc. could streamline the implementation of optimized business processes. IDS Scheer this week will announce that it is incorporating Intalio Inc.s n3 business process management execution engine into its own Aris business process analysis software to provide a single solution to model, execute and manage the […]

Camstar Systems Inc. on Monday will announce a partnership with Vigilance Inc. that will combine their respective software suites and result in an integrated, real-time event management solution for manufacturers. Vigilance, of Sunnyvale, Calif., makes supply chain event management software called the SCEM Suite, while Camstar is contributing its collaborative manufacturing execution software, called Virtual […]

Homing in on the e-learning market, PeopleSoft Inc. on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Teamscape Corp., a learning management systems provider. Founded in 1996, Teamscape is a privately held company based in Burlingame, Calif. PeopleSoft, of Pleasanton, Calif., will combine its Human Capital Management software with Teamscapes products. The integrated solution will be available in […]