Renee Boucher Ferguson

Automating the supply chain has been an ongoing effort in areas such as manufacturing. But with the help of a new, dedicated transaction network, supply chain management is reaching a new market: drug prescription. Executives from a dozen national pharmacy chains late last month announced the formation of the Chain Pharmacy Advisory Council to provide […]

PeopleSoft inc. and Optiant Inc. are each offering software upgrades that take a performance-driven approach to supply chain planning and management. PeopleSoft, of Pleasanton, Calif., last month announced the general availability of its namesake SCP (Supply Chain Planning) 8.8, which uses a centralized data warehouse that combines planning, performance management and operational systems. At the […]

Financial relationship management software maker Avolent Inc. will announce July 21 the availability of its BizCast 5.3 FRM software. At the core of BizCast 5.3 is the ability for insurance, retail and health care companies to provide Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment—better known as EIPP. New in Version 5.3 is the ability for health care […]

The saga continues. Oracle Corp. announced this morning that it has extended its to midnight Friday, July 18. Oracles initial purchase offer, logged June 9, expired today. As of the close of business on July 3, about 35 million PeopleSoft shares had been tendered and not withdrawn from the offer, according to Oracle officials. Oracles […]

Citing weakness in its North American commercial business, integration software maker webMethods Inc. announced disappointing preliminary first-quarter earnings this morning. The Fairfax, Va., company expects to report greater-than-expected losses for the quarter ended June 30. WebMethods is expected to report total revenue in the range of $42 million to $43 million, somewhat shy of the […]

PeopleSoft Inc. this morning announced better than expected preliminary financial results for the second quarter, adding resonance to the enterprise software makers stance that Oracle Corp.s hostile takeover bid undervalues the company. Oracle, of Redwood Shores, Calif., has made an all-cash bid for rival PeopleSoft valued at $19.50 per share, or about $6.3 billion. Based […]

Oracle Corp. is facing new antitrust obstacles and a potentially bigger price tag in its bid to buy enterprise software maker PeopleSoft Inc. A group of state attorneys general have formed a working group to look at the antitrust issues involved in the proposed transaction, and the U.S. Department of Justice has requested more information […]

Business process modeling software maker IDS Scheer Inc. announced Tuesday that subsidiary IDS Scheer Small and Medium Enterprises has acquired Accounting Solutions Plus Inc. A Harrisburg, Pa.-based consulting firm, A.S. Plus specializes in the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. With the acquisition, IDS Scheer gains 70 customers and expertise in the health care […]

Oracle Corp. is shipping new product lifecycle management software offerings with enhanced capabilities for managing projects. Oracle Advanced Product Catalog expands the collaboration tools available with the Redwood Shores, Calif., companys Oracle PLM software. Oracle has also made available additions to its Project Management family of applications, which work in conjunction with the PLM software. […]

Attorneys general from a handful of states are weighing their legal options for stopping Oracle Corp.s hostile takeover bid for enterprise software rival PeopleSoft Inc. Oracle also is expecting the U.S. Department of Justice to submit questions to the company as early as today regarding the proposed acquisition. Attorneys general from California, Texas and Massachusetts […]