Renee Boucher Ferguson

SAP AG and Microsoft Corp. each announced new software Monday at the National Retail Federation Annual Convention and Expo in New York. SAP, of Waldorf, Germany, announced a new Web-based workforce management capability that will be part of its mySAP Retail offering. Meanwhile Microsoft announced a new BizTalk Toolkit for UCCnet connectivity. (UCCnet is a […]

Neon Systems Inc., which makes adapters for access and integration of data from mainframe and legacy systems, announced Monday a new product that provides data visibility. ShadowConsole offers application developers visibility into data for both legacy mainframe and distributed enterprise systems. Essentially, ShadowConsole is a management, monitoring and debugging tool that monitors the performance and […]

Product lifecycle management software maker Aras Corp. on Thursday announced the release of Project Innovator, a new module for the Innovator Application Suite. Project Innovator brings with it new functionality for managing design and development projects across a products lifecycle, using a phases and gates management methodology. That methodology is based on the definition of […]

CambridgeDocs, which facilitates XML-based content integration, announced Wednesday a new tool for migrating unstructured content from legacy sources. The xDoc Converter migrates unstructured data from the likes of Microsoft Word, HTML and Adobe PDF documents into any XML schema or DTD for improved search and indexing, officials said. The resulting XML can be used for […]

Software developer startup PowerEasy Corp. is readying an ERP suite for the Macintosh operating system. PowerEasy ERP 1.0 on Mac OS X, which will be introduced at Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week, provides enterprise resource planning applications running on Sybase Inc.s Adaptive Server Enterprise database and Apple Computer Inc.s WebObjects 5.2 application server. […]

PreCache Inc. announced Friday a NetInjector software platform that fits into the network middleware category and is geared toward helping companies offer computing capabilities to a variety of techno gadgets—from cell phones and hand-helds to personal video recorders and MP3 players, officials said. Using a publish/subscribe messaging model, the NetInjector platform enables infrastructure providers and […]

Financial service software provider S1 Corp. announced Monday a new system to help financial institutions automate their order processing. The S1 Trade Finance Purchase Order Processing System—or POPS—is jointly developed with Bank of America, which is also installing the system. What POPS provides is a single system that performs global trade-related purchase order processing and […]

Supply chain execution software developer Manhattan Associates Inc. announced earlier this week that it acquired certain assets of Logistics.com from Internet Capital Group for approximately $20 million. Logistics.com, of Burlington, Mass., makes logistics planning and execution software that enable users to buy, sell, manage and optimize transportation services. The acquisition is expected to bridge the […]

Enterprise spend management software developer Ariba Inc. will restate its financial statements for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2001, and for the quarter that ended March 31 of the same year. The restatement is a result of the companys ongoing audit committee review, officials said in a release earlier this week. The review […]

Enterprise contract management software maker Nextance announced Monday the next iteration of its application suite. Nextance 3.0 provides applications to manage contracts and commitments, along with their related business processes. It is available in business-specific software suites, including procurement, sales, intellectual property and legal. This latest release of the Nextance platform includes new features for […]