Renee Boucher Ferguson

A raft of business process management upgrades from IDS Scheer AG, Intalio Inc. and IBM should aid corporations looking to map and integrate business processes at the department level. IDS Scheer, of Saarbrücken, Germany, and Intalio, of San Mateo, Calif., next month will announce new versions of their respective BPM software suites. Separately, IBM last […]

New business intelligence and risk management applications in an upgrade to Oracle Corp.s namesake Financials suite help businesses increase financial visibility and manage risk, company officials said. Oracle Financials 11.5.8, which became generally available this month, brings improved BI tools that add expanded role-based financial intelligence. New features include a profit-and-loss portal and an expense […]

First Data Corp.s e-payment development subsidiary eOne Global LP announced Monday that it has acquired BillingZone LLC from PNC Bank National Association and Perot Systems Corp. BillingZone, of Napa, Calif., provides electronic invoice presentment and payment [EIPP] services for companies and their trading partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. eOne Global, of Pittsburgh, […]

IBM announced yesterday that it is expanding the scope of its WebSphere Business Integration portfolio with three new offerings based on the Holosofx Inc. acquisition made earlier this fall. Holosofx produced business integration software. The three new offerings extend Big Blues WebSphere integration offerings and are geared toward helping business analysts and line-of-business professionals manage […]

eScout LLC and Commerce One Inc. announced Thursday that eScout will acquire the Commerce One.net marketplace, a business unit of Commerce One. Commerce One currently has an equity stake in eScout. As part of the transaction, C1 is increasing its stake in eScout and will obtain a seat on eScouts board of directors. Additional details […]

Midmarket ERP software developer Adonix announced Thursday that it has acquired Computer Integrated Manufacturing for Process, or CIMPRO, a subsidiary of MAI Systems Corp. CIMPRO, of Tarrytown, N.Y., provides software designed to address the needs of the process industry. Its application modules share information across an enterprise. Adonix will assume all CIMPRO employees, net assets, […]

Business process automation software maker Versata Inc. and ILOG S.A. announced the second phase of a partnership Wednesday that will result in the creation of customized business process management solutions. ILOG, of Mountain View, Calif., and Gentilly, Cedex, France, develops software components that help businesses streamline their application development processes. Their components focus on business […]

IBM and Camstar Systems Inc. are teaming up to deliver a collaborative manufacturing solution to the electronics industry. The software, hardware and services offering enables electronics companies to improve manufacturing operations and reduce costs by integrating product information with supply chain, procurement and customer support software, according to officials from IBM and Camstar. Under the […]

The National Geographic Society is using a new IBM software suite to bridge the divide between the artistic types who populate advertising agencies and publishing houses and its own bean counters who dont want to give away the organizations crown jewels. The Washington-based organization is digitizing more than 10,000 of its hallmark images and making […]

Manufacturing and supply chain software maker Aspen Technology Inc. announced Monday an OEM partnership with Informatica Corp., maker of business analytics software. Under the terms of the agreement, AspenTech, of Cambridge, Mass., will embed Informaticas PowerCenter and PowerConnect software into its Performance Management solution for manufacturing and supply chain operations. Companies use AspenTech applications to […]