Renee Boucher Ferguson

NetLedger Inc., which makes Oracles Small Business Suite along with its own small to midmarket software offering, NetSuite, announced Friday new migration capabilities. Called the Legacy SFT Switch Program, NetLedgers new offering includes products, a migration wizard and license credits to entice Salesforce.com customers to move over to NetLedger. The newest migration program put forth […]

Enterprise contract management software maker diCarta Corp. announced Wednesday the next iteration of its namesake Contracts solution. DiCarta 3.1 brings with it new obligation management capabilities, enhanced controls and increased visibility for contract intensive companies, officials said. This latest version of Contracts also provides several features that simplify management of large contracts. A new Obligations […]

Oracle Corp. on Thursday will announce an upgrade to its Oracle Financials suite, part of the companys E-Business Suite. New intelligence and risk management applications added to Oracle Financials, version 11.5.8, available later this week, are designed to help businesses increase financial viability and manage risk. Specifically, 11.5.8 brings improved business intelligence tools that add […]

Software upgrades from Prescient Systems Inc. and PeopleSoft Inc. make strides toward bringing the demand planning and execution components of SCM closer. By integrating these two phases of the production process, businesses and manufacturers will be better able to understand the big picture when budgeting and responding to changes in demand for their products. Prescient, […]

New software options should make it easier for manufacturers of consumer packaged goods to collaborate with suppliers and distributors for product development to solve supply chain issues. PLM (product life-cycle management) software developers MatrixOne Inc. and Formation Systems Inc. last week announced an agreement to jointly develop collaborative software for product development teams inside and […]

The latest version of PeopleSoft Inc.s Enterprise Warehouse business intelligence and analytics platform, which became available last week, gives users immediate access to enterprise data and pre-defined business metrics. Enterprise Warehouse 8.8 includes prepackaged analytic content, a portal interface and Web services capabilities and ships within PeopleSofts AppConnect product suite. The software can also be […]

Epicor Software Corp. announced Monday the completion of its acquisition of e-business software provider Clarus Corp. The transaction, valued at approximately $1 million, extends Epicors software line by adding SRM [supplier relationship management] solutions that cover Web-based procurement, sourcing, online invoicing and settlement. Epicor, of Irvine, Calif., provides software for CRM [customer relationship management] financials, […]

The organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards interoperability consortium last week announced that its members had approved Version 2.0 of a specification designed to ensure that companies can exchange electronic trading data even if they use software from different vendors. The designation of the electronic business XML Collaboration Protocol Profile and Agreement, or […]

Web analytics software maker Maxamine Inc. and Electronic Data Systems announced Monday an expanded relationship that will result in a new Business-to-business e-subscription service for Web site score cards. EDS, of Plano, Texas, will resell access to the Maxamine Knowledge Platform Web analytics software that provides Scorecard reports via subscription from EDS Internet site. EDS […]

Microsoft Business Solutions, a division of Microsoft Corp., announced Thursday the next iteration of its Small Business Manager suite, geared toward helping small organizations manage their business functions. SBM 7.0 provides a number of new features, including enhanced integration within the modules as well as integration to third-party applications, streamlined sales and purchasing, and tighter […]