Renee Boucher Ferguson

Systems management software maker BMC Software Inc. and application integration company WebMethods Inc. are teaming up. The two companies this week will announce a product called Patrol for WebMethods that aims to minimize the risk of a broken system-to-system connection between business partners. Patrol for WebMethods ensures business process availability by monitoring WebMethods installed infrastructure […]

IBM and Parametric Technology Corp. have each found partners to help them sell technologies that will enable manufacturers to collaborate online with suppliers, dealers and other business associates. IBM last week introduced an integrated product suite it created with Enigma Inc. to enable OEMs to gather relevant aftermarket data through a portal-like interface. In the […]

Vitria Technology Inc. today announced a new family of enterprise application integration products that address businesses needs to meet legislative and market demands. The companys Vitria Collaborative Applications, which includes five new collaborative applications available today and more in the works, address specific vertical markets integration needs. The four out-of-the-box integration offerings Vitria released today […]

Looking to automate a products lifecycle from manufacture through sales and service, Datasweep Inc. announced today the next version of its flagship product. Datasweep qualifies Advantage 5.0 as a Web-based integrated plant system, as the suite enables control of a number of processes in a products lifecycle, from manufacturing and quality assurance to supplier management, […]

Invensys plc, the parent company of enterprise resource planning software maker Baan, is undergoing a major restructuring. The diversified technology company earlier this week said that going forward it would focus on two core divisions – Energy Management and Production Management – which will serve specific vertical markets. The London-based company will also sell off […]

With companies facing the prospect of a second year of dwindling IT budgets, software vendors Ariba Inc., Verticalnet Software LLC and PeopleSoft Inc. are rolling out software that they say will enable their customers to better manage spending. Ariba, of Sunnyvale, Calif., will host an event in Italy next week to unveil the latest iteration […]

Making further inroads into business-to-business online transactions, IBM announced today a partnership with MarketMile LLC and an expanded WebSphere Business Partner initiative. The IBM and MarketMile partnership is designed to help customers quickly reap the benefits of e-procurement by tracking and managing indirect spending. MarketMile is an e-procurement service provider founded by American Express. As […]

J.D. Edwards & Co. last week began shipping two new applications, OneWorld Customer Self-Service and Supplier Self-Service, that are the fruits of the companys purchase last year of CRM software maker YouCentric Inc. The new Web-based self-service applications enable customers and suppliers to help themselves to specific information stored in JDEs OneWorld e-business applications. With […]

Arzoon Inc., FreeMarkets Inc., Zeborg Inc. and Zycus Inc. are rolling out products and partnerships that are designed to make online procurement more effective and easier to manage. Arzoon last week announced it would marry its Life family of logistics resource management products to Tibco Software Inc.s ActiveEnterprise integration software to facilitate real-time access to […]

Despite notable gains in stability through point releases over the last 20 months, bugs in Oracle Corp.s 11i suite of Web-based e-business applications are eroding users confidence in the product. Compounding the problem, some IT organizations are finding that Oracles solution for fixing those bugs—the “Family Pack,” which patches dozens of known bugs at once—often […]

SAP Portals Inc. on Thursday announced it had signed up no fewer than 10 partners to work with when adding new technology and content to its software solutions. These partners are working essentially as sales and marketing channels to establish the San Jose, Calif., companys Enterprise Portal and Business Intelligence platforms in the growing portals […]

IBM and Enigma Inc. will announce an integrated product on Tuesday that will allow original equipment manufacturers to gather relevant after-market information through a portal-like interface. Enigmas software takes information that is useful to OEMs customers, normalizes it in an XML repository, then adds hyperlinks to branded sites. The offering will come under the heading […]