Renee Boucher Ferguson

Making further inroads in the health care vertical market, Mercator Software Inc. announced Wednesday a partnership with ProAct Technologies Corp. The agreement calls for Mercators Integration Broker software to become part of ProAct Connector, with the result being the an easier integration of ProAct applications with customers human resource systems. The ProAct HR and Benefits […]

Moving forward with its YOUcentric application integration, J.D. Edwards & Co. announced Tuesday the availability of two new applications, OneWorld Customer Self-Service and Supplier Self-Service. The Denver company also announced an upgrade to its current portal offering. The new Web-based self-service applications enable customers and suppliers to help themselves to specific information stored in JDEs […]

J.D. Edwards & Co. early this month began shipping a product demand forecasting module for its Advanced Planning 4.0 suite. The Demand Consensus module provides users of the companys Advanced Planning, OneWorld and WorldSoftware enterprise software suites with flexible, collaborative forecasting capabilities that enable them to design supply chain production schedules in fluid demand environments, […]

The growing trend to marry business process modeling to Web services is extending business-to-business integration beyond simple transactions between companies. Major vendors of EAI (enterprise application integration) software, such as Tibco Software Inc., SeeBeyond Technology Corp. and Microsoft Corp., are quickly adding XML-based Web services capabilities to their software to make business process integration easier, […]

E-sourcing application upgrades from FreeMarkets Inc. and Zeborg Inc. let companies more easily manage online procurement, according to officials from the two developers. FreeMarkets today introduced QuickSource 4.0, which enables companies to expand their market reach through added capabilities for handling multiple languages, multiple currencies and customized time zones, according to officials in Pittsburgh. The […]

Marrying integration software with logistics automation technology, Tibco Software Inc. and Arzoon Inc. will announce an alliance next week that facilitates real-time access to logistics information. The partnership will bring together Tibcos ActiveEnterprise integration software with Arzoons LIFE family of Logistics Resource Management products. The alliance is aimed at making communications and data sharing easier […]

Automated catalog content solutions provider Zycus Inc. will announce next week AutoClass, new classification software for e-catalogs that is designed to help standardize e-procurement content for exchanges and e-marketplaces. AutoClass, which conforms to the Universal Standard Products and Services Classification code, classifies products into one or more of 13,000 categories, according to officials, in Santa […]

Manugistics Group Inc. is adding new functionalities its Pricing and Revenue Optimization suite through an alliance with Vendavo Inc. Using Vendavos pricing management technology, Manugistics will add new price application and execution capabilities to the PRO suite. The alliance, announced Tuesday, calls for Manugistics, of Rockville, Md., to resell Vendavos Advantage, a price and deal […]

Services procurement software maker Elance Inc. will announce next week its first offering for the enterprise — a suite of applications that allows companies to electronically procure services at either a contract or project level. Elance 3.0 consists of four modules that automate the planning, sourcing, payments, vendor maintenance and reporting that accompanies professional services […]

Oracle Corp. is trying to lure enterprises into licensing its entire Oracle 11i E-Business Suite of applications with a new pricing structure. The flat-fee pricing is largely a way for Oracle to back up its message that integrating disparate applications is more expensive than buying its entire enterprise suite. Beginning March 31, the Redwood Shores, […]

As more e-businesses turn to business-to-business collaboration for linking partners in the supply chain, developers IPNet Solutions Inc., Commerce One Inc. and Valdero Corp. are looking to oblige. The three companies are rolling out iterations of their respective software suites that enable enterprises and their trading partners to capture and integrate data from one another. […]

A pair of product lifecycle management developers are bolstering their products with new middleware that lets users add customer feedback to the production process. Parametric Technology Corp. and MatrixOne Inc. are adding middleware to their respective platforms that enables companies to develop products to include customer feedback, which results in getting in design changes earlier […]