Renee Boucher Ferguson

SOMERS, N.Y.—IBM is working hard to make a name for itself in the midsized business market. Not traditionally known as a friendly, cuddly-type company, IBM is depending on its partners to do the handholding with midsized companies used to working with smaller, regional software providers. As part of its strategy to reach the mid-market, Big […]

Ariba Inc. and PeopleSoft Inc. are readying spend management software to help companies exert stronger control of cash flow. Ariba, of Sunnyvale, Calif., this week will announce Ariba Category Management 1.0, a suite that can improve strategic sourcing for customers by enabling users to capture category knowledge. Ariba Category Management 1.0, the culmination of Aribas […]

WebMethods Inc. is combining its application integration software with an application server, enabling users to combine business and integration logic in one environment. The Fairfax, Va., company announced at its Integration World user conference in San Francisco last week that it is adding the open-source JBoss application server source code to its namesake integration platform […]

With a lot of resources staked on its composite application approach, SAP AG is out to prove the Cross Application, or xApp, validity at its upcoming TechEd developers conference in New Orleans. The company on Tuesday will announce two new xApps—Visual Information for [manufacturing] Plants, known as VIp, and Product Definition—and announce that three new […]

Product lifecycle management software maker Electronic Data Systems Corp. announced on Thursday the deployment of its Teamcenter software on Microsofts Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system. Microsoft on Thursday launched the Tablet PC platform, which features pen input, handwriting recognition, voice command and text-to-speech capabilities. Teamcenter, which acts essentially as a product knowledge repository, […]

SAP AG announced on Wednesday new Internet-based recruiting capabilities in its mySAP Human Resources suite. The mySAP HR E-Recruiting tool comes with a number of new features within the talent warehouse, requisition management and posting management applications that enable users to streamline recruitment processes. Overall the software helps human resource professionals to better identify qualified […]

Microsoft announced on Tuesday a new BizTalk accelerator to help with emerging standards and regulations in the financial services industry. The BizTalk Accelerator for Financial Services supports the financial services standard SWIFT [Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications] and will help financial organizations rapidly integrate financial messaging with internal systems and deploy straight through processing […]

Companies that provide financial services have been keen on taking steps to secure systems and facilities since many believe they are prime targets for terrorists. Two companies in the financial services industry, MasterCard International Inc. and Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., are locking up their facilities and planning for the worst. Payment systems company MasterCard, which […]

An overhaul of the SCM module in Oracle Corp.s namesake enterprise application suite promises to bring a wealth of new capabilities for automating supply chain processes, according to company officials. The Supply Chain Module in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Release 8, announced last week, offers new features for managing warehouse operations, transportation and services. These […]

Sybase Inc. and Vitria Technology Inc. this week will each announce application integration software that they say will make it easier for business analysts to model and implement business processes. Sybases forthcoming platform, code-named Ohio, and an upgrade to Vitrias BusinessWare suite, Version 4.0, will provide corporations with graphical tools that let analysts who are […]