Renee Boucher Ferguson

SAP Markets on Wednesday unveiled the first product to be made available as part of parent company SAP AGs new technology platform. The mySAP Supplier Relationship Management suite is built on the MySAP Technology platform that the software giant announced at its TechEd conference in Los Angeles last fall. The platform consists of three parts: […]

SAP AG surprised Wall Street analysts this morning with the announcement that it expects to beat the Streets fourth-quarter expectations. The German software behemoth said it expects to record more than 1 billion euros ($888.2 million) in software license revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2001. The projected results surpass Wall Street expectations by […]

SolidWorks Corp., a Dassault Systemes S.A company, next week will announce the latest version of its namesake 3-Dimensional catalog software. SolidWorks 3D PartStream.net 3.0, available as a hosted service, gives component manufacturers a template-based tool for publishing online catalogs in days, rather than months, according to officials. With newly streamlined capabilities, 3D 3.0 provides enhanced […]

Supply chain management software maker Exel plc. announced today that it is acquiring United States Consolidation Limited for an undisclosed sum. USCL, one of Asias largest consolidators, provides freight consolidation services to U.S. importers and retailers sourcing from Hong Kong and South China. The company also operates facilities in Carson, Calif. Consolidation software enables shippers […]

Verticalnet Inc. is making good on a promise to provide collaborative sourcing software for private e-marketplaces through its acquisition last week of Atlas Commerce Inc. But even as it readies software that will enable companies to find and procure goods online, Verticalnet is entering a market where established developers, such as Oracle Corp. and Commerce […]

It was supposed to be so simple. XML would enable companies to move beyond paper-, e-mail- and electronic data interchange-based commerce to the world of Internet transactions. Having such an open platform was supposed to provide a lower-cost way for developing applications that would be universally accessible to all of a companys business partners. Now, […]

Two retail industry trade groups are looking for evidence that the ebXML electronic messaging framework will provide interoperability with global partners and suppliers outside the retail industry. The Uniform Council Code Inc. and Global Commerce Initiatives ebXML Messaging Interoperability Compliance Pilot is testing the security and reliability mechanisms of electronic business XML, an architecture that […]

Business-to-business software provider Commerce One Inc. and enterprise application integration vendor SeeBeyond Technology Corp. on Monday announced a strategic alliance that will, eventually, add EAI functionality to Commerce Ones portfolio. Designed to help enterprises and their trading partners more easily integrate back-office applications with Commerce Ones software, the alliance is initially a reseller agreement whereby […]

Supply chain management software maker McHugh Software International Inc. announced today the appointment of a new CEO, John G. Jazwiec. McHugh makes software that helps companies manage warehouse and logistics businesses. The companys former CEO, Ritch Durheim, retired last month after 23 years with the company. Durheim will remain as chairman of the board. Jazwiec […]

Enterprise software maker J.D. Edwards & Co. announced this afternoon that its board of directors appointed a new president and CEO. Robert M. Dutkowsky is replacing the companys founder and longtime leader, C. Edward McVaney, who will retire. Dutkowsky, 47, was brought in to J.D. Edwards from Teradyne Inc., where he was president of the […]

E-procurement software developer Verticalnet Inc. has acquired Atlas Commerce Inc., a provider of strategic sourcing applications and software for private business-to-business exchanges. In a deal valued at about $24 million, Verticalnet, of Horsham, Pa., early this week announced that it had acquired all outstanding Atlas securities in exchange for about 14.3 million shares of Verticalnet […]

Automation Centre Inc. is expanding its Tracker office and professional services automation offerings to include human resources tracking. TrackerSuite for HR, which will be released this week, is designed to lower HR professionals workloads by providing a central data management system that enables employees to self-manage information. Patrick Graupp, human resources administration manager at Sanyo […]