Renee Boucher Ferguson

Swirling rumors concerning more Oracle Corp. acquisitions were proved true last week when the software maker announced plans to buy a majority stake in Indias largest applications business, I-Flex Solutions Ltd., in a deal worth some $909 million. Oracle, of Redwood Shores, Calif., also recently embarked on a secretive technology acquisition from Context Media Inc. […]

Although adoption rates of CRM software are still lagging, new products released this week point to maturing enterprise-level customer relationship management capabilities for on-demand software. SugarCRM Inc. is announcing the first enterprise edition of its open-source suite, which builds on its Sugar Professional suite. Likewise, Salesnet Inc. is announcing major upgrades to its Extended and […]

ERP provider SSA Global Technologies announced Monday yet another technology acquisition to round out its portfolio. The company said it acquired Boniva Software, which develops HCM software, for an undisclosed sum. SSA Global Technologies Inc., headquartered in Chicago, acquired CRM (customer relationship management) software developer Epiphany Inc. less than a week ago, on Aug. 4, […]

Enterprise resource planning software developer SSA Global Technologies Inc. expanded its breadth Thursday with the acquisition of Epiphany Inc. SSA Global, of Chicago, plans to acquire Epiphany, which develops CRM (customer relationship management) software, for $329 million. “CRM is an important growth market,” said Mike Greenough, chairman, president and CEO of SSA Global, in a […]

At least one of the rumors floating around about another Oracle Corp. acquisition has panned out. The company announced Tuesday morning that it plans to buy a majority stake in Indias largest applications business, I-flex solutions Ltd., in a deal that amounts to about $909 million. Bombay-based I-flex develops software that supports corporate, consumer and […]

iWay Software is helping Microsoft Corp. users better interoperate with third-party applications. The New York-based company, which has a stable of about 280 prebuilt adapters to back-end systems, announced Tuesday its selling the source code and intellectual property from eight of its adapters to Microsoft. The handful of .Net-based adapters Microsoft is acquiring essentially enable […]

Despite warnings of a shake-up in the RFID industry that will result in vendor consolidations, software developers continue to emerge with products that improve the way RFID data can be processed and used. TrueDemand Software Inc., a Los Gatos, Calif., company thats been in stealth mode for the past year, launches this week with an […]

With the first phase of its integration with supply chain software developer Yantra Corp. under its belt, electronic data interchange stalwart Sterling Commerce is focusing on its composite application strategy. Sterling, a subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc., will announce this week the completion of the first phase in its four-phase project to integrate Yantra, a […]

Troubled supply chain management software developer i2 Technologies Inc. is finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. The company reported increased license revenue for its second quarter this year, and a stock price that went up for the first time in four years. After the close of the market Thursday, Dallas-based i2 reported […]

TIBCO Software, which has made a name for itself by providing integration capabilities to the financial industry, is adding new radio-frequency identification functionality to its portfolio. TIBCO on Tuesday announced TIBCO RFID Interchange, an RFID infrastructure that transforms and routes RFID data into back-end applications and then provides context around that data. Essentially, what RFID […]

Despite application and integration software developers claims of providing a composite application framework, few actually have a fully integrated offering. Some software developers, however, are making strides. Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., long known for its iBolt integration platform, is extending that technology to create a composite application framework. Code-named M10 and in beta now, the […]

SAP AG, of Walldorf, Germany, has teamed up with Seeburger Inc. to solve a small but potentially worrisome issue: invoice errors. The companies announced last week that they are developing an add-on application to SAPs MySAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) invoice management system that automates the process of detecting and handling errors in incoming paper-based […]