Renee Boucher Ferguson

Catching up on its January acquisition of PeopleSoft Corp., Oracle Corp. announced Wednesday major upgrades to the Supply Chain Management, Supplier Relationship Management and Financial Management modules within PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9. The 8.9 version marks the first major release of the Enterprise product line since December 2003—and since Oracles acquisition of PeopleSoft. “Its been about […]

i2 Technologies is releasing another piece of its next generation supply chain management suite. The company announced Tuesday its namesake Supply Collaboration/Lean Replenishment module designed to help companies better manage supplier interactions. Supply Collaboration/Lean Replenishment is the second such SCM release i2 Technologies Inc. has made this year—with one more planned to follow. The three […]

Business Objects announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire Infommersion Inc., a privately held company that develops information visualization and presentation software. Business Objects S.A., with dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France, develops business intelligence software. The acquisition of Infommersion, based in San Diego, will be an all-cash transaction amounting to about […]

As SAP AG confronts an increasingly powerful and resourceful foe in Oracle Corp., more than ever the company is looking to its users and partners to help it maintain its footing in enterprise software. At its TechEd user conference in Boston last week, SAP announced its Enterprise Services Community Process, a developers forum focused on […]

Product lifecycle management software developer UGS Corp. is heading downstream. The company last week launched a new suite of software aimed at the midmarket, along with a new channel strategy to better reach those customers—an effort that requires a more regional, personalized approach than does enterprise sales. The UGS Velocity Series suite of software provides […]

Customer relationship management software developer Art Technology Group will announce Wednesday its strategy and accompanying suite of products designed to provide users with a more immediate approach to helping call center customers. The goal of the ATG Wisdom strategy is to take ATGs background in providing relevant information to its commerce customers—Best Buy Co. Inc., […]

At its annual TechEd 05 conference in Boston this week SAP AG will work to differentiate its NetWeaver integration strategy from Oracles Fusion Middleware strategy—a rare tact at this technology-focused event. The distinguishing factor SAP is seeking to establish is its partner-focused approach to building a community around NetWeaver, the underlying technology stack for its […]

Database software maker Sybase is heading deeper into the RFID market with its iAnywhere subsidiary, which announced Tuesday at the Frontline Solutions conference in Chicago the 2.0 version of its RFID Anywhere platform. With an eye toward developers, system integrators and ISVs (independent software vendors), the RFID (radio frequency identification) Anywhere platform provides an RFID […]

Oracle Corp. last week announced a partnership with IBM that could, depending on the outcome, prove to be a groundbreaker in the IT industry. During his keynote address at the companys Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, Charles Phillips, Oracle co-president, outlined the Oracle Fusion architecture—a blueprint of how the company is going to move […]

At its OpenWorld user conference in San Francisco last week, Oracle Corp. sought to explain how its Fusion Middleware will form the foundation for the companys next-generation application stack. The Redwood Shores, Calif., company released at the conference Version 3.0 of its namesake application server, which includes a spate of new tools ranging from an […]