Renee Boucher Ferguson

PeopleSoft entered into a new relationship with Ascential Software last week to embed the latters integration technology in its enterprise performance management software. Ascential replaces Informatica as PeopleSofts OEM provider of application integration adapters. PeopleSoft will use the new software to provide connectors to SAP and Siebel systems, which will enable users to run their […]

Oracle Corp. is working to certify its E-Business Suite of enterprise applications for use with the companys forthcoming Oracle 10g database and application server, which will be optimized for grid computing. Oracle officials said that the beauty of its Oracle 10g technology is that it will allow users to run the companys applications on a […]

Squashing long-held rumors that Ariba Inc. would be acquired—propagated by Chairman and CEO Robert Calderoni in a televised interview last year—Ariba announced on Friday a definitive agreement to acquire FreeMarkets Inc. in a deal valued at $493 million. Under the terms of the agreement, stockholders of FreeMarkets will receive 2.25 Ariba common shares and $2.00 […]

Metaserver Inc. is preparing software that the company says will solve IT development problems specific to insurance companies by providing a template for business process integration. The iConnect product line, which the New Haven, Conn., company will introduce this week, provides templates that enable integration of remote brokers into an IT architecture, officials said. The […]

IDS Scheer Inc. is readying a new BPM tool that the company hopes will extend the appeal of its software beyond application developers to business analysts. Aris UML Designer, a new component in Release 6.2.1 of the companys Aris business process modeling platform due next week, bridges the technology gap between business process design and […]

FreeMarkets Inc. says an upgrade to its ES supply management platform will help manufacturers better manage risk along their supply chains by providing new modules to help companies manage information, requirements, negotiations, suppliers and transactions. ES 4.0, which Pittsburgh-based FreeMarkets unveiled last week, adds two new modules, ES Decision Management and ES Supplier Relationship Management. […]

Business-to-business e-commerce software and services provider Global eXchange Services Inc. announced Thursday the $30 million acquisition of HAHT Commerce. The deal is expected to close next month. HAHT develops demand chain software. GXS, formerly part of General Electric Co.s chain of businesses, operates a huge B2B e-commerce network that manages 1 billion transactions a year […]

The rumors are true. Larry Ellison is no longer a free man and those seeking an eligible billionaire bachelor must look elsewhere. The high-flying co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corp, Ellison wed his fiancé in a secret ceremony last month. Four-time husband Ellison married his long-time partner Melanie Craft at an undisclosed location just before […]

The ongoing battle between PeopleSoft Inc. and Oracle Corp. is simmering just below the boiling point. In the fight to see if Oracles hostile bid for PeopleSoft will be successful, both companies have filed suit against one another, the U.S. Department of Justice is in the midst of a potential antitrust investigation, and the European […]

Confident it has a firm grasp on the resources necessary to execute the $7.5 billion hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp. decided two weeks ago to lower the amount of its credit line from $5 billion to $1.5 billion. A document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Oracle, based in Redwood […]

PeopleSoft Inc.s new financial software promises to help users, primarily chief financial officers, more effectively comply with federal regulations and meet profitability demands with enhanced visibility. With Enterprise Financial Management Version 8.8, PeopleSoft focused on best-practice enhancements, providing analytic capabilities in the Cash Management module that provide users with a real-time view of cash positions […]

For global manufacturers, the distance between the business and the customer can seem ever-expanding. Unilever Home and Personal Care, North America, part of the Unilever Group, is no exception. The more the maker of such food and personal consumer goods as Hellmans mayonnaise and Dove soaps expanded the business, the more strained time to market […]