Renee Boucher Ferguson

TIBCO Software inc., a developer of enterprise application integration software, is in the business process management game now, having acquired Staffware plc. With the completion of the acquisition, announced last week, TIBCO will address IT and business users with an integrated offering that spans BPM (business process management), workflow and EAI (enterprise application integration). TIBCO […]

Enterprise software developers SAP AG and Oracle Corp. are building up their respective wares to help manufacturers integrate internal design and procurement processes. The goal of each effort is for manufacturing customers to reduce the costs associated with production by creating a seamless chain of information from conception through parts sourcing and procurement. SAP, of […]

Oracle Corp. has named a new chief financial officer, allowing former CFO Jeff Henley to concentrate more fully on his new role as chairman of the board. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle announced this morning that Harry You has taken the CFO role, left open last January when Henley was named to the Chairmans role. Hired […]

To bolster its NetWeaver integration platform, SAP AG on Tuesday announced its “majority asset” acquisition of A2i Inc., which includes the development rights to the companys xCat System suite of products. The terms of the deal were undisclosed. An MDM (master data management) software developer, A2i will add to SAPs existing MDM capabilities. Available this […]

Like many software developers facing diminished IT budgets, a rapidly consolidated competitive landscape and encroaching competition from the biggest companies on their beat, JDA Software Group Inc. is at an inflection point. The SCM (supply chain management) software maker is wrestling with the dilemma of whether to build or buy new technology to keep it […]

Business process management software developers Scientific Software Inc. and Oak Grove Systems Inc. are promising to ease integration of processes across applications. Each company is planning to release this month a BPM offering that officials at both companies claim will bring major returns on investment by speeding workflow within customers businesses. Scientific Software this week […]

PeopleSoft Inc. announced Wednesday preliminary results for its second quarter ended June 30—poorer-than-expected earnings that company officials blame on bad press stemming from Oracle Corp.s $7.7 billion bid. PeopleSoft has been fending off a hostile takeover attempt from Oracle for the past year—a deal the U.S. Department of Justice is looking to block through a […]

As the final week of the U.S. Department of Justices trial to block Oracle Corp.s proposed $7.7 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. wound down last week, some experts saw signs that Oracle might prevail. Oracle lawyers presented several witnesses, including the Redwood Shores, Calif., companys CEO, Larry Ellison, who rejected the DOJs central claim—that enterprise […]

Building on its $500 million investment in Small and Medium Business Advantage (SMBA), which provides support for its SMB software partners, IBM on Tuesday announced a handful of new enablement templates and some midyear metrics that prove the concept is cooking right along, according to officials. The five new Solution Builder Express Portfolio templates, or […]

Continuing the trend of consolidation in the software market, SSA Global Technologies on Thursday announced its acquisition of Marcam, the ERP (enterprise resource planning) arm of Invensys, for an undisclosed sum. Chicago-based SSA Global Technologies Inc. provides ERP software and services for more than a dozen vertical markets, while Marcam, of Newton, Mass., makes ERP […]