Renee Boucher Ferguson

NEW ORLEANS—At its Sapphire user conference here this week, SAP AG made a slew of announcements, primary among them a development relationship with Microsoft Corp., adaptive computing capabilities for NetWeaver and new packaged applications for the midmarket. Building on an established 11-year relationship, the newest agreement between Microsoft and SAP will provide for a deeper […]

New Orleans—Executive board member Shai Agassi used his keynote address at SAPs Sapphire user conference here to review where the company has been over the past three years and to show how those efforts will lead it—and its customers—into the next 15 years. Agassi said SAP AG will use Web services as a cornerstone to […]

NEW ORLEANS—After an hour-and-a-half of talking about the companys new approach to a service-oriented architecture, SAP AG CEO Henning Kagermann finally got to the point for users: Start now. At its Sapphire conference here on Wednesday, Kagermann urged SAP users to start now in developing their own roadmap for building an SOA, using SAPs Enterprise […]

SAP AG and longtime partner IDS Scheer Inc. are readying software that enables companies in specific industries to better manage their business processes. At its Sapphire user conference in New Orleans this week, SAP will announce two new Industry Solutions applications packages for SMBs (small and midsize businesses) in the service provider and defense industries. […]

SAP AG is working on a common application base that it hopes will serve as a beacon to the future for legacy R/3 enterprise application customers. The Walldorf, Germany, company at its Sapphire user conference in New Orleans this week will spell out its claim that the SAP Enterprise Services Architecture will provide a more […]

Authoria, a small company that develops human resources software, is beginning to expand through acquisition. Waltham, Mass.-based Authoria Inc. on Monday will announce the purchase of Advanced Information Management Inc., which provides integrated performance management and compensation management software. The addition of AIM should complement Authorias benefits, compensation and HR policy information software, company officials […]

The judge overseeing the U.S. Department of Justices antitrust suit against Oracle Corp. will get a lesson in enterprise resource planning technology later this month. Both the Justice Department and Oracle are readying technical presentations to present to the court on May 21st. The presentations are a lead in to the June 7 trial brought […]

After spending the past couple of years redefining internal management, strategy and product directions, supply-chain-management vendors are now focusing on moving forward with new product capabilities and bolstered balance sheets. Manugistics Group Inc. and Manhattan Associates Inc. each are in the works with new supply-chain functionality, while i2 Technologies Inc. is amassing cash to shore […]

IDS Scheer AG is working to dispel the myths around BPM for its customers—many of whom have more questions than answers when it comes to optimizing their business processes. At its ProcessWorld user conference here last week, hosted by the companys US subsidiary (IDS Scheer North America Inc., based in Berwyn, Pa.), the company tried […]

For a battle thats dragged on for nearly a year, next months trial is looming as perhaps an end to the question: Will Oracle Corp. prove successful in its $9.4 billion hostile takeover bid of rival PeopleSoft Inc.? If its up to the U.S. Department of Justice, Oracle wont prevail. Both Oracle and the Justice […]