Dan Berthiaume

Parametric Technology Corporation, which makes product lifecycle management solutions, is rolling out its FlexPLM 9.0 application for the retail, footwear and apparel industries. Kathleen Mitford, vice president of vertical market strategy for PTC, said the latest version of FlexPLM, announced April 7, offers enhanced capabilities for planning, design and sourcing. “In footwear and apparel, it’s […]

Retailers looking to more efficiently use product attributes when planning what to sell have a new tool in the upgraded JDA Enterprise Planning Suite. Version 7.5 of the software, announced April 2, incorporates applications for planning, assortment and analysis. According to Jim Brown, vice president of planning and allocation solutions for JDA Software Group, the […]

HighJump Software is looking to help direct-store-delivery companies more efficiently collect and analyze competitive data from retail locations. The company’s new Survey Management solution, announced March 31, includes a Web-based server-side product for administering and analyzing competitive surveys, and a data collection solution that runs on a handheld device. According to Chad Collins, vice president […]

Rock music and technology have more in common than might be apparent at first glance. Both require a high degree of creativity, both attract their share of eccentric practitioners and both involve a product that typically becomes obsolete almost as soon as it is released. Typically, but not always. In the world of popular music, […]

Business intelligence software maker New Generation Software is rolling out its Decision Assist-Business Performance solution. The application, unveiled March 26, features ready-to-run customer, sales and inventory reports, as well as a DB2-based data mart, built over an IBM System i DB2 for i5/OS data mart. “Decision Assist-Business Performance is a packaged solution that makes it […]

Mobile marketing technology provider Air2Web is offering six hosted turnkey solutions within its Mobile Marketing Solution Series. Announced April 1 at the CTIA Wireless 2008 conference in Las Vegas, the suite encompasses applications that perform promotional and service functions. “We connect brands to the consumer,” said Bill Jones, president of Air2Web. “We reduce the friction […]

OATSystems is releasing OATenterprise, a scalable platform designed to centrally manage the deployment of radio-frequency identification systems at multiple sites. “As companies start to deploy RFID systems and put them into production, they need the capability to manage their infrastructure across multiple sites,” said Paul Cataldo, vice president of marketing for OATSystems. “They may have […]

Through a partnership with Logicalis Group, a solutions integrator that provides Hewlett-Packard servers and storage devices, JDA Software Group will help its customers to run JDA applications on HP hardware. JDA, a supply chain solutions company, announced the partnership March 31. “This is a case where one plus one equals three,” said David Stuttard, global […]

The TJX Companies, which runs discount retail brands TJ Maxx and Marshalls, has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission over last year’s data security breach involving thousands of customer credit card records. In the settlement, announced March 27, TJX agreed to strengthen the security of its computer network to prevent future data breaches […]

Terra Technology, which makes inventory optimization solutions, is enabling consumer packaged goods manufacturers to incorporate demand signals from throughout their supply chains into their forecasting efforts. Terra Technology on March 25 announced the release of its MDS (Multi-Enterprise Demand Sensing) product, which accepts streams of daily data from supply chain points, including POS (point-of-sale), channel […]