Jacqueline Emigh

Microsoft Corp. made good this week on earlier promises to overhaul its online collaboration system for partners, a move some analysts and channel members say has been sorely needed for some time now. The new Microsoft Partner Channel Builder online tool, which was released to Gold Certified partners during the first half of January, entered […]

After two years of testing RFID in myriad ways, Bob Nonneman, industrial engineer manager at UPS, has concluded that much progress needs to be made before radio-frequency identification sees widespread industry adoption. Still, Nonneman is optimistic that EPCGlobals new Generation 2 standard will be a step in the right direction. “For the most part, we […]

Microsofts emerging enterprise resource planning (ERP) lineup already contains some supply chain management (SCM) functionality, but ISV partner Prescient this week unveiled a deal to sell its own SCM software to resellers and end users through Vis.align. Microsoft Corp.s ERP customers now deploying Prescient Applied Intelligence Inc.s SCM solution range from food giant Tropicana Inc. […]

Despite barriers ranging from high RFID infrastructure costs to a “murky intellectual property environment,” Avery Dennison plans to pour $35 million into radio-frequency identification in 2005, largely in technology aimed at boosting the availability and accuracy of RFID labels, according to a high-ranking executive. With RFID Generation 2 products expected to be commercially available by […]

Reported shipment delays for Microsofts ERP software could spell some opportunities for enterprise and radio-frequency identification systems integrators, both inside and outside the Microsoft camp. But, on the other hand, Microsofts moves to hold back products for further fine-tuning make sense for the company from a competitive standpoint, according to some industry observers. “A delay […]

IT spending might be humdrum on the whole, but supply chain technology is one area where users are making some big investments, according to a chorus of analysts. Hot areas cited by individual analysts run the gamut from demand planning and inventory management to collaboration-oriented IT systems such as e-procurement (electronic procurement) and PIM (product […]

Sybases iAnywhere Solutions Inc. has plans to expand RFID Anywhere, its new RFID development and management platform, from supply chain applications at the network edge to centrally administered implementations integrated with databases and other enterprise applications. To that end, an upgrade to RFID Anywhere is now slated for March or April. With its first edition […]

Carly Fiorinas departure from HP has gone hand in hand with rumors ranging from immediate sales layoffs to a larger corporate restructuring somewhere down the road. But partners from a variety of sectors say theyre set to take organizational changes in stride. Some even see new opportunities for partners. “One of our closest friends—a long-time […]

Will Carly Fiorinas resignation from Hewlett-Packard spur manufacturers and other business customers to move to rival IT vendors? Maybe, according to some analysts and users. Much will depend on how HP adheres to the competitive strategy already carved out by Fiorina, as well as how long it takes to name a new CEO. “HP is […]

Organizations can save a lot of time and money by automating procurement, or the buying and sourcing of goods and services, according to some analysts. In a new report, The Hackett Group is releasing findings that “world-class” procurement executives—those rated as most effective and efficient—invest substantially more money in IT than their peers, while actually […]