John S. McCright

Business-to-business e-commerce platform developer Ariba Inc. took two steps this morning to get its financial house in order — it appointed a new CEO and predicted slightly better than expected fourth quarter sales. Ariba elevated Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Calderoni to the post of CEO. Founder and Chairman Keith Krach had […]

Formation Systems Inc. and PLM Solutions are Web-enabling their respective product lifecycle management software suites. As a result, makers of formula-based goods, such as packaged food or plastics, will be able to automate the development and fabrication of their products not only in their companies but also with outside suppliers. Formation Systems, of Southboro, Mass., […]

Formation Systems Inc. is Web-enabling its product lifecycle management software suite. As a result, makers of formula-based goods such as packaged food or plastics will be able to automate the development and fabrication of their products not only within their own companies but with outside suppliers. Formation Systems, of Southboro, Mass., in January will introduce […]

As more businesses turn to videoconferencing out of safety concerns and as a way to cut down on travel and cost, theyre finding the technology has greatly matured since it first flirted with the spotlight a decade ago. Todays videoconferencing systems have better audio and video and enhanced compression, are easier to set up, and […]

Quovix Inc. is making the engine that powers its network of contract software developers available as stand-alone software for building collaborative communities. CommunityBuilder, which will be rolled out this week, enables companies to build online communities and manage projects that community members are working on. Members may include employees within a single company, customers, contractors, […]

OnePage Inc. and Enfish Corp. are working to enable users to better organize corporate information in their portals. OnePage last week introduced its Content Connect Studio, which allows nonprogrammers to capture data from a wide variety of data sources and publish it in an Extensible Markup Language format to various portal platforms or as a […]

IBM Mindspan Solutions seeks to strengthen the human element in online learning with new collaboration features in an upgrade to its Lotus LearningSpace e-learning platform. LearningSpace 5.0, which began shipping last week, features a customizable student interface that replaces the Java applet-based interface with one that uses dynamic HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. In addition […]

Enterprise software vendors are rolling out programs that promise a rapid return on investment for their respective supply chain software, but the jury is still out on the effectiveness of such programs. Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft Inc., among others responding to ongoing user complaints about laborious and time-consuming deployments, are offering a second generation of […]

Two portal vendors are boosting their offerings with new capabilities. Citrix Systems Inc. last week bolstered its XPS portal by adding information-sharing capabilities through integration with eRoom Technology Inc.s namesake collaboration software. Separately, Sybase Inc. last week released an easy-to-install version of its Enterprise Portal, which provides navigation, content management and personalization. XPS, which Citrix […]

Accenture LLC is teaming up with SAPMarkets Inc. to build private online exchanges for business-to-business e-commerce. The two companies earlier this month promised to provide a package of software and services that integrates a companys existing enterprise resource planning systems with the MarketSet e-commerce platform created by SAPMarkets and Commerce One Inc. The goals of […]