John S. McCright

Rapt Inc. is looking to take the guesswork out of business-to-business procurement. Rapt last week introduced the second generation of its Rapt Buy application that enables buyers of high-tech and automotive components to improve purchasing efficiency by better managing complex demand forecasts. The software receives data gleaned from supply chain management systems and outputs prescriptions […]

Is it enough just to connect the systems of partners in a supply chain? SAP AG thinks not. The enterprise applications developer earlier this month introduced intelligent agent technology for its mySAP SCM (supply chain management) suite that company officials said will enable business managers to better control dynamic collaboration with trading partners. SAP Event […]

Converge Inc. and Tonbu Inc. are each readying software to provide a richer collaboration experience when buying and selling goods electronically. Converge this week will introduce an integrated suite of applications that enables companies to more efficiently manage the buying and selling of electronic components at its namesake online marketplace. Tonbu next month will introduce […]

Big public e-marketplaces, which were all the rage a year ago but have since taken a beating, are looking for ways to make themselves relevant through providing more collaboration services. But as they do, they face a rising tide of interest in one-to-many private trading marketplaces. “We were right that the Internet fundamentally changes business […]

An Italian developer is bringing its business-to-business data transfer technology to the U.S. market. Syntrex Corp., formerly known as Communications Services International Srl., next week will introduce BDE (Business Data Exchange), a platform that moves data among disparate systems within an enterprise and to outside partners and customers. The Internet-based software, which has been available […]

Model N Inc. is challenging the idea that business-to-business electronic trading can be done only through a centralized e-market arbiter. The South San Francisco, Calif., company last week officially launched itself and its namesake B2B trading software, which enables companies or consortia to create interenterprise networks for trading and collaboration among companies. The heart of […]

Developers of document capture and management software are increasingly turning to XML as a means to transport data to far-flung organizations. Captiva Software Corp., RTSe USA Inc., Kofax Image Products Inc. and Tower Software were among the vendors at the Association of Information & Imaging Management show in New York last week showing new Extensible […]

Portal developers Octopus Software Inc. and DataChannel Inc. are making their software more transaction-oriented through upgrades and partnerships with EAI vendors. The goal of products coming from both companies is to provide users with a front-end presentation layer with which to view and manipulate a broader slice of corporate applications. Octopus last week introduced its […]

Applications from Enterworks Inc. and HubStorm Corp. promise to take some of the headaches out of getting suppliers, particularly smaller ones, connected to a companys private e-marketplace or automated supply chain. HubStorm this week will begin shipping eSupplier, which enables a supplier to manage its electronic product catalog, connect it to e-marketplaces and transmit orders […]

Aegis Systems Inc. and Medinex Systems Inc. are looking to make sure that unauthorized eyes cant peek at the more than 1 trillion e-mail messages expected to be sent in North America this year. Each company is rolling out a system that secures e-mail with relatively little IT department intervention. The goal of both companies […]