Renee Boucher Ferguson

At the second day of its Sapphire user conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on Thursday, SAP AG announced new products and services. Targeting integration, SAP announced a new software product, Collaborative Master Data Management [CMDM], designed to solve the challenges of data integration from multiple systems, physical locations and diverse vendors. CMDM works by taking data […]

At its Sapphire user conference in Lisbon, Portugal, this week software giant SAP AG announced its targeting small and midsized business software sales channels, quicker return on investment for customers and helping financial institutions adhere to regulations. SAP on Wednesday announced that it has signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to deliver the SAP Business […]

Two supply chain software makers, SynQuest Inc. and Viewlocity Inc., announced today a definitive agreement to merge operations. SynQuest provides supply chain planning software, while Viewlocity offers supply chain event management soft-ware. Both companies are based in Atlanta. A third company, Tilion Inc., will merge into the combined company to provide approximately $13 million in […]

The software company that powers Oracle Corp.ís Small Business Suite is enhancing the bundle with new accounting applications. NetLedger Inc. last week rolled out its Advanced Accounting package, hosted accounting software geared toward midsize companies with multinational locations, complex warehousing and complicated inventory management, according to officials in San Mateo, Calif. The new service can […]

IBM and SAP AG are extending their respective efforts to link heterogeneous applications with new integration offerings. IBM this month will announce two WebSphere Business Integration software components, called Collaborations, that link applications in the financial services and retail industries. Separately, SAP, along with its development partner Accenture Ltd., will roll out Cross Applications integration […]

IBM and SAP AG are extending their respective efforts to link heterogeneous applications with new integration offerings. IBM next month will announce two new WebSphere Business Integration software components, called Collaborations, that link applications in the financial services and retail industries. Separately, SAP, along with its development partner Accenture Ltd., will roll out new Cross […]

Honing in on the employee self service market, SAP AG announced today its Employee Productivity Suite at DCIs Employee Relationship Management Conference in New York. SAP EPS is an integrated set of self-service management and productivity tools designed to increase employee access to information and business processes, said officials of the Walldorf, Germany, company. The […]

Targeting homeland security, PeopleSoft Inc. on Tuesday announced at its Connect 2002 user conference in New Orleans, two new software modules aimed at its higher education and public sector install base. PeopleSoft PASS SEVIS [Patriot Act Student and Exchange Visitor Information System Solution] will help colleges and universities comply with the federal mandate to track […]

NetLedger Inc., the accounting software company that powers Oracles Small Business Suite, announced a new suite today. NetLedger Advanced Accounting is an online accounting package for mid-sized businesses looking for a more complex approach to accounting than a shrink-wrapped package provides. The Advanced Accounting software is geared toward companies with multinational locations, complex warehousing and […]

New tools from Blue Pumpkin Software Inc. can help companies automate and integrate work force processes. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company last week launched the Blue Pumpkin Fusion platform, which houses its two application sets, Activity Manager and Advisor, and looks to solve two fundamental problems for companies: the proliferation of disconnected, manual processes and the […]