Renee Boucher Ferguson

Compliance Tool Ready for Financial Services

Sybase Inc. has bundled its integration software with TightLink Corp.s business-to-business collaboration software to create a package designed to enable financial institutions to comply with new reporting regulations. The Sybase Patriotcompliance Solution, available now, combines Sybases NEON, or New Era of Networks, business process integration technology and its Enterprise Portal with the anti-money laundering and […]

Metadata on B2B Radar

While technologies that enable metadata integration within databases have been available for several years, MetaMatrix Inc., IBM and others are rolling out products to make metadata more useful in business-to-business transactions via Web services. Version 3.0 of MetaMatrixs namesake metadata integration software, due this fall, will feature XML modeling and data integration technology, along with […]

Sierra Opens Oracle to Business Process Integration

Users of Oracle Corp. enterprise software now have an option for business process integration using an Oracle partners software. Sierra Atlantic Inc. announced last week that its Application Network products are available on the Oracle9i Application Server platform. The goal is to provide out-of-the-box business process integration of Oracle E-Business Suite software with other enterprise […]

Smooth E-Biz Operators

New software from IDS Scheer AG and Comergent Technologies Inc. could streamline the implementation of optimized business processes. IDS Scheer this week will announce that it is incorporating Intalio Inc.s n3 business process management execution engine into its own Aris business process analysis software to provide a single solution to model, execute and manage the […]

Manufacturers Get New Automation Tool

Camstar Systems Inc. on Monday will announce a partnership with Vigilance Inc. that will combine their respective software suites and result in an integrated, real-time event management solution for manufacturers. Vigilance, of Sunnyvale, Calif., makes supply chain event management software called the SCEM Suite, while Camstar is contributing its collaborative manufacturing execution software, called Virtual […]

PeopleSoft Acquires Teamscape

Homing in on the e-learning market, PeopleSoft Inc. on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Teamscape Corp., a learning management systems provider. Founded in 1996, Teamscape is a privately held company based in Burlingame, Calif. PeopleSoft, of Pleasanton, Calif., will combine its Human Capital Management software with Teamscapes products. The integrated solution will be available in […]

Sierra Opens Oracle to Integration

Oracle Corp. enterprise software users now have an option for business process integration using an Oracle partners software. Sierra Atlantic Inc., of Fremont, Calif., announced today that its Application Network products are now available on the Oracle 9i Application Server platform. The goal is to provide out-of-the-box business process integration of Oracle E-Business Suite software […]

Compliance Tool Ready for Banks

Sybase Inc. today announced that it will private-label TightLink Corp.s CIS 3 Compliance and Investigation System so that banks will be able to use it in connection with Sybase integration software to comply with new reporting regulations. The agreement comes in the wake of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 that goes into effect in […]

Work Force Apps Track Employees

New software tools from Blue Pumpkin Software Inc. and Changepoint Corp. will enable companies to automate dealings with their work forces. Blue Pumpkin, of Sunnyvale, Calif., this week will introduce the next iteration of its Workforce Optimization Suite, which optimizes employee performance and management processes and delivers information on those subjects to any desktop. The […]

IBM and MRO Form Enterprise Asset Management Alliance

IBM and MRO Software Inc. this week will announce they are jointly selling hardware and software bundles that enable companies to automate the management of assets, employees and service partner relationships. The bundles will include MROs Maximo EAM (enterprise asset management) suite running with IBMs WebSphere application server and DB2 data management software on top […]