Renee Boucher Ferguson

ORLANDO, Fla. – While its stated primary focus is on assuring customer satisfaction in this tough economic climate, software maker SAP AG did manage to release a bevy of new products at its Sapphire 2002 user conference here this week. Rounding out last Novembers TechEd announcement of the mySAP Technology platform, SAP said yesterday it […]

Building on its mySAP Technology platform, SAP AG introduced a new line of applications at its SAPPHIRE user conference in Orlando, Fla., this week. Cross Applications, also known as xApps, will enable users to leverage existing technology, both SAP and non-SAP, by providing component software that aggregates and automates information across applications to fit a […]

ORLANDO, Fla. –Contrition is the word that came to mind listening to SAP AGs Co-chairman and CEO Hasso Plattner deliver the opening keynote address at SAPs huge user conference here today. Sapphire 02 is about setting the record straight, righting past wrongs and demonstrating customer satisfaction through a bevy of customer presentations. “The new, new […]

Business-to-business software developer Agile Software Corp. announced today a new member of its board of directors – Paul Wahl, president and COO of Siebel Systems Inc. Prior to his appointment at Siebel, Wahl served as the CEO of an Internet security company, TriStrata. He also served as the CEO of SAP America Inc., and is […]

Providing a Web services link to business process management, Q-Link Technologies Inc. will announce at mid-month its Q-Process Action Component for Web services. Q-Link provides an integrated development environment and BPM platform for building process-centric applications. The new offering, aptly named Q-PAC Web Services, will take any Web service and automatically write it into a […]

Although cash-strapped companies may not be spending millions on supply chain projects, private trading exchanges are still generating lots of interest. But there is little practical experience for a company to draw from in planning such exchanges. With this experience issue in mind, Hewlett-Packard Co. and PricewaterhouseCoopers have developed the Rapid Supply Chain Collaboration Hub, […]

Software vendor SAP AG, regrouping after a shake-up of its American subsidiary last month, will get help at its Sapphire user conference this week from partners with new offerings that extend the functionality of SAPs enterprise applications. Acsis Inc. will announce an automatic data collection and acquisition transaction service that works in SAP environments. The […]

Peregrine Systems Inc. announced today it has hired Gary Greenfield as CEO, to replace Richard Nelson. Nelson filled the CEO position on an interim basis following the May resignation of Steve Gardner. Gardner resigned on May 8 as chairman of the board and CEO when it was announced the company was under federal investigation for […]

Joining collaborative software rival Agile Software Corp., which markets product chain management capabilities, MatrixOne Inc. announced Thursday its Supplier Relationship Management strategy along with new functionality to back it up. MatrixOnes goal with SRM is to support all of the phases of a products lifecycle, from strategic sourcing, contract management and analysis to supplier development, […]

Looking to change the mechanical design world from a 2D centric environment to one that includes 3D design and elements of Product Data Management [PDM], think3 Inc. next week will announce two new upgrades to its suite of software offerings. Extending the role of PDM to incorporate order possessing and design automation, think3 will introduce […]