Renee Boucher Ferguson

Expanding its global logistics management software, Manugistics Group Inc. announced Tuesday the acquisition of Digital Freight Inc. Manugistics, of Rockville, Md., provides Enterprise Profit Optimization software that helps companies enhance margins across their supply chains. Digital Freight, of Lexington, Ky., provides collaborative logistics software that facilitates online, real-time bids for transportation contracts. The terms of […]

Expanding its foray into the small- and midsize-business sector, Microsoft Corp. announced last week the acquisition of Sales Management Systems Inc., a provider of retail point-of-sale software. The deal follows directly on the heels of the companys $1.3 billion Navision A/S purchase earlier this month. SMS, of Anaheim, Calif., will be integrated with the Microsoft […]

SAP AG shook up its SAP America Inc. subsidiary last week, splitting its North American sales force into two divisions and moving its CEO, Wolfgang Kemna, to a new division. In its second reorganization in two years, SAP split the subsidiary into an Americas unit—which includes the United States and Canada—and a Latin America unit. […]

SAP AG announced this morning that it will split its North American sales force into two divisions, the Americas–which includes the United States and Canada–and Latin America. Leo Apotheker, the high-profile leader of SAPs European business, has been named interim CEO of the Americas, while also overseeing worldwide sales. Apotheker will replace Wolfgang Kemna as […]

SAP AG will announce Thursday internal changes to its U.S. organization, officials of the German software giant said, though its unclear what those changes will entail. According to a Reuters story Wednesday, SAP will announce a shakeup of its U.S. arm, splitting the region into two entities and naming an acting chief executive officer to […]

Strengthening its Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions software for small and midsize businesses, Microsoft Corp. announced earlier this week the acquisition of Sales Management Systems Inc., a provider of retail point-of-sale software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., will integrate SMS QuickSell series of point-of-sale and retail management applications […]

Professional services firm SBI and Co. Inc. announced Monday its plan to acquire WebFlow Inc., a business process optimization software and services company. As both companies are privately held, the terms of the deal were not disclosed. WebFlow, of Scottsdale, Ariz., will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI. The acquisition will enable SBI […]

Officials with Oracle Corp. and its reseller, Logicon, may have to testify in California state hearings regarding Oracles disputed $95 million software contract with the state. The state Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) is investigating whether the contract signed a year ago is a good deal for California. The state is suing Oracle to rescind […]

Product life cycle management is going real time with ancillary offerings from Ingenuus Corp. and newcomer ProductFactory Inc. This week, Ingenuus will announce Smart Product Chain Manager, software that manages global product life cycles and supply chain processes in real time. Ingenuus, of Livermore, Calif., designed Smart PCM to provide manufacturers, suppliers and customers with […]

Middleware management software maker Nastel Technologies, of Melville, New York, launched today a suite of tools designed to work with IBMs WebSphere/MQ middleware components. The three new Nastel modules that fall under the AutoPilot umbrella monitor the WebSphere/MQ middleware and messaging environments. Nastels AutoPilot for WebSphere/MQ is specifically designed for IBMs WebSphere Application Server, MQSeries, […]