Renee Boucher Ferguson

Extended supply chain software maker Yantra Corp. will announce on Monday a new business process platform to help companies coordinate multi-enterprise supply chains. The namesake platform provides an infrastructure for companies to model, configure and manage extended supply chain processes, according to Yantra officials. Specifically, what Yantra, of Tewksbury, Mass., aims to do with the […]

Almost a year after it announced the acquisitions of Structural Dynamic Resources Corp. and Unigraphic Solutions, Electronic Data Systems Corp. is rolling out its next steps of its product life cycle management solutions. EDS created its PLM Solutions division in October with the combination of SDRC and UGS. It became the companys fourth line of […]

Enterprise application integration developer Tibco Software Inc. will announce next week the Web services enablement of its business process management platform. The latest iteration of Tibco BPM, version 2.0, is a culmination of the companys initiative to Web services-enable its entire suite of products, from its EAI and business-to-business integration platforms to its portal and […]

i2 Technologies Inc. announced at its Planet 2002 user conference in Las Vegas on Monday an expanded agreement with e2open to provide Web services and integration of i2 software on e2opens network. e2open, which provides a Global Collaboration Network for the electronics industry, was formed by technology industry leaders Acer Inc., Hitachi Ltd, IBM, LG […]

A little-known subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Systems Inc., is helping to streamline the design and engineering of a new virtual defense project. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp., the contractor on the Joint Strike Fighter plane project, had major issues with product data and design integration before it could even […]

Manugistics Group Inc. upped the ante for EPO software makers last week with the announcement that it had acquired Western Data Systems and released Version 7 of its namesake platform. WDS, which reported revenues of $28 million last year, brings to Manugistics asset optimization software for complex service and parts management processes, as well as […]

Supply chain integration service provider SPS Commerce Inc. on Monday introduced a host of enhancements to its SPSCommerce.net platform that connects suppliers to their retail and distributor partners. The enhancements are in three modules, including enablement, catalogs and transactions. SPS Commerce, of St. Paul, Minn., helps large organizations like Sears, Roebuck & Co. and W.W. […]

Procurement management software maker Clarus Corp. announced last week that it hired U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray to assist the board of directors in “exploring strategic alternatives” to better maximize value for stockholders. Clarus is currently in preliminary discussions regarding a potential “value enhancing strategic transaction” that will enable the company to become part of a […]

Peregrine Systems Inc., which saw its stock slide 65 percent this week amid concerns of accounting impropriety that could amount to $100 million, is facing trouble on a number of fronts. Because of questions raised by independent auditor KPMG, Steve Gardner, chairman of the board and CEO, and Matt Gless, chief financial officer, resigned their […]

IBM Printing Systems and StreamServe Inc. announced an alliance Wednesday that should help customers get a handle on the printed output from their ERP systems. A large company can have hundreds to thousands of printers managing communications output for a single enterprise resource planning system, according to IBM officials. As part of the alliance, StreamServe, […]