Renee Boucher Ferguson

Enterprise software maker SSA Global Technologies Inc. announced Monday that it acquired some key enterprise resource planning technology from InterBiz, the e-business applications division of Computer Associates International Inc. SSA, of Chicago, purchased the supply chain management, financial management and human resource management product lines of InterBiz. The financial terms of the agreement were not […]

Through alliances with Analytics Inc. and Digital Paper Corp., Commerce One plans to announce Tuesday at its eLink2002 Conference in Orlando, Fla., enhancements to its Commerce One Source module. Commerce One Source is part of Commerce Ones 5.0 collaborative sourcing and procurement platform. Commerce One will introduce spend analysis and post-design document collaboration capabilities. With […]

Oracle Corp. at its AppsWorld conference in San Diego this week will put on a full-court press to encourage customers to upgrade to its 11i suite of e-business applications. To foster that, the company will announce a new migration path for customers looking to move from Versions 10.7 or 11.0.3 to Version 11i, as well […]

Enterprise application integration software maker Actional Corp. this month will release software that officials said will enable IT managers to wrap applications with Web service functionality in as little as 30 minutes. Actionals SOAPswitch technology acts as a Web services gateway for businesses deploying enterprise applications. It fulfills two primary functions: It puts a standards-based […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. and KPMG Consulting announced this week the expansion of their Global Solutions Alliance to help customers lower the implementation costs of deploying enterprise applications. Under the amended terms of the alliance deal, Sun, of Palo Alto, Calif., and KPMG, of McLean, Va., will deliver pre-configured ERP (enterprise resource planning) and managed service […]

NetLedger Inc., the developer that supplies the technology for Oracle Corp.s hosted small and mid-sized business applications, will announce on Monday the 7.7 version of the Oracle Small Business Suite. The upgrade is a one-feature release, but its a good one, according to NetLedger CEO Evan Goldberg. SBS 7.7s Executive Dashboard, to be unveiled at […]

One of the few software makers that seemed to be sailing through the recession unscathed issued a profit warning yesterday. PeopleSoft Inc. announced preliminary financial results for the first quarter that ended March 31–and said it expected license revenues to fall short of initial expectations. Based on preliminary information, license revenue is expected to be […]

Business process management software maker FileNet Corp. is expanding its offerings in several directions: The company will announce Tuesday the acquisition of eGrail Inc. and will release next week its Brightspire e-Business Framework. The $9 million to $10 million acquisition of eGrail will bring FileNet the enterprise-level Web content management capabilities its been sorely lacking, […]

WebMethods Inc. and IBM are each readying software that should help financial institutions better integrate systems that share data inside as well as outside the firewall. WebMethods this week will announce integration suites, a set of integration solutions designed to meet the requirements of the retail banking, wholesale banking and securities industries, as well as […]

Small and medium-size businesses need enterprise software to help them run their businesses and connect business processes to customers as much as larger companies, but most of the smaller organizations dont have the financial and technical resources to operate standard enterprise-level offerings. SAP AG last month joined the slate of enterprise software companies aiming to […]