Renee Boucher Ferguson

Vigilance Inc. last week made available software that provides supply chain event management capabilities presented as Web services. Version 3.0 of the Vigilance SCEM suite offers real-time event management via Universal Description, Discovery and Integration-registered Web services; XML-based collaborative forms; and Closed Loop Control to the enterprise. As such, Version 3.0 is compliant with major […]

Enterprise application integration software maker Actional Corp. is readying software that its officials say has the ability to wrap applications with Web service functionality in about 30 minutes. Actionals SoapSwitch technology, which will be released for general availability sometime in April, essentially acts as a Web services gateway for businesses deploying enterprise applications. The SoapSwitch […]

SAP AG is tightening the integration between its Web Application Server and the Java programming language, expanding development options for developers currently using SAPs proprietary programming language, ABAP. The Walldorf, Germany, company announced at Sun Microsystems Inc.s JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco last week that its Web Application Server will be compliant with J2EE […]

SAP AG said this week that the next version of its SAP Web Application Server will be compatible with Version 1.3 of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition platform. J2EE support is a key features in the Web application server, which is one of three components in the German software giants mySAP Technology platform that also […]

Vigilance Inc. tomorrow will announce general availability of software that provides supply chain event management capabilities presented as Web services. Version 3.0 of the Vigilance SCEM Suite offers real-time event management via UDDI registered Web services, XML-based collaborative forms and closed-loop control to the enterprise. In this respect, Version 3.0 is compliant to major Web […]

Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft Inc. are developing new tools to help accountants balance the books more efficiently. Oracle is planning to release next month Version 11i.7 of Oracle Financials, which will extend the software suites capabilities to manage global business, officials said. The upgrade includes enhanced functionality in 10 areas, including a new global tax […]

Officials at Erstwhile ERP software player Baan Co. have a message for potential customers: Were back. An independent software company for more than 20 years, Baan fell on hard times in the late 90s and began to reposition itself from being an enterprise resource planning software developer to a maker of business-to-business applications. The company […]

Cyclone Commerce Inc. is looking to enable companies to capitalize on emerging Web services technologies for building private trading networks by providing new, built-in security and monitoring capabilities in its namesake business-to-business connectivity software. The Cyclone Open Business Connections suite, announced last week, supports the ebXML (electronic business XML) framework standard as well as the […]

Houston-based ChemConnect Inc. announced this afternoon that it has acquired the natural gas liquids trading exchange Altra Energy Technologies Inc. ChemConnect is an online marketplace for chemicals and plastics. The consolidation of Altra and ChemConnect will give the latter companys members increased liquidity in NGLs (natural gas liquids) as well as better access to comprehensive […]

Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft Inc. are developing new tools to help accountants balance the books more efficiently. Oracle is planning to release next month Version 11i.7 of Oracle Financials that will further extend the software suites capabilities to manage global business, officials said. The upgrade includes enhanced functionality in 10 areas, including a new global […]