Renee Boucher Ferguson

Automated catalog content solutions provider Zycus Inc. will announce next week AutoClass, new classification software for e-catalogs that is designed to help standardize e-procurement content for exchanges and e-marketplaces. AutoClass, which conforms to the Universal Standard Products and Services Classification code, classifies products into one or more of 13,000 categories, according to officials, in Santa […]

Manugistics Group Inc. is adding new functionalities its Pricing and Revenue Optimization suite through an alliance with Vendavo Inc. Using Vendavos pricing management technology, Manugistics will add new price application and execution capabilities to the PRO suite. The alliance, announced Tuesday, calls for Manugistics, of Rockville, Md., to resell Vendavos Advantage, a price and deal […]

Services procurement software maker Elance Inc. will announce next week its first offering for the enterprise — a suite of applications that allows companies to electronically procure services at either a contract or project level. Elance 3.0 consists of four modules that automate the planning, sourcing, payments, vendor maintenance and reporting that accompanies professional services […]

Oracle Corp. is trying to lure enterprises into licensing its entire Oracle 11i E-Business Suite of applications with a new pricing structure. The flat-fee pricing is largely a way for Oracle to back up its message that integrating disparate applications is more expensive than buying its entire enterprise suite. Beginning March 31, the Redwood Shores, […]

As more e-businesses turn to business-to-business collaboration for linking partners in the supply chain, developers IPNet Solutions Inc., Commerce One Inc. and Valdero Corp. are looking to oblige. The three companies are rolling out iterations of their respective software suites that enable enterprises and their trading partners to capture and integrate data from one another. […]

A pair of product lifecycle management developers are bolstering their products with new middleware that lets users add customer feedback to the production process. Parametric Technology Corp. and MatrixOne Inc. are adding middleware to their respective platforms that enables companies to develop products to include customer feedback, which results in getting in design changes earlier […]

The second generation of its Microsoft Corp.s BizTalk Server application integration software attempts to capitalize on the current fervor around Web services. BizTalk Server 2002, announced on Monday, aims to make the deployment and management of Web services easier through additional support for orchestrating Web services, quicker business partner connectivity and new monitoring tools. To […]

Information management software maker ScreamingMedia Inc. is launching its first enterprise information integration software next week. The new platform consists of three components that will enable businesses to capitalize on the disparate data sitting in their servers by providing a central location where data can reside. Once data is normalized and filtered it can be […]

J.D. Edwards & Co. announced today the availability of a new product demand forecasting module for its Advanced Planning 4.0 suite. The Demand Consensus module provides users of the companys Advanced Planning, OneWorld and WorldSoftware suites with flexible, collaborative forecasting capabilities that enable them to design supply chain production schedules in fluid demand environments, according […]

Online business-to-business trading has been around for a couple of years now, but there has yet to be a system that fully closes the online payment loop. IBM announced a relationship Thursday with eOne Global LP that should go a step toward helping e-marketplace participants, businesses, financial services providers and government agencies make the switch […]