Renee Boucher Ferguson

WASHINGTON-The fact that two men involved in last months terrorist attacks were on an FBI watch list and yet were not flagged by the airlines, airline security or other agencies is not lost on federal officials. Responding to the need for better communication among their various arms, several U.S. government agencies have issued informal requests […]

Oracle Corp., Manugistics Group Inc. and Yantra Corp. are each rolling out software that will enable manufacturers and distributors to smooth out their electronic supply chain systems by maintaining proper inventory levels. Oracle last week introduced its Oracle Inventory Optimization software, which allows companies to evaluate their long-term inventory investment decisions by taking into consideration […]

Business-to-business collaborative e-commerce software vendor Agile Software Inc. is upping the ante for direct procurement with three new direct materials sourcing modules. The three solutions, announced Monday, fall under Agiles Product Sourcing rubric and are used for direct materials sourcing that provide visibility into a products DNA, so manufacturers can mange the ongoing cost of […]

Mapics Inc., which provides collaborative enterprise applications for midmarket manufacturers, on Monday announced the availability of its new Mapics ERP module for IBMs iSeries platform. The release provides a suite of Java-based enterprise resources planning applications that enables manufacturers to share information in real time with remote and mobile users. The specific applications provide functionality […]

Tibco Software Inc. is looking to cash in on the movement of enterprise application integration software into the mainstream with the next release of its flagship product. The EAI software developer will announce on Monday ActiveEnterprise 4.0 that is designed to help companies tap into emerging technologies like Web services, integrate the latest applications with […]

German software giant SAP AG is finally feeling the effects of the slumping U.S. economy. SAP on Thursday announced third quarter financial results that showed respectable earnings but flat operating income and declining software license revenues. In the quarter ended Sept. 30, SAP revenues rose to about $1.5 billion — 16 percent more than the […]

WASHINGTON – The fact that two of the terrorists involved in last months hijackings and attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were on an FBI watch list and yet were not flagged by the airlines, airline security or others is a point not lost on government officials. Now former security officials from […]

Commerce One Inc. announced after the close of the market Monday that amid declining revenues it cut almost half of its work force, or about 1,300 jobs. The company, based in Pleasanton, Calif., currently employs about 2,800 people. Its consulting operations will be particularly hard hit. Commerce Ones restructuring announcement fueled further speculation that SAP […]

Verizon Communications Inc., the regional phone company serving much of the Northeastern United States, suffered a huge hit to its operations as a result of the terrorist attacks that felled the World Trade Center towers last month. In the wake of the attacks, a data tracking and analysis tool from Infragistics Inc. was rushed through […]

Invensys Plc., the company that last year purchased ailing ERP software developer Baan Co., has laid out its product road map for the comeback of Baan software. Applications and connectivity tools from the former enterprise resource planning developer are being transformed for use in business-to-business e-commerce. Baan fell into financial straits three years ago. Now, […]