Renee Boucher Ferguson

After installing expensive supply chain optimization software from big-name vendors, some companies are turning to niche development efforts to get full use of those investments. Startups Apexon Inc. and SupplyWorks Inc. are working to fill out specific aspects of the supply chain with upcoming software releases, while the more established vendor SAP AG is beta […]

IBM is honing its business-to-business pitch by focusing its energies on six key partners. Beginning this week, the company will appoint a set of executives to work more closely with B2B and enterprise software leaders Ariba Inc., i2 Technologies Inc., SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., Siebel Systems Inc. and J.D. Edwards & Co., officials from IBM […]

Catalog management has long been the bane of suppliers. A lack of standards and the expense of creating multiple catalogs to reach individual suppliers or e-marketplaces have kept many suppliers from embracing the concept of e-catalogs. Now, software vendors are coming out with tools designed to help suppliers manage catalog development, storage and output. Requisite […]

There are two ways to build and sell enterprise applications. Theres the best-of-breed approach, in which vendors embrace open architecture and easy integration with disparate products. Then theres the Oracle Corp. way. At a time when the database company is growing increasingly dependent on revenues from products other than databases, Oracle is embracing a formula […]

As the offerings of i2 Technologies Inc., Ariba Inc. and other providers of e-marketplace software mature, companies wishing to set up e-marketplaces are finding that they dont have to get involved with as many multicompany partnerships to get an exchange up and running. As a result of i2s purchase of RightWorks Corp. this month and […]

Commerce One Inc. and Intel Online Services, a subsidiary of Intel Corp., agreed last week to make IOS a leading provider of Commerce Ones new Managed Application Services. Under terms of the deal, Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., will provide the infrastructure, while Commerce One, of Pleasanton, Calif., kicks in the application expertise for a […]

Playing catch-up to rival enterprise resource planning vendor PeopleSoft Inc., J.D. Edwards & Co. announced last week the general availability of its OneWorld Advanced Web Order Configurator, or AWOC. A Web-deployed, business-to-business sales order application, AWOC is designed to help manufacturers compete in a world used to the idea of instant information by allowing customers […]

In one more step toward Clarus Corp.s plan to further its mass adoption channel strategy through the Microsoft Corp. .Net platform, the Atlanta-based company penned a partnership deal last week with Manugistics Group Inc. to incorporate software functionalities. Under the agreement, Clarus will integrate its Clarus Indirect Procurement and Settlement solutions with Manugistics Network suite […]

J.D. Edwards & Co. knows that as a midsize ERP software developer, it cant go it alone. Thats why the Denver-based company last year introduced its Extended Process Integration, or XPI, engine, which offers adapters to allow users to interface with any enterprise resource planning system. Chairman and CEO C. Edward McVaney said users of […]

With the newest iteration of its Strategic Workforce Optimization suite, Evolve Software Inc. is entering the IT work force automation space. Evolve, of Emeryville, Calif., which previously focused on service integrators needs, is pushing into IT and other high-tech areas with Evolve4 and expanding the companys overall platform capabilities, officials said. Evolve4, due July 31, […]