Hewlett-Packard (HP) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) will provide systems integration services to connect trading partners to Viacore's private online trading exchanges under agreements announced this week.
Several business-to-business heavyweights that made their names with niche solutions are struggling to survive in a market that is turning to major ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendors for integrated ebusiness software.
Existing Ariba Inc. customers should minimize their investment in the company's e-procurement solution, and potential customers should select that solution only if they are protected from fallout from a possible Ariba acquisition, according to a Gartner Group Inc. report scheduled to be released this week.
As the need for businesses to cut costs intensifies, technologies that shed light on the inner workings of supply chains have been fast-tracked as the weaponry of choice against the slowing economy.
MasterCard and SPS International have launched a new software product designed to integrate procurement information from MasterCard purchasing cards with popular ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems, including SAP R/3, the companies announced Monday.
SpaceWorks Inc., a sell-side business-to-business e-commerce player with high-profile customers like BFGoodrich and Maytag Corp., has shut down operations after two institutional investors backed out of a fifth round of financing, according to a former employee and a published report.
While Oracle Corp. may not be making announcements at the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) meeting this week in Atlanta, a number of third-party players are.
The technology company that spearheaded the launch of a global transportation alliance for ocean carriers is charging ahead with its plan to design the de facto online reservation marketplace of the shipping industry.
As the supply-chain management market continues to heat up, enterprises are beginning to move beyond simple applications for balancing supply and demand to technology that quickly analyzes the impact of various decisions to help boost product margins and lower costs.
The market for online business-to-business integration is in the middle of a consolidation as vendors join forces to offer solutions that expand traditional EDI (electronic data interchange) trading by implementing emerging XML technologies.
Adexa Inc. on Tuesday announced the release of the latest version of its Internet-based collaboration platform, which includes expanded buy-side and sell-side solutions for order management and procurement that are designed to help enterprises make their supply chains more efficient.
Because of the recent economic downturn, Gartner Group Inc. has scaled back its forecasts for worldwide business-to-business Internet commerce 20 percent over the next five years, according to a study released Tuesday.
Pushing for consistent profit growth, J.D. Edwards & Co. is shifting its focus to supply-chain management offerings and launching a reorganization that will slash US$75 million from its operating costs over the next 18 months.
Former president Bill Clinton's visit aside, the major news expected at the Oracle AppsWorld user conference in New Orleans is the much-anticipated debut of transportation management enhancements to Oracle Corp.'s SCM (supply-chain management) offerings, industry observers said.
MatrixOne Inc. on Monday unveiled a new application designed to create collaborative virtual workspaces for global project teams operating in private and public marketplaces.