Stories by Heather Harreld

MarketMile announces e-procurement service

MarketMile LLC, a Mountain View, Calif-based American Express Co. subsidiary, announced Wednesday a new e-procurement service targeting indirect purchases at mid-market companies.

VerticalNet offers new supply-chain applications

Fresh off the heels of last week's improved second quarter financial results, VerticalNet Inc. is rolling out this week its new sourcing and procurement applications, while eyeing the supply-chain visibility market.

Former b-to-b kings losing ground to ERP players

More than the flailing economy is plaguing former business-to-business heavyweights Ariba Inc. and Commerce One Inc. as they struggle to gain traction against ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendors who are leveraging broader installed bases and enterprise offerings.

Manugistics expands supply chain

In a move to round out its portfolio of supply-chain management solutions, Manugistics Group announced plans Monday to begin reselling indirect procurement and settlement solutions from Clarus.

Great Plains upgrades ERP

Microsoft Great Plains is scheduled to announce Monday an upgrade to its Solomon accounting and finance application that will include support for business-to-business applications and new supply-chain and project-management features.

Oracle teams up with KnowledgeStorm on B-to-B

Oracle Corp. has tapped KnowledgeStorm Inc. as the software and service provider for its new online partners' marketplace that will connect buyers to Oracle's 13,000 business partners.

Manugistics eyes execution side of supply-chain apps

Manugistics Group Inc. to announce next week that it is expanding into the execution side of supply-chain applications, a move that comes at a crucial point as the company faces stiffening competition from large enterprise vendors.

Commerce One completes reorganization

Commerce One Inc. has completed its reorganization into a holding company structure under the terms of its agreement with automakers in connection with the Covisint LLC marketplace.

PeopleSoft, Interwoven combine portal powers

PeopleSoft Inc. and Interwoven Inc. have formed an alliance to offer an enterprise portal solution designed to allow customers to develop and publish content with Interwoven's Content Infrastructure product suite and deliver it via PeopleSoft's portal solutions.

Covisint taps webMethods

Covisint has selected b-to-b (business-to-business) middleware vendor webMethods to provide the integration framework for the automotive b-to-b exchange and integration platform for its customers.

Commerce One signs up Sun, courts PeopleSoft

Battered by the downturn in the economy, Commerce One is moving aggressively to boost its sales with a new relationship with Sun Microsystems Inc. and a possible expanded partnership with PeopleSoft.

Ironside brings suppliers into the enterprise

Ironside Technologies is scheduled to announce this week a new solution designed to allow suppliers to integrate seamlessly into the enterprise systems of their trading partners.

Commerce One to port to Sun systems

Battered by the downturn in the economy, Commerce One is moving aggressively to boost its sales with a new relationship with Sun Microsystems and a possible expanded partnership with PeopleSoft.

Oracle to extend 9i App Server integration

Oracle Corp. will use adapters from e-business integration company Actional Corp. to extend the integration capabilities of Oracle9i Application Server, the companies announced Tuesday.

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