Ephraim Schwartz

Tracking inventory in motion got a boost this week with the release of Optum Inc.'s TradeStream 3.0 supply chain process management software.

Siebel Systems Inc. pulled another hosted rabbit out of its CRM hat Tuesday by announcing the acquisition of Ineto Services, a hosted contact center service that will be integrated into its CRM OnDemand service.

AppForge, under new CEO Gary Warren, who has a mandate to refocus the company's target market from consumer to enterprise developers, this week began shipping Crossfire 5.0, a mobile and wireless cross-application development environment designed for Microsoft .Net developers.

Apple Computer Inc. continued to muscle its way into the enterprise this week as it unveiled at the MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco three new models of its Xserve with 2GHz, G5 processors from IBM Corp. at its core.

Apple Computer Inc. continued to muscle its way into the enterprise this month as it unveiled at the MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco three new models of its Xserve with 2GHz, G5 processors from IBM Corp. at its core.

A new breed of Internet company is emerging to challenge the traditional private value added networks (VANs) that connect trading partners.

Trumpeting their support for XML and Web services standards, leading enterprise application vendors spoke at great lengths in 2003 about playing well with others. In the end, however, they proffered their own way of doing things.

Trumpeting their support for XML and Web services standards, leading enterprise application vendors spoke at great lengths in 2003 about playing well with others. In the end, however, they proffered their own way of doing things. IT watched as IBM Corp.'s WebSphere Integration WorkBench, Microsoft Corp.'s BizTalk, SAP AG's NetWeaver, and Siebel Systems Inc.'s UAN (Universal Application Network) went head-to-head-to-head-to-head, as each vendor offers its own custom integration solution.