Ryan B. Patrick

SAP Canada Inc. and American Express teamed up this week to offer a new solution for small- and medium-sized firms.

The use of customer data integration (CDI) tools just may be the cure for return on investment (ROI)-challenged enterprise software deployments. According to Elizabeth Roche, enterprise applications strategies vice-president for Stamford, Conn.-based Meta Group, the migration to managing customer information assets using a CDI strategy has begun.

E-business standards group OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) last month developed a comprehensive adoption blueprint for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology.

For a traditional construction materials supplier like Dufferin Concrete, implementing a new e-business portal - Dufferin Concrete Online - is a sign of the IT times.

Enterprise software vendor SAP AG took the wraps off its new integrated Netweaver 2004 suite on Thursday. The enhancements will enable the entire suite to run on a single server.

SSA Global Technologies Inc. execs were in Toronto this week to meet with customers and discuss the future of its manufacturing software solutions. The Chicago-based extended enterprise solution and service provider, held its North American SSA Global Road Show to announce its new product strategy.

In light of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DoJ) recent move to block the Oracle acquisition, the "cloud" that had been hovering over PeopleSoft is thinning, PeopleSoft Canada execs said Tuesday.

For Sasha Puric, the IT director responsible for Toronto's Air Canada Centre (ACC), setting up its new Wi-Fi infrastructure was a virtual slam dunk....