In a hostile takeover bid that could reverberate across the software industry, database giant Oracle offered to purchase all outstanding shares of enterprise application company PeopleSoft for $5.1 billion in cash. The bid comes just days after PeopleSoft moved to…
The first phase of Microsoft’s ‘Jupiter’ e-business Web services suite went to beta Monday bearing the new designation BizTalk Server 2004. Described by Microsoft as the first major milestone in “delivering an integrated, interoperable, modularized, extensible, and secure e-business solution…
PeopleSoft Monday agreed to buy J.D. Edwards & Co. for $1.7 billion in stock, a move that shakes up the market for business applications software. The deal makes PeopleSoft the second-largest business software provider to Germany-based leader SAP as PeopleSoft…
This year’s award for the most obvious marketing campaign goes to PeopleSoft for its new Total Ownership Experience (TOE) initiative. If it weren’t for the fact that the problems PeopleSoft wants to address — complexity in the implementation and use…
In a move that may prove to be a harbinger of the future of software-as-a-service, Web-based ASPs Atomz and WebSideStory today announced an alliance to focus on integrating Web site search, content management and Web analytics. “It’s the shape if…
Art Technology Group will pay $9.7 million cash to buy out leases for suprlus office space in Cambridge, Mass., San Francisco and Toronto. The e-commerce software maker, which in recent years has cut back its staff and facilities, had $38.2…
In a move designed to allow its customers to exchange data with enterprise applications, Web analytics ASP, WebSideStory Inc. yesterday announced the launch of HitBox Business Integration services. The service is designed to allow clients to transfer data in and…
Commerce One is turning over a new leaf. Quiet for awhile, the Pleasanton, Calif. concern Monday embarked on its new Web services strategy with the release of a software integration platform it hopes to sell to enterprises looking to put…
BEA Systems Monday plans to unveil the latest version of its WebLogic Platform, which company representatives claim will help it vault “two generations of technology ahead” of the competition. The San Jose, Calif.-based software maker will draw the curtain on…
IBM enhanced its WebSphere Business Integration software portfolio Monday, adding the modeling and monitor assets of its Holosofx acquisition from last September to make it more attractive for the enterprise. Business integration software combines various functions — such as customer…