Oracle applications release 11 ships

Oracle Corporation said it has released Oracle Applications Release 11. Oracle CEO and Chairman Larry Ellison said Release 11 is the first system to couple process automation with a Business Intelligence System. "Software vendors have spent the last decade looking for ways to help businesses run more efficiently," Ellison said. "Cost and efficiency improvements are vital, but they don`t address the even greater need for rapid, effective decision making." Peter Forsyth, Applications Manager for Oracle SA, said Release 11 is the most advanced ERP system available today. He expects the software to hit the local market within the next two months.

SNI sets up solutions center for Intel architecture

Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG said it has established two Application Solutions Centers (ASC) in Munich and Paderborn respectively. The purpose of the centres is to optimise Windows NT for Intel architectures.

AcerAltos 19000Pro4 passes SAP R/3 exam

Acer Africa said its quad Pentium Pro AcerAltos 19000Pro4 server runs SAP R/3 applications perfectly. The server has passed the stringent SAP R/3 tests on all 993 NT-compatible SAP programs.

Software AG gears for customer-centric computing

Software AG VP for worldwide product marketing, Chris Horak, last week introduced to local customers Software AG`s market vision and new product line strategy. Horak said the company`s mission is to maintain, integrate and innovate system technologies that enable Customer-Centric Computing. He said Software AG will provide "plugs or transformers to let customers use the technology that they have." Horak also introduced Software AG`s Entire X middleware product line. As a result of the company`s alliance with Microsoft, Entire X integrates DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) technology which serves as an enterprise-wide integration platform for application systems. Software AG is represented locally by SPL.

Macro 4 joins the SAP Complementary Software Program

Macro 4, a systems software company, said it is partnering with SAP through the SAP Complementary Software Program. UniQPrint, Macro 4`s leading output management solution for UNIX and Windows NT, has been certified and validated as a SAP R/3 complementary solution.

SAP certification for Faxination for SAP

Fenestrae, a leading international supplier of fax/messaging solutions, has become one of the first official SAP Complementary Software Partners for fax/messaging solutions worldwide. Fenestrae is represented in South Africa by Software Tools.

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Fenestrae ships Faxination 3.0

Fenestrae, the Dutch-based vendor of integrated messaging software, has launched Faxination 3.0 - a Windows-NT based communications server which allows users of Exchange/Mail, and SAP R/3, to send and receive faxes, telexes and GSM phone or pager messages within their desktop environment.

Oracle, i2 Technologies to provide European industrial companies with integrated supply chain management solution

Initiative to Enhance Existing Relationship Between Oracle Corporations and i2 Technologies

Unisys to establish Intel Application Solution Centers

Unisys said it has signed a letter of intent to establish a network of application centers supporting Intel`s Application Solution Center (ASC) Initiative. The initiative is aimed at assisting software developers to port and optimise applications for both the Intel IA-32 and IA-64 architectures.

Strategic Merchandise Management key to retail industry`s growth

Comshare has launched this week in South Africa The Arthur Enterprise Suite, the first application targeted at strategic merchandise management. The suite unites retail business practices with advanced technology, Comshare said. "Large retailers in South Africa are among the most sophisticated in the world in their use of technology," Guy Roberts, Comshare business manager at SPL, local representatives for Comshare said on the launch. "This is because they have had to overcome many unique problems, including a small, overtraded marketplace and an unstable economic environment. Without sophisticated technology, the large retailers would not have survived."

Lawson bases new software model on Web technology

Lawson Software has built a new enterprise software model based on technologies gleaned from the Internet and World Wide Web.