Marc L. Songini

Looking to simplify the lives of IT security administrators, Computer Associates International Inc. this week is expected to announce a portal-based console that will combine multiple security management user interfaces into one screen.

Given the recent attention paid to the financial reporting fiascos at companies such as WorldCom Inc. and...

Given the recent attention paid to the financial reporting fiascos at companies such as WorldCom Inc. and Enron Corp., Zebra Technologies Corp. couldn't have timed its upgrade to a more integrated reporting and business planning system any better.

Computer Associates International Inc. continues to work on boosting its technology lineup and gaining a competitive edge through partnerships.

J.D. Edwards & Co. last week announced a series of enhancements to its business applications and detailed work it's doing to integrate customer relationship management (CRM) applications it bought last fall an effort that was applauded by users who did their own integration in the past.

SAS Institute Inc. last week detailed plans for an upgrade of its flagship data analysis tools that include a series of new features aimed at improving the software

J.D. Edwards & Co. is rolling out customer relationship management and integration enhancements that it claims will ease companies' integration woes and enable extensive collaboration over heterogeneous enterprises.

IBM Corp. this week announced plans to ship 20 new or upgraded database management tools in a bid to bolster its competitive position in that market, where the company is still a relative newcomer.