Both solutions are generally available now, and are integrated with Infor ION, Infor’s purpose-built integration solution built on industry standards, and a part of the Infor 10x technology platform. The idea is to create an automotive industry solution suite, which provides the connectivity, capabilities, and user experience required for the automotive industry.

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Preactor has been developing software solutions for efficient automated production planning processes for over 20 years—the company was founded in 1992—and currently employs a workforce of 70. Alongside its base in the UK, the company is also represented in North America, India, France, Spain, and China. Preactor’s APS planning software has been installed by over 4,500 small, medium, and large multinational companies in 75 countries, and is used to drive down production costs, boost productivity, and improve adherence to delivery deadlines.

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At the PTC Live Global 2013 conference, PTC announced its new PTC Retail PLM Solution developed specifically for the requirements of companies in the retail, footwear, and apparel industry, and built on the aforementioned PLM solution for that industry. For retailers, delivering innovative, trend-right products to the market faster has become a business imperative. Maintaining high quality products, building a competitive edge, and generating consistent profit margins continue to be essential.

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QAD can now vicariously tackle some other industries where it hasn’t had much success in light of its traditional focus on manufacturing. Most recently, DynaSys, a supply chain planning (SCP) division of QAD, announced it has signed a new contract with Sodebo, a European producer of fresh food including pizza, sandwiches, pasta, and salads. The company’s products are distributed to supermarkets and caterers and exported within the European Union.

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CEVA Logistics, a non-asset-based supply chain management (SCM) company, designs and implements solutions for large and medium-sized national and multinational companies in the automotive, consumer, retail, healthcare, pharmaceutical, industrial, and technology sectors. Their customers’ profitability and customer service reputation rely on how fast they can orchestrate their supply chain to take parts and products produced in multiple regions and assemble and ship them around the world. (more…)

As mentioned in TEC’s report from the NRF 2013 conference, today’s consumers and businesses demand a seamless brand and shopping experience across all channels. The e-commerce technology market is experiencing rapid growth as businesses adapt to changing customer behaviors that seamlessly cross Web, mobile, store, contact center, and other points of engagement. Big data, cloud, mobile, and social technologies only heighten demand for innovative commerce solutions needed for managing consistent customer engagement.

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hybris
hybris is a Switzerland-based “commerce technology company” founded in 1997 that has recently reported terrific growth—a compound annual growth rate of 83% since 2009. It now claims some 500 customers, a reported 650 employees, and annual revenues in excess of $100 million. hybris will become an independent business unit of SAP.

SAP’s vision for hybris is ambitious. It intends to marry the hybris technology with the HANA platform into a B2B2C offering, and, SAP says, “are going to totally unleash our will like never before on the CRM marketplace and the competitors that decide to go against us.” (more…)

Microsoft Cloud, hybrid and versatile
With regard to server and cloud offerings, Microsoft has introduced key IT solutions: Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center R2, and SQL Server 2014. These products will be available by late June and are set to reinforce the integration between an organization’s in-house and third-party datacenters and Microsoft Azure, enabling users to work seamlessly with a cloud or hybrid solution as required. (more…)

Recently, BonitaSoft announced the rollout of Bonita BPM 6—the company’s biggest platform upgrade in 3 years, offered through 1- or 3-year subscriptions that include all software, support, and maintenance. Bonita BPM 5.0 was released 3 years ago, but there have been 10 updates (5.1, 5.2, etc.) since then. Bonita BPM 6 builds on the company’s aforementioned vision to “democratize BPM,” where process owners (business users), at all levels in an organization, can take greater control over improving their operational performance.

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Soon after announcing Zoho Pulse, a social networking software, Zoho announced Zoho Vault, a secure (as its name suggests) online password manager for teams and businesses. Zoho Vault establishes a central repository that offers data privacy for companies that want to store, organize, manage, and safely share their passwords, online credentials, financial records, and other sensitive information. In addition, the Zoho Vault iPhone app lets users access passwords anywhere, any time, even when there is no Internet connection (via a secure offline access mechanism for passwords and sensitive information).

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