Business Intelligence (BI)

Le Coq Sportif, one of the most popular sportswear brands worldwide, purchases the Centric Software application suite for apparel to manage the design, development and introduction of its footwear and apparel collections.

The No. 1 natural nutrition company in the United States, Shaklee, has extended its relationship with Infor through the implementation of a suite of Infor Supply Chain Management solutions and by upgrading its current deployment of Infor ERP BPCS to Infor ERP LX.

Based on success that Coty Inc. experienced with Information Builders' subsidiary iWay Software, during its acquisition of Unilever Cosmetics, the fragrance giant has enlisted WebFOCUS to provide better business insight on the reporting front.

OATSystems announces the immediate availability of its Asset Tracking and Work-in-Process Solution, which has been implemented at a number of customer sites, including Hewlett-Packard Brazil and Tesco, and enables industrial, aerospace and automotive manufacturers as well as retailers to improve asset visibility and utilization, enhance work-in-process manufacturing, increase supply chain efficiencies, reduce shrink and error-proof deliveries.

BJ's Wholesale Club teams up with Qwest Communications International to connect all of the retailer's locations to one network service.

The Nielsen Company launches Presentation Builder - Homescan, a software tool that creates and automatically updates client presentations with Nielsen's latest consumer shopping information.

CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Milwaukee-based Catalyst International, a provider of supply chain execution solutions and services.

Intermec's line of RFID hardware devices will be supported by Microsoft Corp.'s BizTalk Server 2006 R2, which enables customers of all sizes to connect core business processes across applications, platforms and partners.