Technology

3M, a $22.9-billion diversified technology company, purchases the HP Neoview data warehousing platform to enhance its global business intelligence capabilities.

Sony Ericsson is using ForceTen, Eedo Knowledgeware's learning content management system, to develop and disseminate learning content to thousands of employees, customers, call centers and repair centers worldwide.

As part of its Information on Demand strategy, IBM announced on Monday that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cognos, a business intelligence and performance management solutions provider, for approximately $5 billion or $58 per share.

CooperVision, a manufacturer of contact lenses, selected Logility Voyager Solutions to support a new supply chain strategy aimed at improving demand management, inventory and replenishment planning, product lifecycle planning and sales and operations planning processes (S&OP).

Vision Chain Inc. has released Version 3.5 of its Demand Signal Repository Software Platform. New features include the ability for consumer products companies to deploy the software in a hosted, SAS-70 secure computing environment for retailers who allow their data to be hosted.

METRO Group moves into the second phase of the "Tag It Easy" pilot program, which will enable an additional 70 consumer goods suppliers in China and Vietnam to apply RFID labels to the METRO Group's Germany-based facilities.

Terra Technology announces that its President and CEO Robert F. Byrne will present "Going Green Through Better Math" at the United Nations Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and Climate Change Conference in New York City on November 28, 2007.

Callaway Golf, the golf equipment designer, uses WebCollage's service to integrate product marketing content from its Web site to its retail partner Web sites.