Enterprise Contract Management

Emptoris, a leading provider of enterprise supply and contract management software, today announced that Gartner, a leading independent analyst firm, has rated Emptoris a "Strong Positive," the highest possible rating, in Gartner's "MarketScope for Contract Management Software, 2007." (1)

Emptoris was one of nine (9) vendors who met the fourteen (14) criteria to be included in the report and received the highest possible rating in the report based on Gartner's evaluation of criteria including: customer experience, business model, market understanding, innovation, and product functionality.

"Early adopters have successfully proven the value of enterprise contract management applications; as a result, demand for these tools has continued to increase," the Gartner report stated. "Virtually all the references checked for this MarketScope indicated that they were pleased with their investment in contract management software.

California Water District Signs Multi-Suite Contract with Lawson Software

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN - News) today announced that Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District licensed the Lawson S3 Enterprise Financial Management, Human Capital Management and Supply Chain Management suites to automate business processes in the areas of human resources, project accounting, budgeting, strategic sourcing and payroll. Lawson Professional Services will provide implementation services for the system rollout. The contract was signed in Lawson's fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, which ended May 31, 2007.

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Content Management: SpringCM Announces Enhanced Solutions For Salesforce.com Users

SpringCM, the leader in on-demand enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, recently announced the availability of SpringCM 3.9. This release includes enhanced versions of the SpringCM Proposal Accelerator and Contract Accelerator for Salesforce.com, which are designed to improve the ability of Salesforce.com users to manage documents, streamline collaboration, accelerate revenue, and maintain greater efficiency throughout the sales process.

SpringCM 3.9 adds major new features for Proposal Accelerator and Contract Accelerator that extend the seamless integration between Salesforce.com and SpringCM.

SpringCM can now be configured to display documents in any Salesforce.com object including cases, contracts, campaigns, and custom objects. SpringCM now acts as a master document repository, linking both Salesforce.com users and non-users across all functions in the enterprise.

Retentia, Inc. Announces Sale of First Data Retention Video System

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Retentia, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: ITLI) is a leader in the Data Retention space providing its Data Retention Suite to clients around the world. Retentia is specialized in Data Retention Management providing data capture, archiving, and tracing solutions for Telco's, ISP's, Enterprises, Government Agencies, and Law Enforcement. Retentia announced today that it has secured the sale of its first Data (Nachrichten) Retention Video Surveillance System.

The contract, signed by Retentia on behalf of its video division known as Spectia, is worth a reported euro 1.3 million ($1.8 million). The client, who declined to be named, is known to be an agency fully owned by a large Italian city. The system is expected to be implemented throughout the city's transport systems.

OpenClinica Enterprise Selected to Power Clinical Trials by Australian CRO

Akaza Research, LLC announced today that OpenClinica Enterprise is being adopted by Emphron Informatics, a data management and biostatistics contract research organization (CRO) in Queensland, Australia. Emphron will use OpenClinica Enterprise to help it better manage its customers' clinical trials throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Since its debut in 2005 OpenClinica adoption has expanded rapidly around the globe to over 30 countries worldwide.