Sanjiv Sidhu, founder and chairman of o9 Solutions (and co-founder of i2 Technologies), offers his view of how supply-chain I.T. has changed over the past 15 years, and what businesses need to do now in order to face the growing uncertainty that's attached to global supply-chain management.

Hitachi Consulting has enhanced its Hitachi Cloud Framework portfolio with the launch of a private, public and hybrid cloud platform.

Colman Roche, principal with CRE, offers a high-level perspective of current technological trends in the supply chain.

BlueStar Inc., a global distribution of ADC, mobility, point-of-sale, radio frequency identification, digital signage and security technology, is enhancing its warehouse and logistics services to resellers across North America.

The condition of emerging-market economies seems to seesaw from week to week. But one thing remains constant: the failure of a lot of companies to shore up their supply chains in those countries with up-to-date information technology.

Orchestro Inc., a vendor of demand-analytics software, has released its Tango Cues platform.