Vinimaya Inc., a vendor of applications and services for procurement and catalog management, has released Vinimaya vTransport.

Hubwoo and GEP have entered into a partnership to provide a cloud-based source-to-pay service.

Accellos Inc. has acquired PROFITsystems, a provider of hosted software for small and medium-sized home-goods retailers.

Since cloud-based or SaaS warehouse management systems first appeared around seven years ago, there have been no shortage of opinions proffered on the pros and cons of the Software-as-a-Service model for WMS. Let's look under the hood of SaaS WMS and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.

ShockWatch, a vendor of tools for supply-chain monitoring, has introduced the TrekView Data Management System (DMS) for control of temperature-sensitive products.

The cloud is more than an alternative means of delivering software, according to Eyal Rosenberg, chief executive officer of Nipendo. It's key to improving collaboration between buyers and suppliers.