Aljex Software has introduced Automated Rate Confirmation (ARC), a module designed to streamline the key elements of daily carrier-freight broker interchange, including rate confirmation and dispatch.

MercuryGate International Inc., a provider of cloud-based transportation-management system (TMS) software, has launched RateFriend, a freight index providing global rate data for road, air, ocean, rail and intermodal transportation.

LLamasoft has acquired IBM's LogicTools supply-chain applications business unit.

Supply Vision Inc., a provider of cloud-based software for logistics companies, has released version 2.0 its transportation-management application.

RIM Logistics Ltd., a provider of global freight forwarding and third-party logistics services, has developed a new domestic transportation-management system.

Eyefreight, a provider of transportation-management systems (TMS) delivered through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, has added the technology of MicroStrategy Inc. to its product.

Descartes Systems Group has announced two recent acquisitions of companies based in the U.K. Pentant Limited is a community system provider, offering customs connectivity and import and export inventory control for ocean, truck and air cargo.

Piggyback Technologies has introduced a crowd-based mobile application for shipping in San Diego, Calif., on the Android platform.