JDA Software To Pay $346 Million For i2 Technologies

The combination will create a supply chain management software company with revenue of more than $600 million that can better compete with SAP and Oracle.

By Paul McDougall, InformationWeek August 11, 2008

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In a challenge to industry giants Oracle and SAP (NYSE: SAP), business applications vendor JDA Software said Monday that it has agreed to acquire rival i2 Technologies for $346 million in a move that would double its size.

Both JDA and i2 specialize in supply chain management software, which helps companies automate inventory recording and funnel real-time warehouse information to front-office departments like sales and billing.