JDA Software Group, the Scottsdale-based firm that develops software to help retailers manage their operations, said Monday it will acquire Manugistics Group, a Maryland-based producer of supply chain software, for $211 million in cash.

When James D. Armstrong, the founder of Scottsdalebased JDA Software Group, was forming his company in Cleveland in December 1985, he was determined to complete the process of incorporation before the end of that year.

When James D. Armstrong, the founder of Scottsdalebased JDA Software Group, was forming his company in Cleveland in December 1985, he was determined to complete the process of incorporation before the end of that year.

December 17, 2004

Beginning in August, the Gilbert Unified School District will electronically monitor its second- through sixthgrade students.

July 11, 2004

JDA Software Group named a new chief executive Monday, promoting Hamish N. Brewer to succeed James D. Armstrong, co-founder of the company, who will remain chairman of the board.

JDA Software Group, a Scottsdale-based company that makes software for retailers and their suppliers, said Thursday it has laid off about 100 new-product development employees as a result of its July 2006 acquisition of Manugistics, another software developer.

NEW YORK - AOL is getting a software makeover, its first since deciding to make more of its services available for free in the chase for online advertising dollars.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Music lovers can sample songs over the Internet without turning on a personal computer in a first-of-a-kind offering that could help popularize the concept of streaming music.

SAN FRANCISCO - A corporate-backed watchdog group that monitors software for deceptive and abusive practices on Wednesday named a widely used file-sharing program and three other applications as violators of its guidelines.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google is distributing a free software startup kit designed to make computing safer and easier — a generous gesture driven by the company’s desire to steer technology offline as well as online.

WASHINGTON - Stung by continuing criticism, the world's second-largest music label, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, promised Friday to temporarily suspend making music CDs with antipiracy technology that can leave computers vulnerable to hackers.

NEW YORK - Google Inc. unveiled a video-viewing channel on its Internet-leading search engine Monday, creating another media outlet that may open new moneymaking opportunities for a company already so profitable its stock has tripled to above $300 in 10 months.

April 19, 2005

TOKYO - Forget the video game console - your TV could already have the brains to play those games. A coy Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hinted Thursday that his company might license the software underlying its Xbox gaming machine to a variety of outside companies in a bid to expand the market share for the Xbox machine - a platform that trails the sector's No. 1 Sony PlayStation.

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December 14, 2004

Scottsdale-based JDA Software Group announced Wednesday it will shave its work force by 13 percent, or 167 jobs, and reduce office space in an effort to consolidate product lines and decrease costs by as much as $17 million.

An ailing software system is bleeding tens of millions of dollars from Maricopa County’s health care system, forcing officials to dip into county coffers until the problem is fixed.