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.

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.

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.

Tempe-based Windsor Management Group, which provides software to the K-12 education market, has been acquired by Dallas-based Tyler Technologies. Windsor’s 60 employees will join the nation’s largest company focused exclusively on public-sector software and services, and they will continue to sell and support Windsor’s flagship software Infinite Visions, an integrated suite of financial and human capital management solutions.

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.

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.

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Chandler-Gilbert Community College, in partnership with the Southeast Valley .NET User Group and Chandler, will host “Desert Code Camp” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 2 on the Pecos campus, 2626 E. Pecos Road, Chandler.

A startup Scottsdale company hopes to revolutionize medical education by developing a software program that might eliminate the need for cadavers in training physicians and surgeons.

WASHINGTON - Google made its first major foray into the wireless industry Monday with an announcement that it would partner with cell phone carriers, makers and software developers to create a new system for mobile phones, a crucial move for Google as it seeks to expand its advertising empire.

PITTSBURGH - Even Bill Gates gets spam. The Microsoft Corp. chairman showed a Carnegie Mellon University audience of several hundred people, many of them computer science and computer engineer students, examples of the unsolicited e-mail he sometimes gets in his inbox.

Acompany that has a list of clients with names like Sony, Harrah’s Entertainment, Sports Illustrated and Saturn after just one year of operation would seem to be on to something.

About 700 employees of Pearson, one of the nation’s largest producers of educational software, have settled into new quarters in Chandler.

A Gilbert-based software firm scored $9 million in financing to double its business over the next two years, company officials said.

January 11, 2005

The war in Iraq and its accompanying impact on consumer confidence appears to have scored a direct hit on JDA Software Group, the Scottsdale-based company that makes software for retailers.

A civil liberties group is alarmed about a new program for Arizona police agencies that will allow them to track criminals — and monitor the whereabouts of regular citizens — using government cameras to scan the faces of passers-by.

A civil liberties group is alarmed about a new program for Arizona police agencies that will allow them to track criminals — and monitor the whereabouts of regular citizens — using government cameras to scan the faces of passers-by.

Job title: Software Engineer for Google, Inc., Tempe; Education: Bachelor’s degree in Applied Computer Science from ASU Polytechnic

SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Apple said it won’t be shipping its nextgeneration operating system in June as planned, saying it had to divert resources from the project so that it could launch its highly anticipated iPhone on time.

Acompany that has a list of clients with names like Sony, Harrah’s Entertainment, Sports Illustrated and Saturn after just one year of operation would seem to be on to something.