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- IBM strengthens its services hand
- Just
Blame The Software Guys
- BT
Launches 'Always-On' Mobile Web Phones
- Getting
help desk to fly high
- Microsoft
gets into the groove
- It's All
About Speed: AARO Demonstrates `Speed of Deployment' for Wireless Internet Services
- Outsourcing
Wave Hits N.Y. Hospitals
- Company
Gives Voice to Self-Service
- Yahoo!
Joins Online Music Crowd
- Compaq
banks on rickety Ricochet for mobile
- DaimlerChrysler's
Net Designs
- MTVi, RioPort
put toll on music downloads
- Service
bots are hot
- Multi-Unit Broadband
Market Hitting Some Bumps
- Gary
Arlen - Satellites Aimed In New Directions
- QUALCOMM
Boosts Security for Eudora E-mail Software Program
- Internet
Can't Match Branch Banking
- Delta
to change core technology
- MSN
filter sparks user fury
- EMI,
HitHive Launch Wireless Music Sharing Service
- ISP
CEOs Focus on DSL, Fixed Wireless
- CRM
Market Appears Headed for Shakeout
- Online
Travel Planning a Good Bet
IBM
strengthens its services hand
Flush with cash from a stellar first quarter,
IBM Global Services announced an agreement to acquire e-business strategy consulting
firm Mainspring. Just
Blame The Software Guys
After Nike blamed its back-office software vendor,
i2 Technologies, for lousing up its latest quarter, executives and investors alike
are paying more attention than ever to the prosaic science of managing supply
chains and inventories. BT
Launches 'Always-On' Mobile Web Phones
BT Cellnet said long-delayed mobile
phones with permanent Internet connections will reach British shops on May 18.
Getting
help desk to fly high
Boeing gets users to manage own passwords
Microsoft
gets into the groove
Microsoft is throwing its hat into the post - Napster
online music ring, targeting the same audience rival RealNetworks seeks with its
ambitious MusicNet service. It's
All About Speed: AARO Demonstrates `Speed of Deployment' for Wireless Internet
Services
As a pair of recent corporate projects show, it's not simply
that AARO can deliver blazing-fast 155 Mbps Internet connectivity to its customers.
Outsourcing
Wave Hits N.Y. Hospitals
Regional pressures to cut costs, combined with
an industry wide drive to improve technology services, have prompted several New
York hospitals to outsource their IT departments. Company
Gives Voice to Self-Service
Voice-based CRM services provider NetByTel
has launched a new application designed to slash call-center costs by automating
routine information requests. Yahoo!
Joins Online Music Crowd
Amid a slew of new partnerships and product announcements
in the digital music field, Yahoo! said it has formed an alliance with Duet, a
subscription-based music service being developed by two of the world's largest
record labels. Compaq
banks on rickety Ricochet for mobile
Compaq Computer Corp.'s decision
to extend mobile Internet services on foundering Metricom Inc.'s Ricochet wireless
network is raising questions about the offering and fueling speculation that Metricom
may be ripe for a takeover. DaimlerChrysler's
Net Designs
Designing a car is expensive and time-consuming. But the automaker
thinks it can use the Net to shave both time and money from the process.
MTVi,
RioPort put toll on music downloads
MTVi Group and infrastructure company
RioPort said that they would offer paid song downloads through MTVi's Web sites.
Service
bots are hot
Smart software can save bucks, improve support Multi-Unit
Broadband Market Hitting Some Bumps
The market for multi-hospitality unit
(MHU) broadband hardware and services will resume robust growth next year and
surge from $59 million in 2000 to $679 million in 2005 Gary
Arlen - Satellites Aimed In New Directions
Such rare candor - especially
from a company president speaking during a conference panel - triggered unprecedented
neck-twisting Qualcomm
Boosts Security for Eudora E-mail Software Program
The new version offers
support for the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Internet security standard, enabling
more secure connections for sending and receiving e-mail. Internet
Can't Match Branch Banking
Bank branches and other traditional channels
are here to stay, despite Americans' growing comfort with technology and Internet
use, according to research by TowerGroup. Delta
to change core technology
Steeped in a tradition of mainframe computing,
Delta Air Lines has made a radical change, turning to a software vendor to replace
the proprietary reservations and pricing systems that have helped run its operations
for more than 30 years. MSN
filter sparks user fury
Microsoft gingerly added a widely used spam filter
to its MSN Internet service and in the process found itself facing some irate
customers. EMI,
HitHive Launch Wireless Music Sharing Service
The substantial archives
of EMI Recorded Music, ranging from the Beatles to Frank Sinatra to Garth Brooks,
will soon be available on wireless devices, as the world's third largest recording
company has linked up with HitHive, Inc., a wireless music network provider.
ISP
CEOs Focus on DSL, Fixed Wireless
In a free exchange of ideas at Spring
ISPCON 2001, about three dozen owners of ISPs of all sizes got together to talk
about broadband and other assorted gripes. CRM
Market Appears Headed for Shakeout
The softening economy and the proliferation
of smaller players has made the field ripe for consolidation or downsizing,
Online
Travel Planning a Good Bet
We are going to Iceland. I had heard that online
tour deals can put travel agents' "bargains" to shame, so despite my unpleasant
tile - purchase attempt a few weeks ago, I decided to take a virtual fantastic
voyage before setting foot outside the door in real life.
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