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- What CEO's Worry About
- Digital
songfest could fall flat
- One
in Three UK Businesses 'Infiltrated By Hackers'
- Markets
for Streaming, Compressed Audio Players Expanding
- Downturn
Moves Brokerage Transactions Offline
- The
New Generation of ASPs Has Learned Much from the Experiences of Their Predecessors
- Around the Net in Numbers
SAP asks: What global recession?
- Web
Travel Traffic Gliding to Airline Sites
- IT
execs nonplussed by Intel's optimism
- Antivirus
firm predicts bug flood
- Wireless
LANS: Good show
- Travel industry
showing growth in online sales
- Layoffs
Not Needed To Save E-Businesses
- Adobe
CEO sees 'third wave' of publishing
- The
Difference Between Girls and Boys...Online
- The
Wired West Certification: What's hot, what's not?
- Study
outlines the cost of internal spam Internet security will get worse
- Canadian E-Commerce Soars, Despite
Shutdowns
- Tablet PCs stirring
minimal interest Cost cutting may spur IT outsourcing deals
- VC-Backed
Dot-Coms Need Quality Time
What
CEO's Worry About
Competition, the impact of the Internet, and skills shortages
are CEOs' top concerns.Digital
songfest could fall flat
Even as record labels ink a widening circle of deals
to bring full commercial distribution of music to the Internet, the question remains:
Will listeners pay for what used to be free?One
in Three UK Businesses 'Infiltrated By Hackers'
Researchers say a third of
the country's businesses and public sector organisations have been the victims
of computer hacking.Markets
for Streaming, Compressed Audio Players Expanding
The number of home users
of standalone media players -- the software that plays digital audio or video,
whether offline or online -- increased 33.2 percent, from 31.3 million in January
2000 to 41.7 million in January 2001, according to Jupiter Media Metrix.Downturn
Moves Brokerage Transactions Offline
According to a recent Harris Interactive
Financial Landscape study of 2,900 consumers in the US who have brokerage accounts,
71% of consumers purchase corporate bonds via the telephone compared to 11% who
purchase them online.The
New Generation of ASPs Has Learned Much from the Experiences of Their Predecessors
The next generation of application service providers (ASPs) has emerged, and they
are determined to improve upon the mistakes of the first-generation ASPs.Around
the Net in Numbers
New data regarding Internet use outside the United States
teaches some interesting lessons.SAP
asks: What global recession?
Bucking the trend among companies reporting first-quarter
earnings that fall below analysts' expectations, SAP beat estimates.Web
Travel Traffic Gliding to Airline Sites
Online travel sites are facing fast-rising
competition from the airlines themselves and must move quickly to guard their
turf, according to a report released by Jupiter Media Metrix.IT
execs nonplussed by Intel's optimism
Corporate customers, still trimming expenses
amid an ongoing economic downturn, say they won't be shopping for new high-tech
hardware anytime soon.Antivirus
firm predicts bug flood
Virus attacks may triple by the end of the year, according
to research from British antivirus software company MessageLabs, which projected
that government departments and companies will collapse under the weight of malicious
e-mail attachments.Wireless
LANS: Good show
The next act? Faster throughput and greater range, but standards
may need taming for enterprise networking.Travel
industry showing growth in online sales
The economic slowdown hasn't yet hit
Internet travel sites, if recent announcements about online travel bookings are
any indication.Layoffs
Not Needed To Save E-Businesses
Are there ways for dot-coms to trim the fat
without resorting to layoffs? According to a study released by Gartner, the answer
is a resounding yes.Adobe
CEO sees 'third wave' of publishing
The top executive from Adobe Systems Inc.
outlined a vision for what he called "the third wave of publishing."The
Difference Between Girls and Boys...Online
By all reports, the online gender
gap is nearly closed, and men and women seem to be using the internet in equal
numbers.The Wired West
U.S.
Internet penetration levels. Also, online recruiters, and college students and
MP3.Certification:
What's hot, what's not?
As the economy cools, some employers are more
selective about what IT skill sets and certifications they'll pay employees extra
for. Study
outlines the cost of internal spam
While the government and ISPs are concerned
about incoming spam, Gartner Inc. says companies should first take a close look
at the internal spam in their own back yards. Internet
security will get worse
The state of Internet and network security is
bad and getting worse. Canadian
E-Commerce Soars, Despite Shutdowns
Despite an accelerating rate of e-tailer
closures, e-commerce spending in Canada increased by 73.4 percent in 2000 over
1999, according to a study released by Statistics Canada, Canada's census agency.
Tablet
PCs stirring minimal interest
High cost and notebook inertia stand in
the way of widespread deployment of Microsoft devices Cost
cutting may spur IT outsourcing deals
Analysts say a cooling economy may
prompt companies to outsource more IT to reduce costs, though technology users
said the economy will probably have little impact on their outsourcing decisions.
VC-Backed
Dot-Coms Need Quality Time
With the IPO market continuing to languish,
a report released by IDC advises venture capitalists that the current economic
climate makes it more important than ever to maximize the attention they provide
to each firm in their portfolio. Back
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