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- STRATEGIES & TRENDS
- E-PRODUCTS
- E-SERVICES
- E-MARKETING
- SUPPLY
CHAIN
- CONTENT, PORTALS & COMMUNITY
- GOVERNANCE
& GOING GLOBAL
- PARTNERS & DEALS
- MOVERS
& SHAKERS
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- MBA students ditch dot-coms
- Rethinking
E-Commerce Gender Demographics
- Privacy,
Security Major Concerns for U.S. Consumers
- Cybercrime
Outpacing Security Spending
- Corporate
Cybercrime Soaring, Says Security Magazine
- Tech
Execs Predict U.S. Net Tax
- Companies
Support Causes to Attract and Keep Employees
- Staggering
Growth Predicted For B2b
- Intermediaries
Revolutionise UK Online Retail Fulfilment
- Online
investing Skyrockets In UK
- 'Newbies'
Key to U.S. E-Holiday Sales
- Older
Americans Are Discovering Online Music
- Net
Morphing Into HyperNet
- E-tail Slump
Enters Third Month
- The Death of the
Pure Dot-Com
- Top 10 Most Innovative
Technologies
- Next Generation Wireless
: No Panacea
- Taking the Hell out
of DSL
- Internet Bandwagon
- World
Produces Up To Two Exabytes Of Data Yearly
- Dot-Com
Budget Cutbacks Disastrous
- Content
Distribution Services Market Will Approach $1 Billion by 2004
- Global
eCommerce Approaches Hypergrowth
- Strong
Growth in the Internet Security Software Market
MBA students ditch dot-coms
Some MBA students who left school to join
what they thought were promising e-commerce ventures are being prompted to return
to the classroom by the shakeout and financial problems besetting many of the
start-ups. Rethinking E-Commerce
Gender Demographics
In August, women became a majority of Web users in
the U.S. for the first time in history, a milestone for an Internet once considered
to be a male-oriented environment. Privacy, Security Major
Concerns for U.S. Consumers
"U.S. consumers are more concerned about
losing their personal privacy than they are about key public policy issues such
as health care, crime and taxes, according to a new study..." Cybercrime Outpacing
Security Spending
Cybercrime is skyrocketing despite increased spending
on security measures, according to "The 2000 Information Security Survey," Corporate Cybercrime
Soaring, Says Security Magazine
Consumers may be worried about using
their plastic online, but there is also a serious problem brewing on the corporate
cybercrime front Tech Execs Predict U.S.
Net Tax
More than 64 percent of top tech executives believe the next
U.S. Congress will move to tax the Internet, according to an Ernst & Young survey
Companies Support Causes
to Attract and Keep Employees
In the Nation's Tightest Labor Market in
Three Decades, Companies Support Causes to Attract and Keep Employees Staggering Growth Predicted
For B2b
B2B ecommerce revenues in the US are expected to rise from USD336
billion this year to USD6.3 trillion by 2005 Intermediaries Revolutionise
UK Online Retail Fulfilment
New fulfilment intermediaries will help the
UK's online merchants confront problems of increasing competition and painful
economics Online investing Skyrockets
In UK
The number of online investment accounts in the UK has grown by
almost 800 percent in the past 12 months, from 38,000 accounts to over 300,000
'Newbies' Key to U.S.
E-Holiday Sales
Due in part to an influx of new e-shoppers, nearly 45
million Americans will do some of their shopping online this holiday season Older Americans Are Discovering
Online Music
Nearly 7 million Americans age 50 and over visited music-related
Web sites during June 2000, and Americans 35+ already represent the majority of
multimedia-player users Net Morphing Into HyperNet
New mobile technologies are causing "the Internet as we know it to be
transformed into a super-charged Hypernet, E-tail Slump Enters Third
Month
According to statistics firm PC Data, the pace of business at the
top online retailers in September was virtually unchanged from August, marking
the second consecutive month of lackluster activity. The Death of the Pure
Dot-Com
One consequence of the six-month sell-off in Internet stocks
has been the emergence of a new business model, one that combines the Web with
other ways of doing business, such as telephone service, brick-and-mortar storefronts
and catalogues Top 10 Most Innovative
Technologies
Examination of the top 10 technologies and standards that
have driven the industry forward. See our picks for the decade's most innovative
technologies Next Generation Wireless
: No Panacea
Think the cellular providers will surely learn from their
current quagmire? Think again. Taking the Hell out of
DSL
Heel the consumer watchdogs -- technological improvements and market
economics are paving the way toward easier DSL installations. Internet Bandwagon
The online population is starting to reflect global diversity. World Produces Up To
Two Exabytes Of Data Yearly
The data storage firm EMC, has reportedly
shown that computers and the Internet have created an explosion in the amount
of data available worldwide, leaving people "drowning in a sea of information."
Dot-Com Budget Cutbacks
Disastrous
Dot-coms that slash their costs (especially their marketing
budgets) in an effort to become profitable significantly cut their growth rates
and undermine the companies' already depressed valuations Content Distribution
Services Market Will Approach $1 Billion by 2004
The U.S. content distribution
market will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 150%, from $10 million
in 1999 to nearly $1 billion in 2004 Global eCommerce Approaches
Hypergrowth
Forrester estimates that eCommerce will account for 8.6%
of worldwide sales of goods and services in 2004 Strong Growth in the
Internet Security Software Market
According to IDC, Internet Security
Software Market worldwide revenue will jump from less than $4 billion in 1999
to more than $11 billion in 2004
E-PRODUCTS
- Final Netscape 6 Beta Arrives
- 'Who
wants to be a millionaire?' Oracle's Ellison asks
- Torvalds
says Linux 2.4 delayed again
- OpenBSD
Plugs a Rare Security Leak
- Voice
Recognition: Still Trying
- New B-To-B
Player Wins Big Online Marketplace Contract
- Big
Blue's blunder
- Copyright fears make
publishers wary of e-books
- Curious
Networks expands wireless device support
- AMD
readies new Athlon, Duron chips
- A
new twist on private data networking
- Mousing
Around The Web
- Cisco Fortifies Routers,
Switches
- Cracks appear in exchange
alliance
- Sun: Moving away from data
monoliths
- Microsoft pitches 'reliable'
Windows Datacenter
- Compaq, Microsoft
Set Record TPC-C Benchmark
- New IBooks
Slower? Not So Fast
- CacheFlow steps
on the accelerator
- Digital Devices
: Getting a different picture
- Sun's
StarOffice blunder
- Dell recall
- IBM
tops off Unix server line with new high-end system
- Distributed
Analyzers: The Next Best Thing
- Broadvision
at the Crossroads
- Microsoft unveils
latest Windows CE for in-car use
- Handspring
adds color
Final Netscape
6 Beta Arrives
Available in English and Japanese versions, Netscape 6
Preview Release 3 is available for free download. New features include better
support for double-byte characters, customization, security, and a more streamlined
and user-friendly interface than the previous preview release: 'Who wants to be a millionaire?'
Oracle's Ellison asks
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison guaranteed the company's
database and e-commerce software will run Web sites three times faster than rival
offerings from IBM and Microsoft--or he'll give customers $1 million. Torvalds says Linux 2.4
delayed again
The much-anticipated 2.4 Version of the Linux kernel will
take at least another two months to complete, according to Linus Torvalds, creator
of the open-source operating system. OpenBSD Plugs a Rare
Security Leak
For most open source projects, news of an overlooked security
hole is simply part of the debugging process. But for the developers of OpenBSD,
an operating system whose design motto is 'secure by default,' it's nothing short
of an affront... Voice Recognition: Still
Trying
Dictation programs designed to convert the spoken word into typed
text haven't come that far, after all. New B-To-B Player Wins
Big Online Marketplace Contract
Idapta, a relatively unknown provider
of online trading exchange platforms, will announce today that it has won a big
e-marketplace customer, beating out the big boys of b-to-b. Big Blue's blunder
IBM faces a potential lawsuit over its eServer brand of servers, in a dispute
over an "e." Cary, Copyright fears make
publishers wary of e-books
Antipiracy technology aimed at creating a
safer marketplace for digital publishers may do more harm than good for the nascent
e-book industry Curious Networks expands
wireless device support
Multichannel access server is designed to make
it easier to tap into the Web from PCs and mobile devices.
AMD readies new Athlon, Duron chips
Keeping the heat on rival Intel,
Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to ship its next-generation processors late
this month A new twist on private
data networking
DSLnetworks on Wednesday unveiled a new broadband service
for enterprise customers to compete with Frame Relay and traditional VPNs. Mousing Around The Web
The Mysmart Pad sounds like a promising idea: It plugs into your PC and
acts as a remote control for the Web, letting you connect to your favorite sites
with the push of a button and shepherding you to others through an on-screen directory.
Cisco Fortifies Routers, Switches
Cisco Systems is looking to alter
the balance in the Internet security arena by further embedding key technologies
into its routers and switches.
Cracks appear in exchange alliance
Despite winning 21 customers since
its inception, questions abound about the long-term health of the e-business alliance
of IBM, Ariba and i2.
Sun: Moving away from data monoliths
Sun's new 64-bit UltraSPARC III
processor and network initiatives are key to the company's Net Effect plan. Microsoft pitches 'reliable'
Windows Datacenter
With Windows 2000 Datacenter's debut, Microsoft took
the tack of emphasizing system stability rather than the usual availability on
the cheapest hardware. Compaq, Microsoft Set
Record TPC-C Benchmark
Windows 2000 has again broken the record for TPC-C
benchmarks. A 24-node cluster running Windows 2000 Advanced Server and SQL Server
2000 Enterprise Edition received a TPC-C benchmark of 505,302.77, processing more
than half a million transactions in a minute. New IBooks Slower? Not
So Fast
Tests indicate that the latest portable Macintoshes trail their
predecessors in performance. But it's a popular benchmark, and not the computers,
that needs retooling. CacheFlow steps on the
accelerator
Faster and more robust web servers are the goal behind a
new line of products from CacheFlow that are designed to let sites handle up to
10 times the traffic with quicker response times. Digital Devices : Getting
a different picture
Digital video camera systems abound, with general
software included in their low price. So, to make noise in this market, a company
must offer something special. Inetcam does with its iVISTA 3.0 software: Sun's StarOffice blunder
Sun Microsystems released the source code for its StarOffice software
suite almost. The effort to spur adoption of the office applications package and
secure the good will of the sometimes prickly open - source programming community
went awry when demand for the software sunk Dell recall
Dell
Computer on Friday recalled as many as 27,000 notebook batteries suspected of
causing fires. In a statement, Dell emphasized that the recall is voluntary and
affects only batteries used in the notebooks and not the notebooks themselves.
IBM tops off Unix server
line with new high-end system
Matching earlier moves by Unix rivals Sun
and Hewlett-Packard, IBM boosted its eServer product line by announcing a 24-processor
machine that features faster microprocessors and more memory. Distributed Analyzers:
The Next Best Thing
The last thing a network engineer needs is to be
caught like a deer in headlights when there's a network problem. Be prepared to
monitor and track down problems with distributed analyzers. We tested three high-end
products. Broadvision at the Crossroads
Ecommerce pioneer BroadVision is scrambling to erase the notion that
the company is a technology laggard. Its rivals beg to differ. Microsoft unveils latest
Windows CE for in-car use
The latest version of Microsoft's Windows CE
operating system for automotive use has been unveiled, with a host of improved
features for over-the-road computing. Handspring adds color
Device maker Handspring, unveiled two new handheld computers --including
its first device with a color display--as part of its continuing battle against
market leader Palm.
E-SERVICES
- Managed Hoster On Deck
- ClientLogic
Receives 2000 STAR Award for Call Volume
- US
Air installs kiosks for e-ticketed customers
- CPM
Launches Interactive CRM Health Portal
- Client
Loyalty Follows Solid Communication
- Linux
leader says standard version will emerge
- Three
Airlines Racing To Provide Public High-speed Wireless LAN Service At Gates
- Plumtree
Portal Taps Parallel Processing
- France
Telecom goes solo with network
- JetForm
Adopts Servicesoft CRM Suite
- French
TV Power Has Interactive Ideas
- Datacasts
Expand Net's Reach
- Customer Communications
Group Teams with IntelliStats
- Taking
Faces To New Places
- Cable creeps
into the corporation
- Tut Systems,
Inc. Ships 308,000 Lines to the Multi-Tenant Industry
- Breaking
Up The Data Transmission Bottleneck
- Privacy:
Sorry, no sale
- Lessons from setting
up a marketplace
- Seek And You Shall
Find On WAP
- CCAS Driving Toward Telematics-CRM
Solution
- AOL turns on Instant Messenger
at Sprint PCS
Managed Hoster
On Deck
San Antonio-based Rackspace claims to be the second largest managed
hosting facility after Digex, whose parent company was recently acquired by WorldCom
for $3 billion ClientLogic Receives
2000 STAR Award for Call Volume
The Software Support Professionals Association
(SSPA) bestowed this year's STAR award for high call volume to ClientLogic in
recognition of the company's "outstanding accomplishments." US Air installs kiosks
for e-ticketed customers
Joins ranks of competitors trying to ease wait
lines to let customers serve themselves. CPM Launches Interactive
CRM Health Portal
East Peoria, Illinois-based Customer Potential Management
Corporation (CPM) has rolled out a CRM health portal that's designed to increase
and manage interactions among patients, doctors, hospitals and healthcare providers.
Client Loyalty Follows
Solid Communication
A reader from Montana e-mailed me for advice on what
he could do "to make his clients love him." "It's easy," I quipped, "all you have
to do is cut your rates in half." Linux leader says standard
version will emerge
The profusion of Linux versions available today soon
will converge into a single edition Three Airlines Racing
To Provide Public High-speed Wireless LAN Service At Gates
Three of the
leading domestic airlines have kicked off a race to provide high-speed, public-access
wireless LAN service at airport gates and lounges. Plumtree Portal Taps
Parallel Processing
Plumtree Portal 4.0 is finding a new use for an old
concept, using parallel processing to solve big, compute-intensive problems more
quickly. France Telecom goes solo
with network
France Telecom has announced it plans to link 28 U.S. cities
to each other and the world as part of its strategy to lure the globe's largest
multinational corporations.
JetForm Adopts Servicesoft CRM Suite
JetForm Corporation has adopted
CRM software from Servicesoft, Inc. to provide an intuitive and searchable knowledge
base directly to its customers. French TV Power Has Interactive
Ideas
Getting couch potatoes to interact with their televisions has challenged
some of the best minds in media. Aside from shouting a few choice words at their
favorite sports teams, channel-surfing past commercials or occasionally buying
rare coins and steak knives, few viewers seem to interface much with their video
screens. Datacasts Expand Net's
Reach
WorldSpace will launch the world's first direct-to-receiver multimedia
content service, exposing millions in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin
America to the Internet. Nick Wachira reports from Nairobi, Kenya. Customer Communications
Group Teams with IntelliStats
Denver, Colorado-based Customer Communications
Group has entered a strategic partnership with IntelliStats, Inc. to provide its
clients with greater access to market information and analysis tools. Taking Faces To New Places
With advances in software, compression and bandwidth, Video conferencing
is promising not only "face time" with people in distant lands, but measurable
increases in productivity. And the work is getting done in the natural environment
of the doctor, executive, engineer or teacher.
Cable creeps into the corporation
Early users of corporate cable LAN
connections appreciate the price, speed, reliability and service. Tut Systems, Inc. Ships
308,000 Lines to the Multi-Tenant Industry
Tut Systems, Inc., a leading
provider of multi-service broadband systems for multi-tenant buildings, announced
that Tut's total shipments to date to customers in the multi-tenant unit market
reached 308,000 lines. Breaking Up The Data
Transmission Bottleneck
Upstart companies deploying Internet services
over Ethernet are pulling the plug out of the broadband bottleneck. And while
newcomers such as Yipes Communications and Telseon are at the leading edge, the
space is growing more competitive as the big dog telcos join the fray. Privacy: Sorry, no sale
Many e-businesses are taking the hint: It's hard to earn customers' trust
if you won't respect their privacy. Here's what businesses are doing to assure
shoppers that their personal data won't be rented, swapped or sold. Lessons from setting
up a marketplace
Building e-marketplaces is turning out to be a far more
complicated, time-consuming and resource-intensive process than many had originally
figured. Seek And You Shall Find
On WAP
Employment site Seek Communications has partnered with Telstra
to offer customers of the telco the chance to search for jobs from their Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP)-enabled mobile phone. CCAS Driving Toward Telematics-CRM
Solution
Cross Country Automotive Services said it will integrate its
complete range of roadside, consumer affairs and telematics services with WirelessCar's
Universal Telematics Network to deliver a total wireless CRM package for the automotive
industry... AOL turns on Instant
Messenger at Sprint PCS
AOL has turned on its Instant Messenger service
on the nationwide Sprint PCS wireless network, allowing about 4 million users
to go mobile with their Buddy Lists.
E-MARKETING
- Former Informix VP indicted on federal fraud
charges
- You Can't Do That Online
(...Or Can You)
- Sites get smarter
about personalization
- Fountain of
Youth
- Online Intellectual Property
Survey
- Can Amazon Achieve, Sustain
Profits?
- Auction Sites Bid To Keep
'Em Coming Back
- Giving You Control
of -- and Cash for -- Your Cookies
- Internet
Company Wants To Poll The World
- Internet
Advertising Revenues Pass $2 Billion In Second Quarter 2000
- Study
Examines Web Travel Services
- Security
Software Sales To Surge
- It's U.S.
vs. Japan, and not in the Olympics
- Streaming
Media Gets Down to Business
- Yahoo!
Beats 3Q Forecasts
- Net Plays Ball
With Music Giants
- The Promise of
Multichannel Retailing
- HP's Fiorina:
Speed is e-market killer app
- Openfor
BID-Ness, Round Two
- Suits And Propeller
Heads, Unite
- All for the Cause
- Chemical
sector leads e-business
- New eRecruiting
Market Segmentation Based on Recruiting Continuum
- Hybrid
marketing model targets digital Music
- HP
wants to be tops in PC sales
- Net
Markets Set To Quadruple By 2002
- Secondary
Mortgage eMarketplaces Will Be Challenged to Provide Value-Added Services
Former Informix VP indicted on federal fraud charges
A former European
executive at Informix Software Inc. has been charged with wire fraud and securities
violations after he allegedly provided sales figures that led the company to overstate
its revenues from 1994 to 1996. You Can't Do That Online
(...Or Can You)
Let's face it, plenty of Internet business models have
us scratching our heads. Here's a look at how companies are attempting to overcome
the limitations of the digital world. Sites get smarter about
personalization
Much of the e-commerce personalization done to date has
been, well, nothing personal for users. Now, armed with more sophisticated personalization
tools and a better understanding of how and where to use them, the kings of e-commerce
are attempting to make personalization really pay off. Fountain of Youth
AARP woos reluctant Boomers with a high-priced makeover Online Intellectual Property
Survey
Survey results of Online Intellectual Property Can Amazon Achieve, Sustain
Profits?
Shares of Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) dipped in trading after
Robertson Stephens analyst Lauren Cooks Levitan expressed concern about that company's
ability to achieve profitability under its current business model Auction Sites Bid To
Keep 'Em Coming Back
As auction sites continue to pop up around the Internet,
now comes warning that online auctions might not have much staying power. Giving You Control of
-- and Cash for -- Your Cookies
mValue lets Netizens trade their personal
info for money and advertisers reach prized demographic groups Internet Company Wants
To Poll The World
3Com Inc. plans to use the Internet to poll people
worldwide for their opinions on sex, education, dreams and other personal topics
Internet Advertising
Revenues Pass $2 Billion In Second Quarter 2000
Recording its eighteenth
consecutive quarter of positive growth in the United States, the Internet advertising
industry broke the 2 billion dollar mark in the second quarter of 2000, amassing
$2.1 billion in revenue. Study Examines Web Travel
Services
Online travel agencies that promise to find low airfares may
be playing favorites with the airlines. Security Software Sales
To Surge
Fueled by an epidemic of hack attacks and costly viruses, spending
on security software is set to soar from $2.5 billion (US$) in 1999 to over $6.7
billion in 2004 It's U.S. vs. Japan,
and not in the Olympics
It's completely possible that Japan will succeed
and become the telecom giant that drives new global standards Streaming Media Gets
Down to Business
No longer the exclusive domain of the consumer market,
streaming media is maturing into an effective, viable and potentially profitable
business tool Yahoo! Beats 3Q Forecasts
After market close Tuesday, the Web portal operator came through with
some good earnings news in what has been otherwise a dismal period for technology
issues. Net Plays Ball With Music
Giants
Major Internet companies are lining up to distribute music from
the major labels ... Canada gets into peer relations ... Sony and Microsoft do
Europe ... Reciprocal gets pseudo-multimedia-esque The Promise of Multichannel
Retailing
A study has confirmed what most retailers have assumed was
common sense until now - that stores, catalogs and Web sites pass customers and
sales to and from one another.
HP's Fiorina: Speed is e-market killer app
Partnering, managing risk
and open systems are key in the new economy, HP chief exec Carly Fiorina told
Planet 2000 attendees. But speed tops all. Openfor BID-Ness, Round
Two
Although online media buying has been widely embraced, Madison Avenue
hasn't given up its three - martini lunches -- yet. Suits And Propeller Heads,
Unite!
Want to get your sales and technical staffers pulling together
instead of pulling your deals apart? Consultants propose collaborative selling
as a way for integrators to smooth the sales cycle. All for the Cause
Cause marketing is helping dot-coms profit through philanthropy. Chemical sector leads
e-business
Throughout the $435 billion U.S. chemical industry, would-be
rust buckets in the Internet economy are turning out to be surprisingly swift
at transforming into e-businesses. New eRecruiting Market
Segmentation Based on Recruiting Continuum
IDC Foresees Shift from Job
Boards to End-to-End eRecruiting Solutions in Changing Market Landscape Hybrid marketing model
targets digital Music
Upstart Soundom makes a go of compensating artists
with online ad revenues and paying users to offer up profiling data. HP wants to be tops in
PC sales
CEO tells Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2000 that HP will work to
be top PC maker in a market that is still rich, despite some predictions. In addition,
she says, HP won't be a major application service provider. Net Markets Set To Quadruple
By 2002
The number of "Net markets" is expected to grow from 1,200 currently
to more than 5,000 by 2002 Secondary Mortgage eMarketplaces
Will Be Challenged to Provide Value-Added Services
The secondary mortgage
emarketplace has the potential to become a transforming influence on the secondary
mortgage market, but to do so, it will have to overcome fierce competition from
existing offline brokerage firms with deep roots in the industry.
SUPPLY CHAIN
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- Quick, Inc. Selects Descartes for Web-Based
Delivery System
- Priceline on the
Ropes
- Promoteam.com Selects Xchange
4.0 for Personalized, Permission-Based E-Mail
- Novell
proposes .dir domain for directories
- Sun
and E.piphany forge CRM alliance
- Commerce
One CEO on B2B: Fasten your seat belts
- JD
Edwards stakes e-business claim with OneWorld Xe
- FedEx
Revamps Online Return System
- Supply-chain
coordination critical for e-business
- B2B
Exchanges: Bonanza or Bust?
- Caterpillar
moves to revamp supply-chain operations via the Web
- Online
exchange comes to reinsurance industry
- Sotheby's,
Amazon to shut down jointly owned site
- Procom
Technology Gets Ask Jeeves For CRM Support
- Oracle
Helps Hubs Collaborate
- B-to-B Market
Places Tall Promises
- PeopleSoft Unveils
Integrated CRM Suite
- Marketplaces
are tough to build
Quick,
Inc. Selects Descartes for Web-Based Delivery System
Quick, Inc., an
Internet home delivery service for grocery and related products, has selected
Descartes Systems Group to provide a Web-based routing and scheduling optimization
system to facilitate on-time delivery to Quick customers' homes. Priceline on the Ropes
The company's WebHouse affiliate has shut down. Is the business model
in jeopardy? Promoteam.com Selects
Xchange 4.0 for Personalized, Permission-Based E-Mail
Xchange, Inc. (Nasdaq:
EXAP) said that Promoteam.com has selected the e-messaging component of its Xchange
4.0 suite for eCRM. Novell proposes .dir
domain for directories
Novell formally recommended a plan to create an
Internet domain .dir to help companies integrate corporate directories. Some critics,
though, complain the idea is making an end run around standards. JD Edwards stakes e-business
claim with OneWorld Xe
With this week's launch of the Web-enabled version
of its flagship OneWorld product, JD Edwards is looking to catch up to ERP rivals
SAP and Oracle and adapt to B2B. Sun and E.piphany forge
CRM alliance
The pair signed a multimillion-dollar strategic alliance
to offer E.piphany CRM solutions packaged with Sun hardware and operating system
software. Commerce One CEO on B2B:
Fasten your seat belts
In his keynote at this week's Electronic Commerce
World show, Mark Hoffman described what he sees as several growth areas in B2B
e-commerce. FedEx Revamps Online
Return System
In a bid to help e-tailers avoid some of the snafus that
marred last year's holiday shopping season, FedEx announced Monday that it will
be revamping its Internet-based package return system to streamline the process
for customers and businesses Supply-chain coordination
critical for e-business
At the Planet 2000 conference, users and keynote
speakers said companies looking to take advantage of the Web have to be able to
share data and coordinate operations with customers and suppliers in real time.
B2B Exchanges: Bonanza
or Bust?
Too many business-to-business exchanges are chasing too few
transactions. So how does a corporation decide when and with whom to do business?
Caterpillar moves to
revamp supply-chain operations via the Web
The venerable maker of heavy
machinery is embarking on a wide-ranging e-business initiative that includes a
planned switch to build-to-order manufacturing and a private online marketplace
for its suppliers and dealers. Online exchange comes
to reinsurance industry
The reinsurance industry -- which focuses on
insurance for insurance companies -- is beginning to embrace business-to-business
exchange technology. Sotheby's, Amazon to
shut down jointly owned site
Auction house Sotheby's Holdings Inc. and
Amazon.com Inc. today said they are closing their co-branded site, which sells
art, collectibles and antiques. Procom Technology Gets
Ask Jeeves For CRM Support
Procom Technology, a manufacturer of data
server appliances, has selected the Jeeves Live solution from question-and-answer
company Ask Jeeves to enhance its customer support. Oracle Helps Hubs Collaborate
Oracle Product Development Exchange (OPDX) promises to let e-marketplace
operators move beyond basic matchmaking, . B-to-B Market Places
Tall Promises
B-to-B marketplaces hold great promise, but none of the
current models delivers the perfect solution for every business. PeopleSoft Unveils Integrated
CRM Suite
PeopleSoft, Inc. launched its PeopleSoft 8 CRM suite of applications
for e-business at its annual user conference in Orlando, Florida, Marketplaces are tough
to build
Picking the right technology to build a complex electronic marketplace
is only one step in the battle. Snaring a skilled consulting team can sometimes
be even more frustrating and challenging.
CONTENT, PORTALS & COMMUNITY
- Porn Panel: Nix 'Mouse-Trapping'
- Cisco
Wires The Home
- The "R" Technology
Revolution: Relationship, Research Revenue
- Privacy
Council Will Offer Lexis-Nexis Content
- Lawyers:
Helping Us, Hurting Us
- AOL Said Not
Living Up to Promises
- Everybody Go
Surfing
- IDC Sees an Interactive TV
Revolution
- Cross-Examination Sinks
E-Mail Add-On
- Expanded Web Domains
Could Include .Kids, .Pro, Or .xxx
- Barnes
and Noble Leads Bricks - and Mortars Pack
- Global
Bandwidth: Feast or Famine?
- E-tailers
Must Master China's Diversity
- Network
Appliance to push content delivery network
- Austin
Suffers Growing Pains
- Network Appliance
Unveils Content Delivery Products
- Does
someone in Alabama have my CD?
- Microsoft
.Net in the works for Linux?
- Older
IT Pros Need Not Apply
- The Pitch
: Alternative Medicine
- Site Places
Bounty On Patents
- The Net Gets Wet
- On Creating Digital Dividends
- Web
Users Intend To Vote ... In Force
Porn Panel: Nix 'Mouse-Trapping'
The Commission on Child Online Protection
wants the government to come down hard on sex site practices such as 'mouse-trapping'
-- when multiple windows open and it takes forever to close them all. Cisco Wires The Home
Even if you're not James Bond, Cisco Systems can help you live like him
The "R" Technology Revolution:
Relationship, Research Revenue
Single letters are the marketer's touchstones.
We have the ubiquitous - e- used in company names, e-commerce (B2C and B2B varieties),
and, as one pundit exclaimed, E-nough. We want to focus on R-relationship technologies
gathering research to produce revenue Privacy Council Will
Offer Lexis-Nexis Content
The Privacy Council announced this week that
it has formed an alliance with Lexis-Nexis to provide privacy content through
the latter company's real-time news service, Veracity. Lawyers: Helping Us,
Hurting Us
Journalists and lawyers. Siblings under the skin. A symbiosis
that's often uneasy but essential to a free press AOL Said Not Living Up
to Promises
Rivals continue to maintain that America Online is not allowing
other services to communicate with its popular instant messaging service Everybody Go Surfing
Need to get out more but can't bear to leave your computer screen? Jack
Schofield explains how to socialise in cyberspace IDC Sees an Interactive
TV Revolution
Massive improvements to the infrastructure for TV-centric
information appliances over the past few years and lower costs per home for interactive
service deployment will foster an interactive TV revolution. Cross-Examination Sinks
E-Mail Add-On
Jude asks the right questions and uncovers security flaws
that give a vendor a failing grade Expanded Web Domains
Could Include .Kids, .Pro, Or .xxx
As the Internet evolves and grows,
browsers seeking family-friendly sites might soon be able to type .kids instead
of .com. Less kid-friendly sites might be found using the suffix .sex or .xxx.
Barnes and Noble Leads
Bricks - and Mortars Pack
Book seller boasts a unique audience of 3.5
million, by far the leader among bricks-and-mortar shopping sites Global Bandwidth: Feast
or Famine?
How much bandwidth is really out there, how much do you need,
and how much should you expect to pay for it? E-tailers Must Master
China's Diversity
e-tailers will need to understand regional differences
among the Chinese population in order to gain a foothold in the world's most populous
country. Network Appliance to
push content delivery network
Network Appliance is looking to capitalize
on its cache expertise to get a head start in the content delivery network market.
Austin Suffers Growing
Pains
San Francisco gets all the ink on how dot-coms are influencing
the landscape. But Texas' famous university town is changing, too, and some say
not for the better. Network Appliance Unveils
Content Delivery Products
CA-based Network Appliance introduced a host
of new products that it hopes will come closer to fulfilling the promise of rich
content delivery. Does someone in Alabama
have my CD?
Double-check your checkout at e-commerce sites, says Jim
Rapoza, for the holidays are near. Microsoft .Net in the
works for Linux?
According to an SEC filing, Corel could port .Net to
Linux. And -- surprise, surprise -- Microsoft was threatening to sue Corel, not
vice versa. Older IT Pros Need Not
Apply
If filling IT positions is such a big problem for companies, then
why do skilled, experienced workers struggle to find full-time employment? The Pitch : Alternative
Medicine
Awash in struggling startups and unfulfilled promises, online
health care is one sector most entrepreneurs won't go near. Three new companies
are taking a swing anyway -- and promising results and profits now, not later.
Site Places Bounty On
Patents
BountyQuest.com aims to enlist public to help companies track
down patent-related information The Net Gets Wet
The Navy announces it has finally conquered one of the toughest Internet frontiers:
the ocean. On Creating Digital Dividends
Hundreds of world leaders and Internet bigwigs converge this week to
discuss the worldwide gap between those with access to digital technologies and
those without. Web Users Intend To Vote
... In Force
Online users are a politically involved group, with a respectable
55.7% reporting that they voted in the non-Presidential election year 1999
GOVERNANCE & GOING GLOBAL
- Whitehouse.gov No Place for Kids?
- For
T-Online, the T Stands for Turmoil
- Capitol
Rush to Sign Tech Bills
- Critics blast
FBI's first release of Carnivore documents
- Canada
or U.S.: Tough Tech Choice
- U.S. Shuts
Down Net Porn Billing Scam
- Crackdown
Looms for web 'Typosquatters'
- Microsoft,
Govt. Spar Over Appeal Schedule
- Senate
Judiciary Passes Watered-Down Cyber Crime Bill
- OpenTV
Files To Broaden Patent To 1-Click
- Commerce
Department Proposes Belgian Algorithm As New Encryption Standard
- Protecting
E-Copyrights
- Dot.eu on the way
- A
Closer Look At The E-signatures Law
- Privacy
Concerns Extend Beyond Online Transactions
- More
Mixed Reviews for UK E-Commerce
- Senate
Passes Net Liquor Ban
- Local Politics
Key to E-Biz Bliss
- Not Everyone Has
to Be Everywhere
- RIAA Unveils Digital
Music ID Plan
- Different B2B standards
could complicate things
- Technology
Bills Fall Short in Congress
Whitehouse.gov No Place for Kids?
The White House for Kids website
isn't required to comply with COPPA regulations, and doesn't. Also from Declan
McCullagh's D.C. notebook: Porno emails in Congress.... Reporter jailed for porno....
And a post office that wants to expand its domain. For T-Online, the T Stands
for Turmoil
T-Online is Europe's biggest ISP. So why are all its big
shots heading for the door? Capitol Rush to Sign
Tech Bills
Congress is itching to adjourn, but not before dealing with
library porn, mail privacy, cookies and Internet taxes. Those are all part of
massive spending bills Washington hopes to finish soon Critics blast FBI's first
release of Carnivore documents
The FBI released documents about its controversial
Carnivore technology, but critics blasted the lack of information and said they
still could not determine whether the email-tapping program would be an invasion
of privacy. Canada or U.S.: Tough
Tech Choice
Recent Canadian laws affecting capital gains taxes have startups
moving to the United States. Meanwhile, U.S. businesses decry the regs and occasionally
talk about crossing the border north U.S. Shuts Down Net Porn
Billing Scam
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday it
has charged an overseas company and its principals with billing consumers and
attempting to collect payment for Internet-based adult entertainment services
and international phone calls that were never purchased or authorized... Crackdown Looms for web
'Typosquatters'
It seemed genius at the time -- turning Net surfers'
typos into high-volume Web traffic for sale. But it's backfired for one site,
and the FBI is now on the case Microsoft, Govt. Spar
Over Appeal Schedule
Microsoft accused government lawyers of seeking
to curb the company's ability to appeal a breakup order, as both sides continued
sparring over the ground rules for the next phase in the two-year-old antitrust
case Senate Judiciary Passes
Watered-Down Cyber Crime Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved
a slimmed-down version of S. 2448, an anti-cyber crime bill that was stripped
of key privacy provisions and language that would give law enforcement agencies
the ability to obtain a single nationwide court order for wiretap investigations
OpenTV Files To Broaden
Patent To 1-Click
OpenTV, maker of software for digital interactive television,
said it had filed a request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to broaden
the scope of one of its patents to include so-called 1-Click shopping technology
for television Commerce Department Proposes
Belgian Algorithm As New Encryption Standard
The Commerce Department
is proposing the work of two Belgian cryptographers for the nation's new Advanced
Encryption Standard, which is to be used in federal computer systems and in the
private sector to protect sensitive information. Protecting E-Copyrights
Jack Valenti believes in the unlimited right of movie studios to control
the distribution of their work. But professor Lawrence Lessig says, ''I believe
in the right to hack,'' even if that results in breaking codes that safeguard
new movies on DVD discs. Dot.eu on the way
The ".eu" domain name as an alternative for European business to dot.com should
be operational early in 2001 A Closer Look At The
E-signatures Law
Analysts, software vendors and users examine the impact
of the new e-signatures law on e-commerce Privacy Concerns Extend
Beyond Online Transactions
Legislative and regulatory interest in privacy
may soon broaden beyond online transactions to include wireless networks and off-line
databases, More Mixed Reviews for
UK E-Commerce
Adding haze to what is already a cloudy picture, a trio
of new reports asserts that slow delivery, security fears and pricing problems
will continue to hamstring e-commerce in the United Kingdom... Senate Passes Net Liquor
Ban
Legislators unanimously approve a bill that enables states that ban
online alcohol sales to prosecute firms outside their jurisdiction from selling
inside their borders. Local Politics Key to
E-Biz Bliss
Though California's Silicon Valley is famous for being the
world's haven for e-business, local governments need to better help industry management
and employees deal with the many challenges of life in the area Not Everyone Has to Be
Everywhere
Doing business across Latin America used to be an imperative
for Internet firms. Times sure have changed. RIAA Unveils Digital
Music ID Plan
With an eye toward improving its ability to monitor online
music downloads, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced
Thursday that it is working with other industry groups to develop a standardized
system for identifying digital files of songs... Different B2B standards
could complicate things
Groups of companies such as the RosettaNet organization
are starting to implement business-to-business standards for exchanging data across
supply chains. But enforcing a single set of B2B standards may not be easy. Technology Bills Fall
Short in Congress
The annual congressional circus of debating bills at
the last minute with little or no formal reflection is here again, but this time
Internet and telecom issues are taking center stage.
PARTNERS & DEALS
- Ailing Corel's shares soar on Microsoft
infusion
- Lucent, Sanyo join forces
for U.S. 3G wireless market
- USA Networks-NBA
deal foreshadows Diller's ambitions
- Maxtor
To Acquire Quantum Disk Drive Group
- 'Drowning
Ruth' Is in the Stream
- Amazon.com
Selects SAS e-Intelligence
- InterVoice-Brite,
SpeechWorks Team Up on Thomas Cook Voice System
- Microsoft,
Partners Open Technology Lab
- Chevron
and Texaco confirm $100 billion merger
- Internet
Home Alliance Unveiled
- IBM Inks Workstation
Deals One By One
- Dangerous Liaisons
- Bank of America signs outsourcing
deal with Exult
- P2P Developers Stand
Up To Intel
- Applix Expands Customer
and Partner Bases
- Why the AOL-TWX
Deal Still Clicks
- IBM, Agillion,
Team Up On Small Biz CRM
- Cisco To
Acquire MTU Software Maker
- Toshiba
Settles With Feds Over Substandard Computers
- Broadcom
Buys Its Way Up
- Chase Manhattan Chooses
Lifeminders Personalization Service
Ailing Corel's shares soar on Microsoft infusion
Ailing Corel's shares
soar on Microsoft infusion Shares of Corel jumped 83 percent after rival Microsoft
invested $135 million in the struggling software maker. Lucent, Sanyo join forces
for U.S. 3G wireless market
Sanyo Electric Co. and Lucent Technologies
announced Thursday that they are teaming up to develop third-generation (3G) cellular
phones for the U.S. market. USA Networks-NBA deal
foreshadows Diller's ambitions
USA Networks will flip on the switch for
its partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA), giving fans the
chance to buy tickets and merchandise online and over the phone Maxtor To Acquire Quantum
Disk Drive Group
Maxtor Corp. and Quantum Corp.'s Hard Disk Drive Group
today announced they will merge their disk manufacturing companies into what they
say will be world's leading disk drive company. 'Drowning Ruth' Is in
the Stream
An alliance between Random House and Audible.com will make
audio books available for streaming and download. Also from M.J. Rose's notebook:
Free books without the pirates, and a search for the perfect plot. Amazon.com Selects SAS
e-Intelligence
The destination of choice for more than 20 million online
shoppers, Amazon.com has selected SAS as its 'vendor of choice' for e-intelligence.
The five-year deal arms the e-tailer with software to forecast and measure the
impact of strategic decisions. InterVoice-Brite, SpeechWorks
Team Up on Thomas Cook Voice System
InterVoice-Brite and SpeechWorks
International have joined forces to deliver a speech recognition system for Thomas
Cook Global & Financial Services. Dallas, Texas-based InterVoice-Brite Microsoft, Partners Open
Technology Lab
Microsoft, along with technology partners led by Dell,
today opened its second technology center in Austin. The Microsoft Technology
Center (MTC) - Austin combines a team of consultants, a powerful development environment,
and a group of technology partners headed by Dell.
Chevron and Texaco confirm $100 billion merger
he two oil companies
said the new company, to be called ChevronTexaco Corp., will create the world's
fourth-largest energy company. The companies also would cut 4,000 jobs or 7% of
their combined workforce. Internet Home Alliance
Unveiled
Sun Microsystems Inc. and others have formally disclosed the
creation of the Internet Home Alliance. The coalition of retailers, utilities,
and high-tech companies hopes to promote the use of networking technology in the
home. IBM Inks Workstation
Deals One By One
In an ad hoc sort of way, IBM is signing up ISVs to
partner on software-bundling deals targeted at vertical workstation markets like
video production, software development, engineering and finance.
Dangerous Liaisons
Hundreds of old-economy companies are joining up
with longtime enemies to battle the Internet's biggest B-to-B marketplaces. But
can companies who have slugged it out for so long finally learn to play nice?
Bank of America signs
outsourcing deal with Exult
Bank of America has signed an agreement with
Exult Inc. to outsource its human resources operations. P2P Developers Stand
Up To Intel
More than 300 people converged on the San Jose to attend
the first meeting of Intel's peer-to-peer computing working group. But right from
the get-go, conferees made it clear they were not there to take orders from their
host.
Applix Expands Customer and Partner Bases
Applix, Inc. has announced
that it added several new key clients and strategic partners during the third
quarter of this year. Why the AOL-TWX Deal
Still Clicks
The world has changed a lot since the blockbuster merger
was announced between "New Economy" America Online Inc. and "Old Economy" Time
Warner Inc. in early January. IBM, Agillion, Team Up
On Small Biz CRM
IBM and Agillion announced they have joined forces to
deliver enhanced CRM services to small businesses in a single offering that integrates
IBM's Small Business WebConnections with Agillion's CustomerPages. Cisco To Acquire MTU
Software Maker
Cisco Systems forged ahead with yet another acquisition,
this time of a developer of multitenant unit software. Toshiba Settles With
Feds Over Substandard Computers
Toshiba Corp. has settled with federal
agencies for selling them substandard computers, to the tune of $33.5 million.
Broadcom Buys Its Way
Up
Broadcom is trumpeting its emergence as a titan in the communications
chip market with its intended purchase of Allayer Communications for $262 million
- its 10th acquisition in 10 months.
Chase Manhattan Chooses Lifeminders Personalization Service
Chase
Manhattan Corporation has selected Web and wireless direct marketing company Lifeminders
to enhance communications with its more than 30 million customers in the United
States.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
- The Unlikely Revolutionary
- EMI's
Song to Remain the Same
- Internet
Proposals Given To Congress
- April's
Internet Stock-Shock Fallout Continues
- Web
Has Little Impact For Most Olympics Fans
- Wal-Mart
No Web Mart
- Quake rattles Japanese
telcos, chip makers
- Informax takes
its bioinformatics software to the enterprise
- California
Cities Turning Away Dot-Coms
- IBM
to build $2.5B chip plant in New York
- Cracked!
'World's toughest' code broken
- Microsoft's
Window Into Linux
- Star Wars
- Key
E-Business Legal Battles Looming
- Ranking
the Best Venture Capitalists
- Lucent's
management change should have come sooner
- BT
Claims Talks With AT&T Continue, Despite Reports
- NBCi
President Quits
- UPS moving to install
wireless LANs at all delivery hubs
- Prohibition
Online ?
- Microsoft Urging Users To
Patch 'Serious' IIS Security Hole
- Transmeta
Debuts Crusoe Processor
The
Unlikely Revolutionary
Dave Sorensen is shaking things up at General
Mills, leading the maker of Cheerios and Betty Crocker cake mixes onto the Internet.
EMI's Song to Remain
the Same
The Warner Music-EMI deal is on hold for now, which means execs
at EMI get to keep doing things their way for a while... If you think Web radio
is an alternative to traditional radio, think again.... Internet Proposals Given
To Congress
Congress should consider a voucher program to help needy
families get connected to the Internet, a scientific advisory panel April's Internet Stock-Shock
Fallout Continues
The sudden drop in the Internet stocks market last
April continues to reverberate through the online financial markets, according
to a study released today by Jupiter Web Has Little Impact
For Most Olympics Fans
Although operators of the official Web site of
the Sidney Olympics and the Web home of the games' US broadcaster each boasted
of traffic reaching a half-million visitors a day, a study released today says
the Web wasn't a big part of most Americans' Olympic experience Wal-Mart No Web Mart
Sudden site closure magnifies online superiority of retail rivals Quake rattles Japanese
telcos, chip makers
7.3-magnitude quake sends some workers home, reduces
telco capacity. Informax takes its bioinformatics
software to the enterprise
Pharmaceutical research is changing in ways
likely to make a few software companies very rich. California Cities Turning
Away Dot-Coms
Cities in the land of high-tech milk and honey are doing
the unthinkable: turning away Internet companies that are the cutting edge of
Silicon Valley's software economy... IBM to build $2.5B chip
plant in New York
IBM said it plans to build a $2.5 billion chip plant
in East Fishkill, N.Y. The plant is part of its $5 billion capital-investment
plan to support its semiconductor business. Cracked! 'World's toughest'
code broken
Swedes use 70 years of computer time to decipher 10 increasingly
difficult codes set by author Simon Singh.
Microsoft's Window Into Linux
Corel got a cool $135 million from their
former adversary in exchange for a promise to promote MS' new '.NET' platform.
But SEC documents reveal Microsoft can also have Corel develop Linux apps for
the platform Star Wars
The
legal battle between DirecTV and its scrappy challenger over shelf space in the
nation's largest consumer electronics stores is slated for trial in December.
Key E-Business Legal
Battles Looming
The use and abuse of spam and the fight over domain names
are the subject of two lawsuits gathering steam in the courts that could affect
online business conduct in the future, Ranking the Best Venture
Capitalists
The best venture capitalists are the ones who do well by
their companies, not just themselves. An exclusive survey ranks today's top Internet
VCs by this new measure -- and turns up a few surprises. Lucent's management change
should have come sooner
Several analysts who follow the networking business
said today's ousting of Richard McGinn as chairman and CEO of struggling Lucent
Technologies was long overdue. BT Claims Talks With
AT&T Continue, Despite Reports
Beleaguered British Telecom [NYSE:BT],
having seen its share price plunge from 15 to around six pounds ($22.50 to $9)
over the last year, was fighting a rear guard action after a report in Wall Street
journal NBCi President Quits
Edmond Sanctis exits after NBC network's online unit was streamlined
UPS moving to install
wireless LANs at all delivery hubs
United Parcel Service of America plans
by mid-2002 to install advanced wireless LANs and next-generation scanners at
all 2,000 of its package-delivery hubs and sorting facilities. Prohibition Online ?
Clinton is set to sign into law Sen. Orrin Hatch's bill against the online
sale of alcoholic beverages via the internet. This tells the net community that
the idea that the internet's inception would promote "friction-free capitalism"
was convoluted, at best. Microsoft Urging Users
To Patch 'Serious' IIS Security Hole
Microsoft Corp. is scrambling to
alert users of its Internet Information Server (IIS) software to a serious security
flaw that has been discussed online by potential attackers for at least a week
Transmeta Debuts Crusoe
Processor
Laptop computers are continuing to become more powerful machines.
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