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CONTENT - ECMGT.COM E-COMMERCE NEWS

  • E-STRATEGIES & TRENDS

  • E-PRODUCTS

  • E-SERVICES

  • E-MARKETING

  • SUPPLY CHAIN

  • CONTENT, PORTALS & COMMUNITY

  • GOVERNANCE & GOING GLOBAL

  • PARTNERS & DEALS

  • MOVERS & SHAKERS

 



E-STRATEGIES & TRENDS

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  • Online Consumer Confidence Rising
  • Web Development Reigns
  • AOL's Global Strategy Looks Grim
  • Global Governments Go Online
  • VCs Helped Create 7.6 Million Jobs Over 30 Years
  • Permission is key to email marketing
  • 84M in the US Will Plug Into Wireless Internet by 2005
  • In-Building Wireless Infrastructure to Top $1B
  • Online Usage in U.S Dips in September
  • Bad news on tap from Japan's chipmakers
  • Tech Start-Ups Spend More On Marketing
  • Web Attacks Doubled In Last Year
  • Lower IT spending ahead
  • U.S. e-commerce returning to pre-attack levels
  • Sifting for gold in Net data
  • IT Spend Up For Consumer Goods Firms
  • Outsourcing Trends
  • New Study Proves Financial Rewards of Customer Satisfaction
  • Wireless Pricing Bytes
  • Worldwide IT Growth Slowed By N. American Dip In Road
  • Banks Benefit From Online Services
  • Booming Firewall Market

Online Consumer Confidence Rising
After the horrendous attacks on September 11th, consumers snapped shut their pocketbooks. To many, it seemed almost disrespectful to the victims to go to the mall or log on to the Internet to purchase frivolities.

Web Development Reigns
Programmers are increasing the time they spend developing for the Internet and building Web services

AOL's Global Strategy Looks Grim
AOL Time Warner's efforts to grow business internationally are beginning to look as productive as growing rice in the desert.

Global Governments Go Online
According to a recent "E-government" report from World Markets Research Centre, conducted by Brown University, 28% of government websites in North America offer online services.

VCs Helped Create 7.6 Million Jobs Over 30 Years
VCs have helped launch U.S. companies that created 7.6 million jobs while generating $1.3 trillion in total revenue during past three decades.

Permission is key to email marketing
A new report from Forrester advises email marketers to provide relevant content in their messages, and to keep those messages short and reasonably infrequent.

84M in the US Will Plug Into Wireless Internet by 2005
Business Users Will Lead Wireless Data Usage; Consumer Adoption Forecast to Take Off in 2003

In-Building Wireless Infrastructure to Top $1B
The market for licensed in-building wireless infrastructure in publicly used buildings and areas is growing at 20% per year, and will exceed $1B for the period from 2002 through 2006.

Online Usage in U.S Dips in September
The number of online users in the U.S. fell slightly in September after climbing a bit in August.

Bad news on tap from Japan's chipmakers
Japan's 5 major chip and electronics conglomerates are set to unveil half-year results and fresh full-year earnings forecasts over the next 2 weeks, with the market bracing for more bad news as the global economy sags.

Tech Start-Ups Spend More On Marketing
A new study has found that high-tech B2B start-ups have increased their marketing spend, despite the economic downturn.

Web Attacks Doubled In Last Year
Attacks on web servers doubled in 2001 compared to 2000, and nearly 90 percent of companies surveyed have been infected with worms or viruses, despite having anti-virus software installed

Lower IT spending ahead
Worldwide spending on information technology is falling and likely to move sharply lower next year amid a global economic downturn.

U.S. e-commerce returning to pre-attack levels
In the five weeks following the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, online shopping almost rebounded to its pre-attack levels, although travel services continued to drag

Sifting for gold in Net data
Cash hungry online companies are turning to Web analytics, which organizes customer data collected through cookies and similar tools, to pull in extra revenue as market research.

IT Spend Up For Consumer Goods Firms
Over half of US consumer goods companies are set to increase their IT budgets next year.

Outsourcing Trends
A new study suggests that customers want multiple outsourcing partners--rather than one--in order to choose best-in-class service providers.

New Study Proves Financial Rewards of Customer Satisfaction
Analysis Shows How Customer Retention and Referrals Dramatically Impact Earnings Growth and Shareholder Value Over Time.

Wireless Pricing Bytes
Will the Carriers Ever Make Money from Wireless Data?

Worldwide IT Growth Slowed By N. American Dip In Road
Even before September, 2001 wasn't stacking up as one of the happier years in the IT industry

Banks Benefit From Online Services
New research from Celent Communications has found that cost savings are the major return on investment for banks that have invested in online financial services offerings

Booming Firewall Market
Cahners In-Stat finds that the September 11 attacks provided a definite boost to the security industry and projects booming firewall revenues through 2005.


E-PRODUCTS NEWS

  • IBM Unveils New Power-Saving Chip
  • Microsoft gives SQL Server more XML fluency
  • Panasonic debuts PianoDesk
  • Nokia's New Wonder Phone
  • Unisys Gets Best Score on SAP Benchmark
  • Sun to launch low-end servers
  • Two-Inch Computer Spy Keeps Tabs On Taps
  • Palm launches new OS developer program
  • Bell Microproducts offers off-the-shelf E-Z SAN
  • Four That Rewrite the Handheld Book
  • Microsoft finally opens curtain on Windows XP
  • Sharp launches ultra thin-and-light notebook
  • Handspring to unveil wireless handhelds
  • Dell Sidesteps Made-To-Order Strategy with $599 PC
  • Microsoft Bolsters Windows XP With Phone Capability
  • Sun to bundle iPlanet application server with Solaris
  • Digging Deep Digitally
  • Security flaw in Symantec's antivirus updater
  • Red Hat revamps Linux
  • IBM sued over hard drive quality
  • Hardware flaws hang some Cisco firewalls

IBM Unveils New Power-Saving Chip
IBM on is set to unveil a low-power mobile computer chip that it says consumes about a tenth as much power as its predecessors.

Microsoft gives SQL Server more XML fluency
At it's Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft quietly revealed an updated version of its SQLXML Web release add-on for the SQL Server 2000 database.

Panasonic debuts PianoDesk
Panasonic is coming out with the PianoDesk digital piano, a full 88-key instrument that offers built-in technology for digital networking and saves space by doubling as a desk.

Nokia's New Wonder Phone
Nokia has introduced a new all-in-one cell phone that does everything: Web, e-mail, FM radio, digital music and games. But guess what? It's not coming to the United States any time soon.

Unisys Gets Best Score on SAP Benchmark
Unisys posted the top result on the SAP benchmark for SAP's own e-business application using the Unisys ES7000 server with 32 Intel processors and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server.

Sun to launch low-end servers
Sun Microsystems Inc. said it would introduce entry-level network computers with its newest microchip to take on commodity servers running Microsoft Corp. Windows operating systems.

Two-Inch Computer Spy Keeps Tabs On Taps
A Chandler, Arizona-based startup says its KeyKatcher PC attachment a 2-inch-long plug can record 8 Kb to 64 Kb of keystroke data without requiring software or using any computer resources.

Palm launches new OS developer program
Snuggling up to its developers, Palm Inc. announced a new two-level Palm OS developer program, a new certifying program and online training courses.

Bell Microproducts offers off-the-shelf E-Z SAN
Aiming to simplify small to medium-size storage networking needs, Bell Microproducts announced the availability of a pre-configured SAN product.

Four That Rewrite the Handheld Book
There are two kinds of people in the world those who need a handheld organizer and those who haven't realized they do yet.

Microsoft finally opens curtain on Windows XP
Politicians, celebrities, IT executives, and a gospel choir joined Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates in Times Square Thursday for a glitzy launch for Windows XP.

Sharp launches ultra thin-and-light notebook
Sharp gave what it said was the thinnest, lightest notebook in the world its Singapore launch.

Handspring to unveil wireless handhelds
Delivering on promises to become more focused on wireless communications, Handspring plans to announce devices that combine a handheld organizer, a cell phone and Web browsing.

Dell Sidesteps Made-To-Order Strategy with $599 PC
Dell, which made its name by selling made-to-order computers directly to customers, took a small step away from that strategy by selling a ready-made PC with a much lighter price tag.

Microsoft Bolsters Windows XP With Phone Capability
Microsoft announced an update to its new Windows XP instant messaging system. The update, released prior to Windows XP's official October 25th selling date for the boxed version.

Sun to bundle iPlanet application server with Solaris
Sun plans to bundle the iPlanet Application Server with its flagship Solaris OS starting next year, a move that could benefit some users but may also bring Sun into conflict with at least one of its industry partners.

Digging Deep Digitally
Researchers at Columbia University are building digital tools to dig up facts about our past.

Security flaw in Symantec's antivirus updater
The tool used to update the virus definitions in Symantec Corp.'s antivirus products has a security hole that can allow hostile code to be downloaded to PCs.

Red Hat revamps Linux
Linux software leader Red Hat announced the availability of version 7.2 of the open-source operating system

IBM sued over hard drive quality
Michael Granito Jr. has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that IBM's Deskstar 75GXP hard drive contains "a uniform defect in the design" that causes the product to crash.

Hardware flaws hang some Cisco firewalls
Hardware flaws in some Cisco Systems firewalls for corporate central and branch offices have caused the systems to hang or shut themselves down and forced Cisco to replace the affected boxes.

 


E-SERVICES NEWS

  • Convergys Launches Integrated Customer Info Services
  • Expedia swoops past fee cuts
  • Voice-Recognition Abilities Added to New CRM System
  • E-Mail Meets Cellular
  • Wireless Internet Access Firm Mobilestar Suspending Work
  • Agency.com Angles for Traffic Analysis Business
  • Plumtree plans to empower portal users
  • Priceline launch in Asia may be delayed
  • Oracle extends support date for business applications
  • Wireless Networks Spreading to Local Areas
  • There's Money In The Air
  • First Consumers Bank Expands Online Credit Card Account Access
  • Sun Offers Factory Integration Services
  • Covad Clawing Its Way Out Of Bankruptcy
  • New Service May Open Net As Promotional Avenue For Music
  • Sega to charge for online network
  • Internet access readied for commercial vehicles
  • Oil Services Giant Builds IT Arm
  • Road Runner: We Don't Do Windows (XP)
  • How Mcafee.Com Is Cashing In On Viruses
  • Energy Firm Taps MAN Service

Convergys Launches Integrated Customer Info Services
Convergys, a provider of integrated billing and customer care services, has announced new customer service and tech support programs designed specifically for e-service providers.

Expedia swoops past fee cuts
For the second time, online travel agency Expedia has managed to sidestep losing fees from airlines that say they have stopped paying commissions on Internet fares.

Voice-Recognition Abilities Added to New CRM System
CRM software vendor Aspect Communications is adding voice-recognition technology to a customer self-service application that lets users access account information or pay bills by telephone.

E-Mail Meets Cellular
Sometimes phone lines are jammed, or it is too loud to hear, or talking in public seems inappropriate.

Wireless Internet Access Firm Mobilestar Suspending Work
MobileStar Network Corp., the wireless Internet access firm that was to hook up Starbucks stores, said it has suspended operations and is considering a sale of the company or other options.

Agency.com Angles for Traffic Analysis Business
The embattled interactive shop aims to branch out into a new area -- one already dominated by well-known players.

Plumtree plans to empower portal users
As a growing number of vendors prepare to duke it out for supremacy in the hot market for corporate portals, vendors are seeking to assure customers and partners of their long-term viability and financial strength.

Priceline launch in Asia may be delayed
The anticipated launch of the Priceline.com online travel service in Asia by the end of the year may be delayed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on the US.

Oracle extends support date for business applications
Responding to requests from its business applications user group, Oracle Corp. said that it's extending by six months the lifetime of its legacy suite of enterprise resource planning applications.

Wireless Networks Spreading to Local Areas
A wireless network linking computers via radio waves is rapidly spreading to local areas in Japan that do not have easy access to state-of-the-art broadband services.

There's Money In The Air
ATMs near you may soon accept cash-withdrawal requests via wireless devices.

First Consumers Bank Expands Online Credit Card Account Access
All of the big boys in the credit card business offer it: online access to customers' accounts.

Sun Offers Factory Integration Services
The computer giant wants to deliver customized systems spanning hardware, software, storage subsystems, racks, and cabling. Toward that end, Sun has launched the Floor Tile Ready integration program.

Covad Clawing Its Way Out Of Bankruptcy
Reduced monthly operating costs and increased customer acquisition helped Covad Communications weather the third quarter of 2001 and just might get them out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy trouble.

New Service May Open Net As Promotional Avenue For Music
Internet media-delivery company RealNetworks unveiled a new service designed to allow content owners to distribute promotional samples of music on the Web.

Sega to charge for online network
The online arm of Japanese game publisher Sega said it would begin charging $9.95 a month as of Nov. 1 for unlimited access to its online network for multiplayer video games.

Internet access readied for commercial vehicles
In - Vehicle wireless services will make a sharp turn to the business side when General Motors previews telematics in-vehicle computer and Internet service

Oil Services Giant Builds IT Arm
In the latest example of an oil services company looking to IT as a profit center, Schlumberger Ltd.'s managed services division will take over IT functions for Ecopetrol, Colombia's national oil company, later this year.

Road Runner: We Don't Do Windows (XP)
Windows XP, the highly anticipated and over-hyped new operating system by Microsoft Corp. released, is already off to a bad start with one member of the cable Internet industry.

How Mcafee.Com Is Cashing In On Viruses
Viruses such as SirCam, Code Red, and Nimda make most Web users cringe, but the breakouts mean dollar signs for McAfee.com.

Energy Firm Taps MAN Service
Calpine, has replaced the frame relay circuits that connect three offices to one another and to the Internet with an Ethernet metropolitan area network.


E-MARKETING

  • IAB Releases Media Glossary
  • Excite@Home turning away new customers
  • Labels to Pay Royalties for Online Music
  • Mobile Messaging Could be Effective Tool for Marketers
  • Microsoft sees big growth in Europe
  • Compaq Awarded $2 Billion Postal Service Contract
  • Sun Aims at Microsoft With Price Cuts
  • IBM lands $47M laptop deal
  • Intel Saying Goodbye To IntelPlay
  • Xbox hits the road
  • Aether Devices Walk D.C. Beat
  • Yo Quiero Xbox?
  • eBay extends to Singapore
  • Ad Filters May Spring Leaks
  • U.S. File Swappers Swell By 500 Percent
  • Oops, Britney Spears Does it Again in AOL Deal
  • Google mulls upscale subscriptions
  • Will Internet Advertising Business Ever Recover?
  • SAIC, SETA Win Defense Telecom Contracts
  • B2B Internet Startups Boost Marketing Efforts
  • Dell CEO sees consumer demand driving sales up

IAB Releases Media Glossary
The document is a first step toward the group's anticipated guidelines on ad measurement.

Excite@Home turning away new customers
Financially troubled broadband provider Excite@Home stopped accepting new subscribers, citing the bankrupt company's need to conserve cash.

Labels to Pay Royalties for Online Music
The world's major entertainment companies agreed to pay royalties to music publishers and songwriters on songs sold over the Internet.

Mobile Messaging Could be Effective Tool for Marketers
However, companies and consumers are reluctant to view wireless marketing projects favorably, after the early hype about the medium.

Microsoft sees big growth in Europe
Microsoft expects annual sales growth of 30 to 40 percent in the fast-growing market of Central and Eastern Europe in 2002.

Compaq Awarded $2 Billion Postal Service ContractCompaq Computer Corp. was awarded a contract worth up to $2 billion to supply the U.S. Postal Service with information technology products and services.

Sun Aims at Microsoft With Price Cuts
Sun offers deals to customers switching from Microsoft's Web software, amid security problems.

IBM lands $47M laptop deal
IBM Australia announced it has won a contract worth $47 million (A$92 million) to supply up to 40,000 notebooks to the Australian government.

Intel Saying Goodbye To IntelPlay
Santa Clara, Calif. based chip making giant sticking to the basics and phasing out the division that made its digital cameras, digital-audio players and toys.

Xbox hits the road
Microsoft will kick off a 40-city tour on Nov. 1 to give thousands of gamers across the United States their first taste of the Xbox game console, which goes on sale two weeks later

Aether Devices Walk D.C. Beat
Federal and local law enforcement agencies in the Washington area have accepted 90 handheld devices from Aether Systems Inc. to test the PocketBlue program for real-time wireless communication.

Yo Quiero Xbox?
Microsoft unveils its online campaign for its new video gaming system in partnership with Taco Bell.

eBay extends to Singapore
Online auction giant eBay announced the launch of eBay Singpore in an effort to enter new international markets.

Ad Filters May Spring Leaks
Publishers have been promised a new weapon to combat software that wipes advertisements off the Web, bringing a potential challenge to ad-free surfing.

U.S. File Swappers Swell By 500 Percent
Fueled by word of mouth and more than a few young men, file-swapping alternatives to Napster have experienced user growth of nearly 500 percent from March to August of this year

Oops, Britney Spears Does it Again in AOL Deal
America Online will market the ubiquitous pop princess across a slew of its online properties -- and will include AOL software on Spears' newest album.

Google mulls upscale subscriptions
Subscription versions of its popular search engine could target academic and corporate clients,

Will Internet Advertising Business Ever Recover?
A huge surge in traffic to Internet news sites beginning with the Sept. 11 attacks on America showed once again that the Web plays a big role along with television and newspapers in supplying news.

SAIC, SETA Win Defense Telecom Contracts
Science Applications International Corp.and SETA Corp. have each been awarded contracts, cumulatively valued at $3 billion, to integrate military and agency telecommunications systems

B2B Internet Startups Boost Marketing Efforts
But they're spending their budgets on online direct marketing, rather than media.

Dell CEO sees consumer demand driving sales up
Dell, Chief Executive Michael Dell said he expects consumer demand for personal computers to drive the company's sales higher in its fiscal fourth quarter.

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SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS
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  • American Airlines Deploys Wireless System To Monitor Cargo
  • New Applications Aimed At Managing Complex Orders
  • GM To Tap Covisint's Supply App
  • Squeezing Hungry Vendors
  • ChemConnect unveils new e-commerce negotiation tools and services
  • Ariba CEO attempts to divorce B2B label
  • Summing Up E-Marketplaces
  • 3Com Rallies Partners Against Cisco
  • Supply Chain Apps Target Complex Orders
  • E2Open Launches Standards Integration Service
  • Integrating Trading Partners
  • Collaboration software optimizes supply-chain processes
  • MultiMedia B2B Content Syndication
  • Auto Aftermarket Gets Self-Service Oomph
  • I2 Returns To Supply-Chain Roots
  • IT helping companies track, manage Cipro stockpile
  • Baan Catches ASP Fever
  • Internet, Auto Industry Learning to Get Along
  • Views differ on whether B2B exchanges viable
  • German railroad switches to Pegasus for in-house hotel reservations
  • Siebel Moves Forward With ERM Strategy
  • Web App Helps Bell Helicopter Cut Proposal Time
  • Goodyear Takes Ironside to Europe

American Airlines Deploys Wireless System To Monitor Cargo
American Airlines has deployed a wireless supply chain monitoring system developed by WhereNet in a pilot program at the carrier's Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Texas.

New Applications Aimed At Managing Complex Orders
Supply chain software vendors i2 Technologies and Yantra are readying rollouts of order management tools aimed at users with order fulfillment processes that rely on multiple suppliers.

GM To Tap Covisint's Supply App
General Motors said it has begun using Fulfillment, the supply chain management service offered by Covisint, the auto industry's e-marketplace.

Squeezing Hungry Vendors
Vendors are hungry for deals and are eager to make them, including through their reseller channel

ChemConnect unveils new e-commerce negotiation tools and services
ChemConnect, a provider of end-to-end e-commerce solution for buyers and sellers of chemicals and plastics, has revealed a range of online negotiation tools and services on its Exchange Floor

Ariba CEO attempts to divorce B2B label
CEO Robert Calderoni says he envisions Ariba software as a spending solution that gives financial officers a view of a company's entire spending practices.

Summing Up E-Marketplaces
Booz Allen & Hamilton, the international management and technology consulting firm, has released a report entitled "B2B Benchmark: The State of Electronic Exchanges."

3Com Rallies Partners Against Cisco
After running from Goliath in recent years, 3Com is finally ready to compete against Cisco Systems--again. of alternative gear from Cisco.

Supply Chain Apps Target Complex Orders
Supply chain software vendors i2 Technologies and Yantra are rolling out new order management tools aimed at users with order fulfillment processes that rely on multiple business units or suppliers.

E2Open Launches Standards Integration Service
Electronics exchange E2open kicked off the E2open Process Directory, an online register companies can use to share trading information.

Integrating Trading Partners
It is well known that buyers and suppliers have high hopes for utilizing the Internet to streamline trading partner relationships.

Collaboration software optimizes supply-chain processes
In a down economy, everyone is trying to figure out a way to be more efficient. That usually means examining the supply-chain process to drive costs out of the business.

MultiMedia B2B Content Syndication
Electronic publisher Swisscontent is working with Day, swiss based content management developer to develop a news content syndication service.

Auto Aftermarket Gets Self-Service Oomph
Corcentric has announced plans to introduce a Web-based customer service tool for aftermarket distributors that can be integrated into a manufacturer's or distributor's CRM application...

I2 Returns To Supply-Chain Roots
I2 hopes its new upgrade will appeal to current customers in manufacturing and attract new customers in the retail and financial-services industries.

IT helping companies track, manage Cipro stockpile
Rules-based IT systems are helping managed care providers and pharmaceutical fulfillment operations track and manage demand for the anthrax antibiotic Cipro, electronically flagging attempts to hoard the drug.

Baan Catches ASP Fever
Baan and OneNeck IT Services announced they have signed an agreement to offer iBaan, which includes a CRM product, under an application service provider model.

Internet, Auto Industry Learning to Get Along
Nearly half of automobile dealerships (48 percent) in the United States are using the Internet to purchase used vehicle inventory.

Views differ on whether B2B exchanges viable
Debate continues about the viability of B2B exchanges-online hubs that connect manufacturers, suppliers and retailers of virtually every product we wear, eat and drink.

German railroad switches to Pegasus for in-house hotel reservations
German railway Deutsche Bahn will use a system from Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions to make hotel reservations for its employees who travel for business

Siebel Moves Forward With ERM Strategy
Siebel Systems Inc. announced a host of new partnerships designed to speed market acceptance of its employee relationship management applications.

Web App Helps Bell Helicopter Cut Proposal Time
Bell Helicopter has rolled out a Web-based proposal management app in a bid to respond more quickly to requests for information issued by overseas governments.

Goodyear Takes Ironside to Europe
Order management for 7,500 dealers at world's largest tire company


CONTENT, PORTALS & COMMUNITY

  • E-mail has come a long way in 30 years
  • Anthrax Scare Could Boost E-mail Use
  • The Real Dot-Com History - Not For Sale
  • E-signatures slow to gain ground
  • High-Tech Pay Practices Under Review
  • AOL, Yahoo!, MSN Accept Voluntary Content Regulation
  • Small search site finds profit
  • Air Force Using BroadVision For Portal
  • FirstGov Handles Millions of Web Hits After Attacks
  • Home videos star in online attack coverage
  • Pressure and Problems Cloud E911 Prospects
  • Canadian Bank Moves to Centralize Online Authentication
  • Interest in Telecommuting Grows After the Attacks
  • Ford cancels computer giveaway program
  • Havana Online
  • Publicity Machine Cranks up for AOL 7.0 Debut
  • .movie coming to a Web site near you
  • Anthrax Scares Up More E-Mail Use
  • Clothing Sales To Drive Strong E-tail Holiday
  • Major League Plays 'Cache' On Web
  • Job loss Figures Rival Worst Of '90-91 Recession
  • IT companies unlikely to meet FY 2001 H-1B visa cap

E-mail has come a long way in 30 years
Thirty years ago, a simple message launched a revolution in the history of human communications.

Anthrax Scare Could Boost E-mail Use
Reluctantly, online direct marketers report increased attention from clients.

The Real Dot-Com History - Not For Sale
Some weeks back, a Webvan stock certificate sold for US$500. The sale caused a minor stir, since the stock itself was worth something like 14 cents at the time.

E-signatures slow to gain ground
Corporations looking to implement electronic signature networks face formidable challenges.

High-Tech Pay Practices Under Review
ExecuComp Consulting Group has initiated a program with an on-line tool with current and comparative stock and competitive pay intelligence.

AOL, Yahoo!, MSN Accept Voluntary Content Regulation
The ICRA hopes that participation by the three leading content Web sites will induce other organizations to follow, particularly in the area of pornography.

Small search site finds profit
FindWhat.com, a small Internet search engine that features paid listings, Monday reported strong sales and earnings growth and increased its guidance for the future.

Air Force Using BroadVision For Portal
BroadVision Inc. announced that the U.S. Air Force was installing the company's software to power an information portal for the agency.

FirstGov Handles Millions of Web Hits After Attacks
Like a seismograph needle during an earthquake, the activity on FirstGov, the General Services Administrationís portal to government Web sites, posted a sharp spike during last monthís terrorist attacks.

Home videos star in online attack coverage
TV networks have long turned to amateur video, a practice that was in full force after terrorist attacks last month that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.

Pressure and Problems Cloud E911 Prospects
The number of emergency calls made from mobile phones is rising, the public's consciousness of cell phones in emergency situations has been significantly elevated since September 11th.

Canadian Bank Moves to Centralize Online Authentication
Fears about online fraud are prompting Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to invest about $30 million in a three-year project to install common user authentication software for its various business units.

Interest in Telecommuting Grows After the Attacks
For years employees have pleaded for the chance to work at home, far away from traffic congestion and office politics, with only moderate success.

Ford cancels computer giveaway program
Ford Motor, in a sign of its changing fortunes, said that it was canceling plans to equip all of its employees with free personal computers and printers.

Havana Online
In Cuba, black market Internet access makes it easier for prostitutes to get connected than doctors.

Publicity Machine Cranks up for AOL 7.0 Debut
With all the fanfare of the fall television show debuts, AOL, is rolling out its latest version, AOL 7.0, just one day after rival Microsoft debuted its new broadband services and one day before AOL's parent company,

.movie coming to a Web site near you
New.net, an Internet start-up aiming to speed up the domain-name registration process, has released a new domain name suffix, ending in .movie.

Anthrax Scares Up More E-Mail Use
Be careful when opening any suspicious mail. That was the warning even before the recent terrorist attacks only then the warnings were about e-mail messages.

Clothing Sales To Drive Strong E-tail Holiday
While recent spending estimates call for e-commerce to grow, they also signal the end of the triple-digit expansion the industry once enjoyed.

Major League Plays 'Cache' On Web
As the postseason advances, Major League Baseball is making a major push with online streaming technology, audio broadcasting, real-time relay of game stats and other Web content.

Job loss Figures Rival Worst Of '90-91 Recession
The number of Massachusetts workers losing their jobs in October appears to be challenging the worst month of the 1990-91 recession.

IT companies unlikely to meet FY 2001 H-1B visa cap
INS is expected to release statistics any day showing that U.S. business didn't gobble up all the H-1B visas available to them in the fiscal year that ended

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GOVERNANCE & GOING GLOBAL

  • U.S. Green-Lights Nationwide Satellite Service Launch
  • Terror Bill Clears Senate
  • House members offer comprehensive privacy measure
  • FCC says long-distance access rules OK
  • Net Security Beefed Up to Thwart Possible Cyberterrorism
  • Terror Bill Limits Gambling, Too
  • FCC, Bells Spar Over Rates Before High Court
  • China replaces Web site barriers
  • FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack
  • U.S. Raids Could Give More Pain to Indian IT Firms
  • White House Asks Companies For Help With New Government Computer Network
  • White House seeking priority wireless access for military, emergency crews
  • Lobbyist Expresses Concern Over Betting Ban Proponents
  • The End of E-Business as We Know It?
  • U.S. Plans New Cellular System
  • Auction Of Defense Department Spectrum Delayed Until 2004
  • Agencies Scrub Web Sites Of Sensitive Chemical Data
  • MPAA, RIAA Sue File-Sharers
  • Patriot Act puts privacy at risk
  • EU Going The Extra Mile For Broadband
  • Democrats Propose an e-Congress
  • NextWave Deal will be Difficult
  • Hotels Having Problems, Too

U.S. Green-Lights Nationwide Satellite Service Launch
A ruling by the FCC has opened the door for mobile satellite communications provider COMSAT Mobile Communications to launch nationwide service throughout the US.

Terror Bill Clears Senate
There's no need to add additional privacy protections to a anti - terrorism bill, say U.S. senators. The Senate votes 96-1 for the USA Act.

House members offer comprehensive privacy measure
A U.S. House committee offered up a set of baseline privacy rules that companies would be required to follow in both online and off-line transactions, a plan that drew mixed reviews from those involved in the issue.

FCC says long-distance access rules OK
Long distance telephone companies were not entitled to refuse reasonable requests for service and subsequent charges from smaller telephone companies.

Net Security Beefed Up to Thwart Possible Cyberterrorism
Power providers, phone companies and other firms that run the nation's infrastructure are quietly stepping up Internet security to prepare for potential cyberterrorism.

Terror Bill Limits Gambling, Too
The Financial Anti-Terrorism Act, approved by a House committee, prohibits banks from accepting money that would be used for online gambling.

FCC, Bells Spar Over Rates Before High Court
Federal regulators squared off against dominant local telephone companies before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing over the formula for determining rates the bigger players charge rivals for access to local networks.

China replaces Web site barriers
China's lifting of blocks on the Web sites of several foreign news organizations for a weekend Asia-Pacific summit attended by President Bush proved temporary: They were back in place Monday.

FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack
The FBI issues a warning on its website that more terrorist attacks may occur soon. The name of the file? 'Skyfall.'

U.S. Raids Could Give More Pain to Indian IT Firms
India's once-booming software sector, already screeching to a crawl due to the U.S. recession and the attacks on New York and Washington, may be hit again by the U.S.-led air strikes on Afghanistan.

White House Asks Companies For Help With New Government Computer Network
After one day on the job, the president's cyberspace security adviser asked computer companies to help design a new secure telecommunications network for government use.

White House seeking priority wireless access for military, emergency crews
The Bush administration's new Cyberspace Security Advisor wants cellular carriers to provide military and civilian leaders, as well as emergency crews, with priority access to cellular networks.

Lobbyist Expresses Concern Over Betting Ban Proponents
Casino lobbyist is worried that an Internet gambling provision in a bill could serve as a vehicle to prohibit Nevada sports books from taking bets on college sports.

The End of E-Business as We Know It?
Not likely, experts say, but as the Internet tax moratorium expires, a level playing field is created for the first time and state and local governments will be freed to impose new taxes on dot coms.

U.S. Plans New Cellular System
The White House plans to assign emergency crews and government officials special access codes that will give them priority on the nation's cellular system.

Auction Of Defense Department Spectrum Delayed Until 2004
The federal government has postponed any auction of Defense Department spectrum until 2004 and will study other federal bands for commercial 3G use.

Agencies Scrub Web Sites Of Sensitive Chemical Data
Some federal agencies have been removing documents from Internet sites to keep them away from terrorists, rekindling concerns that important information is being withheld from communities at risk from hazardous chemicals.

MPAA, RIAA Sue File-Sharers
It was only a matter of time for the commencement of litigation some call "Napster: Part 2."

Patriot Act puts privacy at risk
Civil rights advocates criticize the 'sweeping' surveillance powers contained in the USA Patriot Act, which expands law enforcement powers to track Net usage.

EU Going The Extra Mile For Broadband
Ten months after the European Union opened up the last mile of telephone lines to competition, Internet broadband access is starting to take off in most member states.

Democrats Propose an e-Congress
After the shut down of House of Representatives for five days and congressional offices, the idea of convening Congress on the Internet instead of on Capitol Hill is turning from impossible to intriguing

NextWave Deal will be Difficult
The Federal Communications Commission chairman said Tuesday it will be difficult for the government to settle its long court fight with bankrupt NextWave over cellular service in large U.S. cities.

Hotels Having Problems, Too
Chain hotels may find it easier than independent or franchise hotels to do the kinds of security screens the FAA is considering for the airlines.


PARTNERS & DEALS

  • Is EMC a takeover target?
  • Red Hat in Web software deal
  • Storage worlds collide
  • NBC to Buy Spanish Network Telemundo
  • HP to challenge sale of Comdisco unit to SunGard
  • Toshiba may abandon memory chips
  • A Bell Split?
  • Users, Analysts More Positive Regarding HP/Compaq Merger
  • Qualcomm, Airvana in high-speed deal
  • Musicmaker.com Buys Stake in Liquid Audio
  • Yahoo!, Sony Flesh Out Movie Marketing Details
  • Compaq's surprise partner
  • EBay, Half.com to Combine Faster
  • RIAA, Songwriters Clear Away Music-Subscription Hurdles
  • Phone mergers unlikely
  • Comcast Gets Real
  • AOL Signs Up 3 More Internet Providers to Use Cable System
  • Compaq "Takes Over" Yahoo! Home Page
  • Vordel teams up with beTrusted to secure Web services
  • NetRatings buys Jupiter Media Metrix
  • Big guns take control of Net2Phone
  • Nortel, IBM join on call center and VoIP systems

Is EMC a takeover target?
In an industry where executives like to name their products Thunder, Lightning and Shark, competition has always been treacherous.

Red Hat in Web software deal
Rackspace, a company that hosts Web sites for small- and medium-sized businesses, has signed a partnership to use Red Hat's e-commerce software,

Storage worlds collide
Dominant Planets in the storage galaxy aligned when a partnership deal saw EMC and Dell lock orbits and the gravitational pull intensifying between storage allies Hitachi and Sun.

NBC to Buy Spanish Network Telemundo
NBC announced that it is acquiring Telemundo Communications Group Inc., the nation's second-largest Spanish-language television broadcaster, in a deal valued at $2.7 billion.

HP to challenge sale of Comdisco unit to SunGard
Hewlett-Packard Co. said it plans to challenge Comdisco Inc.'s decision to sell its disaster recovery unit to SunGard Data Systems, saying the deal would be anticompetitive.

Toshiba may abandon memory chips
Toshiba President Tadashi Okamura said that the company would consider withdrawing from or selling off its dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip business if talks to form a joint venture fail.

A Bell Split?
Convinced of their failure to gain headway in local calling markets, upstart telecom companies are pushing a radical plan: Split Verizon and each of the other remnants of Ma Bell into two companies.

Users, Analysts More Positive Regarding HP/Compaq Merger
Reaction from several users and analysts at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is somewhat improved from five weeks ago, when HP and Compaq announced their merger plans.

Qualcomm, Airvana in high-speed deal
Qualcomm said it had signed a multimillion-dollar license deal with Airvana, a maker of radio access network equipment, to develop a high-speed data transmission equipment for cellular wireless services.

Musicmaker.com Buys Stake in Liquid Audio
Musicmaker, a defunct Internet music company formerly based in Reston, and other investors purchased a 6.3 percent stake in Liquid Audio Inc. of Redwood City, Calif.

Yahoo!, Sony Flesh Out Movie Marketing Details
As the Web portal reels from slipping ad revenue, it aims to make good on its promise of "personalized and compelling" campaigns for clients.

Compaq's surprise partner
PC giant quietly subcontracts work to IBM as part of $1B U.S. Postal Service contract.

EBay, Half.com to Combine Faster
EBay and Half.com, will be combined more closely and faster than originally expected, forcing Pennsylvania-based Half to lay off 13 percent of its work force.

RIAA, Songwriters Clear Away Music-Subscription Hurdles
Trade associations representing record companies and music publishers and songwriters said that they have reached a licensing agreement that will open the floodgates on Internet music-subscription services.

Phone mergers unlikely
WorldCom said that due to regulatory hurdles, any merger with a Baby Bell would be years away--if ever.

Comcast Gets Real
Cable TV and broadband ISP seeks out a real-world marketing presence and signs a deal with electronics chain store retailer Best Buy.

AOL Signs Up 3 More Internet Providers to Use Cable System
AOL moving to meet federal requirements, has lined up three more rival Internet service providers to offer online services over its Time Warner cable system throughout the nation.

Compaq "Takes Over" Yahoo! Home Page
In the latest example of the more-intrusive advertising technology being deployed on the Internet, a Compaq iPAQ handheld computer will whirl around over Yahoo!'s home page

Vordel teams up with beTrusted to secure Web services
Betrusted, the e-security business of PricewaterhouseCoopers, joined forces this week with security vendor Vordel in an alliance designed to enable secure Web services within an enterprise.

NetRatings buys Jupiter Media Metrix
NetRatings said it agreed to buy rival Internet research firm Jupiter Media Metrix for $71.2 million, in a deal that more than doubles its client base

Big guns take control of Net2Phone
A consortium led by US telco IDT, which includes AT&T and cable television company Liberty Media, has taken a majority stake in Web telephony provider Net2Phone.

Nortel, IBM join on call center and VoIP systems
In a move that one analyst described as "a break" for Nortel, the networking company and IBM announced that they would use and cross-market technologies for voice over IP phone systems and call


MOVERS & SHAKERS

  • Dream of Clean Desktop Gets Messy
  • Yahoo!, MSN Spar Over Traffic Figures
  • British ISP cuts off virus-spreading users
  • Yahoo!, MSN Battle Over Traffic Figures
  • AT&T Wireless pulls plug on fixed wireless
  • Fiorina, Capellas Hard-selling HP/Compaq Deal
  • Verizon Wireless Wins SMS Spam Case
  • .biz back in business
  • Judge Bars Lottery for ".biz" Web Addresses
  • Arena Set For AOL/MSN Video-on-Demand Brawl
  • Applied Materials starts VC fund
  • MS, Prosecutors Set for Talks
  • E*Trade diversity helps in downturn
  • Fake Internet Cipro Ads Spur Concern Among Government
  • New Yahoo Threat to Microsoft
  • What Webvan Could Have Learned from Tesco
  • Hacker Cracks Microsoft Anti-Piracy Software
  • Flawed Patch Pulled by Microsoft
  • Supreme Court Rebuffs Microsoft Appeal
  • Intel countersues Via over U.S. patents
  • Flooz, 'Currency' No Longer Good
  • Treasury Dept. Unit Notes Rise In ID Theft, Hacking

Dream of Clean Desktop Gets Messy
Having found that consumers like a clean screen, Microsoft decided to give Windows XP an icon-free desktop. But most computer makers, whom tech companies pay to strut their wares, will clutter it up anyway.

Yahoo!, MSN Spar Over Traffic Figures
As advertising dollars continue remaining elusive, two of the biggest players in online media MSN and Yahoo! are trading veiled jabs over the accuracy of each other's claim to be the dominant portal.

British ISP cuts off virus-spreading users
British Internet users who fail to protect their machines against virulent computer viruses such as Nimda could have their Internet connections suspended by their Internet service provider.

Yahoo!, MSN Battle Over Traffic Figures
Besides having posted dismal earnings for the third quarter, Sunnyvale, California-based Web portal Yahoo! may have slipped behind rival MSN, a unit of Microsoft.

AT&T Wireless pulls plug on fixed wireless
AT&T posted solid third-quarter results, helped by an increase in subscribers and use, but said it will exit the fixed wireless business in the fourth quarter and take a related pretax charge of $1.3 billion.

Fiorina, Capellas Hard-selling HP/Compaq Deal
Embattled CEOs Carly Fiorina of HP and Michael Capellas of Compaq are still hard-selling the proposed stock-swap merger between their two firms, a deal that has lost about $5 billion in value since it was unveiled last month.

Verizon Wireless Wins SMS Spam Case
Verizon Wireless emerged the victor from what could be one of the country's first cases of wireless spamming.

.biz back in business
NeuLevel, the company in charge of .biz name allocation, clears a legal hurdle in its court case over the new Net address.

Judge Bars Lottery for ".biz" Web Addresses
A Los Angeles judge has blocked a lottery intended to pick the winners of contested ".biz" Internet addresses.

Arena Set For AOL/MSN Video-on-Demand Brawl
The largest and second-largest ISPs in the nation are working out and working up their broadband content and inventory for the hearts and minds of video-on-demand users.

Applied Materials starts VC fund
Applied Materials said that it's creating a VC fund to invest in companies trying to develop alternative manufacturing methods for semiconductors and optical communications components.

MS, Prosecutors Set for Talks
Microsoft and the government, under pressure from a judge to settle, make little progress despite two weeks of nonstop negotiations and face the intervention of a mediator.

E*Trade diversity helps in downturn
E*Trade's move to diversify its business looks like it is paying off, but the company isn't in the clear just yet.

Fake Internet Cipro Ads Spur Concern Among Government
A campaign is being launched to keep unscrupulous online marketers from duping consumers seeking to get the drug any way they can.

New Yahoo Threat to Microsoft
Yahoo fired a volley at rival Microsoft by unveiling downloadable software that allows users to replace an array of Microsoft operating system and browser features with its own.

What Webvan Could Have Learned from Tesco
Inspiration came to Louis H. Borders back in 1997 when reportedly opening a package of Japanese spices and specialty foods he had ordered from a catalog.

Hacker Cracks Microsoft Anti-Piracy Software
A piece of software being distributed anonymously online has successfully cracked part of Microsoft's anti-piracy technology, the centerpiece of much of the giant's recent forays into the audio and video world.

Flawed Patch Pulled by Microsoft
After receiving reports of errors resulting from the installation of a patch, Microsoft has pulled the patch to fix the problem.

Supreme Court Rebuffs Microsoft Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear Microsoft's appeal to overturn a lower court's ruling that the software behemoth violated antitrust laws.

Intel countersues Via over U.S. patents
Intel has escalated its legal war with Via Technologies by filing a countersuit, alleging that Via infringes on U.S. patents for processors.

Flooz, 'Currency' No Longer Good
Flooz customers collectively hold $12.9 million in the redeemable currency but have no chance of turning their flooz certificates into greenbacks

Treasury Dept. Unit Notes Rise In ID Theft, Hacking
Identity theft and computer intrusion continue to hit the nation's financial institutions at rising levels.

 

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