EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from December 1999

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from December 1999

STUDY FINDS 56 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES SURVEYED SHOP ONLINE FROM WORK.(Elron Software survey)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 6, 1999... Excessive Online Shopping At Work Effects Productivity, Network Performance Not only does an independent study commissioned by Elron Software find 56 percent of employees surveyed shop online while at work, nearly one out of five employees...

Internet Toy Sales Push Online Spending To $274M In One Week.(survey on Internet shopping for week of Nov 15-21, 1999)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
December 6, 1999... Internet users significantly increased online buying last month with toy sales posting their strongest showing this year, according to the latest figures from an ongoing weekly study by Goldman Sachs and PC Data Online. Internet shoppers spent...

PSINET, CISCO TEAM UP TO OFFER ADVANCED END-TO-END NET ACCESS SOLUTIONS.(PSINet's dedicated, shared, and wireless access services based on Cisco Systems' 12000 series Gigabit Switch Router)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 6, 1999... Dedicated, Shared, Wireless Access Services Based On Cisco 12000 Gigabit Switch Router Big Herndon, Va.-based Internet services provider (ISP) PSINet and networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. are teaming up to offer a variety of secure,...

FORTUNE 500 FIRMS VALIDATE COST SAVINGS OF BOOMING OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING MARKET.(IT outsourcing)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 6, 1999... Choosing An Offshore Vendor Is No Longer Just A Simple Cost Reduction Issue According to recent statistics from India-based software association NASSCOM, 203 companies among the Fortune 500 currently outsource application development to...

MARKET RESEARCH.(report on sales force automation software revenue boost by 2003)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 6, 1999... Sales Force Automation Software Market Expected To Hit $5 Billion By 2003 Fueled by the Internet and the increasing popularity of customer relationship management, sales force automation (SFA) software revenues are about to take a quantum...

Microsoft, NEON Forge Deal To Enhance E-Commerce Integration.(New Era of Networks)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 6, 1999... Microsoft Corp. and New Era of Networks Inc. (NEON) announced a pact to jointly enhance and market e-commerce integration solutions based on Microsoft platforms and NEON's e-commerce Integration product. NEON is endorsing the Microsoft BizTalk...

COMPAQ INTROS CONSUMER WEB PC WITH SUPERFAST 750MHz ATHLON PROCESSOR.(Presario 5900Z Internet PC)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 6, 1999... Compaq Computer Corp. last week announced availability of its new Presario 5900Z Internet PC powered by the 750 MHz AMD Athlon, currently the world's fastest PC processor. Starting at $2,299 with a 17" monitor, the 5900Z is available...

SHARP TARGETS SMALL- TO MID-SIZE BUSINESS MARKET WITH NEW OFFICE PRODUCTS WEB SITE.(Sharp Document & Network Systems of America)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 6, 1999... Sharp Document & Network Systems of America has launched a new e- commerce Web site in cooperation with Sharp retailer Today's Merchandising Inc. to sell digital office products via the Internet. The SharpOffice eStore (www.sharpoffice.com)...

UNISYS 8-WAY NT SERVER ACHIEVES WORLD RECORD FOR EXCHANGE SERVER PERFORMANCE.(e-@ction Enterprise Server ES5085R)(Product Information)
December 6, 1999... Unisys Corp. bragged last week that its e-@ction Enterprise Server ES5085R supports the highest amount of Microsoft Exchange electronic mail traffic ever measured on any server. The ES5085R, which achieved an Exchange MAPI Messaging...

Tool Uses Web To Automatically Update Java Applications.(THWT Software's JavaRunner)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 6, 1999... Atlanta-based THWT Software has just released JavaRunner, a development tool that automatically updates Java applications as new versions are released. The product is available at THWT's e-commerce Web site: www.JavaToolShed.com. "As a...

SEGMENTATION PLAYS CRITICAL ROLE IN LUCRATIVE SOFTWARE VENDOR PARTNERING PROGRAMS.(International Data study)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 6, 1999... But Traditional Segmentation Methodology Can Yield Mistaken Notions Of Market Technical training, lead generation programs, and affinity programs are "critical areas for partner program investment" for technology vendors targeting the...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.
December 6, 1999... Paras Gupta was named President and CEO of @Manage, a Sunnyvale, Calif., application service provider (ASP). Gupta was co-founder and CEO of Unify Consulting Group Inc. Prior to UCG, he was with Exodus Communications as a senior systems...

SGI INTRODUCES LINUX VERSION OF INDUSTRY-LEADING VISUAL SIMULATION API.(IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux application development software)(Product Announcement)
December 6, 1999... IRIS Performer 2.3 Real-Time Rendering Toolkit For Linux Available Free Workstation maker SGI has announced immediate availability of IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux, a real-time rendering toolkit for Intel processor-based systems running...

HYUNDAI LICENSES PHONE.COM MICROBROWSER FOR KOREAN MOBILE PHONE USERS.(Phone.com's UP.Browser, Hyundai's CDMA phones)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 6, 1999... Hyundai (HEI) of Korea plans to license the Phone.com UP.Browser WAP- compatible microbrowser for use in its CDMA phones. A licensing pact announced last week enables HEI to embed Phone.com's (Redwood City, Calif.) UP.Browser in CDMA phones...

INFO TECH STARTING SALARIES EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 6.8 PERCENT OVERALL IN 2000.
December 13, 1999... Average Starting Salaries For Systems Integration Specialists Will Rise 17 Percent Over 1999 Information technology (IT) professionals can expect starting salaries in 2000 to increase an average of 6.8 percent over 1999. And while next...

Online Credit Card Transactions More Than Doubled In Past Year.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 13, 1999... The number of US adults using credit cards to purchase goods and services online more than doubled between 1998 and 1999, according to figures from Cyber Dialogue. By the third quarter of 1999, 19.2 million adults used their credit cards to...

REALNETWORKS, WEBGLIDE TEAM UP TO MARKET PRODUCT THAT STREAMS HIGH- QUALITY 'CGV'.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... 'Utopia' Enables Enhanced Media Experiences At 1/20th The Bandwidth Of Compressed Video In a move they predict will bring the benefits of high-quality computer generated video (CGV) to millions of consumers, Web media delivery specialist...

SANDIA'S 'GARAGE' COMPUTER NOW RANKED 44TH AMONG 500 LARGEST SUPERCOMPUTERS.(Government Activity)
December 13, 1999... Among the 500 listings of the world's fastest supercomputers is a peculiar entry at number forty-four. Rather than the familiar manufacturing names -- Intel, IBM, Cray-SGI, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and so on -- that occupy all other spots on the Top...

REDBACK NETWORKS SPENDS $4.3 BILLION TO ACQUIRE NET SOFTWARE MAKER SIARA.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... Buy Will Extend Redback's Solutions For Access & Services Market Redback Networks Inc. is buying Siara Systems of Mountain View, Calif., in a deal valued at $4.3 billion. With the addition of Siara's product portfolio and network...

Money Magazine Poll Finds Web Investors Achieve Only Modest Results.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
December 13, 1999... Returns from dotcom investing don't necessarily equal the cyber-hype, according to a recent Money Magazine survey conducted by E-Poll.com. The survey asked 1,338 Web users about their finances. Two-thirds were investors and a quarter of that...

NEW CACI ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SOLUTION TO INCLUDE DUN & BRADSTREET BUSINESS INFORMATION.(Product Announcement)
December 13, 1999... CACI, an Arlington, Va., developer of computer systems and software for government and commercial customers, and business information provider Dun & Bradstreet last week introduced a solution for government procurement professionals designed to...

MARKET RESEARCH.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... 'Internet Everywhere' In The Home Will Spur Residential Gateway Market Explosion Bringing Internet connectivity throughout the household will push the emerging market for residential gateway (RG) hardware to $4.7 billion worldwide by 2005,...

Raytheon Taps CSC For IT Outsourcing; 300 Workers To Be Offered Jobs At CSC.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... IT services provider Computer Sciences Corp. has just landed a multi- year information technology outsourcing contract from Raytheon Co., the nation's third-largest defense contractor. CSC values the deal at $65 million a year for an...

PARASOFT DEBUTS 'JTEST' UNIT TESTING TOOL AT JAVA BUSINESS CONFERENCE.(Product Announcement)
December 13, 1999... ParaSoft of Monrovia, Calif., showed off its new Jtest tool last week at the Java Business Conference in New York City. Jtest is an automatic unit testing tool for Java. Through 2004, US companies are expected to adopt Java quicker than...

AMS, ARIBA TEAM UP TO LAUNCH ELEC. MARKETPLACE FOR STATE, LOCAL GOVT.S.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... ORMX-Based Buysense.com Connects State & Local Govt. Buyers And Sellers Online American Management Systems, a Fairfax, Va., business and information technology consulting firm with a long list of government clients, and Ariba Inc., a...

NETREACH, ELITY TEAM UP TO OFFER ECOMMERCE SITE PERSONALIZATION FEATURES.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... NetReach Inc. and Elity Systems announced a teaming agreement to bundle their products and offer an integrated solution to customers seeking personalization features on e-commerce websites. The partnership will allow NetReach to offer more...

Sybase Licenses Security Technology From Certicom.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 13, 1999... Sybase Inc. has just licensed security software from Certicom Corp., a Hayward, Calif., provider of encryption technology. The two firms say they will announce more details of the relationship in conjunction with future Sybase product...

CARNEGIE MELLON ROBOT HEADS TO ANTARCTICA TO SEARCH AUTONOMOUSLY FOR METEORITES.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute is preparing to ship a robot to Antarctica to autonomously search for meteorites. The robot, named Nomad, will use advanced autonomy technology and a suite of science...

Sun, eOnline Team To Sell/Deliver SAP Enterprise Apps Via Internet, VPNs.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... Sun Microsystems Inc. and eOnline, an SAP certified application service provider (ASP), have announced a pact to bring SAP inter-enterprise software solutions to mid- and large-sized companies via the Web. Under a deal valued at more than $90...

DYNCORP TO BUY GTE'S GOVT. IT UNIT; BUY EXPANDS OUTSOURCER'S IT CAPABILITIES, MARKETS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 13, 1999... Reston, Va.-based outsourcing firm DynCorp is buying GTE Corp. subsidiary GTE Information Systems LLC (GTE-IS), a Chantilly, Va., provider of integrated telecom services and IT solutions to US and foreign governments, state and local...

UNISYS ENTERS INTERACTIVE VIDEO SERVICES MARKET WITH NEW VIDEO ON DEMAND SOLUTION.(e-@ction Interactive Television Services)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 20, 1999... Initial NT-Based Video On Demand Offering Sends Up To 7,200 Concurrent Video Streams Unisys Corp. last week released details on its upcoming e-@ction Interactive Television Services solutions, advanced electronic business offerings that...

COMPAQ, CONCENTRIC TARGET BUSINESS USERS WITH INTEGRATED INTERNET SERVICES PACKAGE.(Concentric Network and Compaq target small business with Compaq.NET for Business)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 20, 1999... Small Business-Focused Solution Provides Custom Configured Internet Access, Email And Hosting Web hosting, DSL, and e-commerce services provider Concentric Network Corp. and big PC maker Compaq Computer Corp. are partnering to deliver an...

Broadbase Buys Automated Online Marketing Software Maker Rubric For $331 Million.(Broadbase Software)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 20, 1999... Broadbase Software Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif., maker of software for integrating and analyzing customer data, is buying privately- held Rubric Inc. for $331 million in order to gain access to Rubric's software for automating online marketing....

CREATIVE, COREL PLAN TO MAKE LINUX OS, APPS CONSUMER-FRIENDLY WITH AUDIO, VIDEO.(Creative Technology and Corel will develop video and audio software for Linux)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 20, 1999... Alliance Brings Sound Blaster Solutions Support To Corel Linux OS and Applications Creative Technology Ltd., a popular provider of multimedia solutions for personal entertainment and productivity, and Canada's Corel Corp., publisher of...

EAI, GM COLLABORATE ON NEW IMMERSIVE HUMAN-SCALE VISUALIZATION SOLUTION.(the VisConcept visualization software for viewing virtual product designs)(Product Announcement)
December 20, 1999... EAI formally unveiled VisConcept last week, a solution for human- scale viewing and analysis of virtual product designs. Developed in close collaboration with big auto maker General Motors, VisConcept allows 1:1 -- or human-scale --...

Puma Pays $370 Million In Stock For NetMind's 'Content Alert' Technology.(Puma Technology acquires NetMind Technologies)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 20, 1999... Puma Technology Inc. is acquiring NetMind Technologies of Campbell, Calif., for about $370 million in stock. Puma says it is buying NetMind for its software that alerts Internet users to content. San Jose-based Puma plans to integrate the...

MARKET RESEARCH.(Computer Sciences' 12th annual Critical Issues of Information Systems Management Study)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 20, 1999... E-Biz, Info Security Critical Technologies For Government, Public Sector For chief information officers from government agencies and the public sector around the world, e-business and information security are the most critical technology...

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILS WIRELESS SOLUTION FOR BLUETOOTH APPLICATIONS.(Lucent Technologies' W7020 chipset for wireless information sharing between personal communications devices)(Product Announcement)
December 20, 1999... Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group, a maker of communications semiconductors, last week announced its first integrated Bluetooth chipset solution. Designed to enable wireless information sharing between personal communications devices...

FIRMS TEAM UP TO ACCELERATE ENTERPRISE JAVA APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR NET APPLIANCES.(Bluestone Software, Cyrus Intersoft, Espial Group, PointBase and Psion)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 20, 1999... Bluestone, Cyrus, PointBase, Psion, Espial Push For Adoption Of Java Apps on Mobile Devices Five leading Java tool and application software companies announced an ambitious initiative earlier this month to accelerate adoption of enterprise...

Triple DES Is Now A Federal Standard.(the National Institute of Standards and Technology's revised Data Encryption Standard)(Technology Information)
December 20, 1999... Following a recommendation from the federal government's National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Secretary of Commerce has revised the Data Encryption Standard, which federal agencies and others use to scramble sensitive...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(News Briefs)(People)
December 20, 1999... Sabre named William Hannigan President and CEO. Hannigan, formerly president of SBC Global Markets, is a 20-year technology services veteran. Sabre operates the world's largest computer- based travel reservations system. AdKnowledge of...

CNN SELECTS NDS Edirectory TO DELIVER PERSONALIZED CONTENT TO INTERNET USERS.(CNN Interactive will use Novell Directory Services eDirectory software)(Product Information)
December 20, 1999... CNN Interactive has selected Novell's NDS eDirectory to support delivery of personalized content to its millions of worldwide users. The Novell software will enable CNN Interactive to store interests and preferences of visitors to its Web site...

MERCURY COMPUTER SELLS SHARED STORAGE UNIT TO IBM-OWNED TIVOLI SYSTEMS.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 20, 1999... Mercury Computer Systems Inc., the Chelmsford, Mass., provider of embedded real-time digital signal and image processing computer systems, is selling its Shared Storage Business Unit (SSBU) to IBM-owned software maker Tivoli Systems for $23.5...

PACT TARGETS E-RETAILERS WITH INTEGRATED WEB SALES AND FULFILLMENT SYSTEM.(CommercialWare's Mozart sales management software will be integrated with Blue Martini Software's Customer Interaction System)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 20, 1999... CommercialWare Inc. and Blue Martini Software announced an agreement late last week to integrate their respective products, CommercialWare's Mozart and Blue Martini's Customer Interaction System. Mozart is order management, fulfillment and...

SOFTWARE INDUSTRY WILL CONTRIBUTE $20 BILLION TO US TRADE BALANCE IN YEAR 2000.(Microsoft attorney Brian McEachron testifies before the Trade Deficit Review Commission)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 20, 1999... The US software industry will contribute more than a $20 billion surplus to the total US trade balance during the year 2000, up $7 billion from its contributions in 1999, estimates Brian McEachron, senior corporate attorney for Microsoft Corp....

MCAFEE.COM TO OFFER NETZIP'S DOWNLOAD DEMON SERVICE TO ONLINE BUYERS.(Network Associates ESD)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 27, 1999... Tool Simplifies Downloads For Buyers, Includes Advertising Capabilities For Sellers Network Associates' McAfee.com ESD business has selected Netzip Download Demon to improve software downloads from its popular website. Download Demon's...

Presario Internet PCs Still America's Favorite Retail Brand.(Compaq market share)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... Compaq Computer Corp.'s line of Presario Internet PCs was the best selling PC brand in US retail channels year-to-date ending October 1999, with an overall 33 percent marketshare -- nine points higher than its nearest competitor, according to...

PCTEL DELIVERS FIRST SOFTWARE MODEMS FOR BE OPERATING SYSTEM.(software modem for Be Inc.'s BeOS)(Company Business and Marketing)
December 27, 1999... HSP Modems Deliver Low-Cost Internet Connectivity For BeOS, Singer Platforms Connectivity solutions provider PCTEL of Milpitas, Calif., last week announced availability of the first software modem for Be Inc.'s BeOS. The same software...

TECHNOLOGY EXECS & CONSUMERS VOICE SUPPORT FOR E-VOTING, INDIFFERENCE TO INTERNET TAXES.(CIO magazine study)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 27, 1999... Consumers, Hi-Tech Execs Opposed To Govt. Regulation Of e-Commerce A major new study commissioned by CIO magazine reveals what consumers and technology executives think about the Internet and government regulation of this evolving medium....

ANOTHER PC OEM PUTS AUREAL SOUND BOARDS IN DESKTOP SYSTEMS.(Quantex Microsystems)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... Direct PC seller Quantex Microsystems Inc. is integrating Aureal Inc.'s OEM Vortex and Vortex2 sound card solutions into several of its desktop PC product lines, including its SM-Series Power Multimedia Desktops and SB-Series Business Desktops....

MARKET RESEARCH.(warehouse management markets)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 27, 1999... WMS Suppliers Penetrate New Markets, Look To Consolidate Until recently, growth in warehouse management markets (WMS) stemmed from large companies in retail and manufacturing industries. But end- user saturation has forced WMS companies to...

ICANN SELECTS NATIONAL ARBITRATION FORUM TO RESOLVE CYBERSQUATTING DISPUTES.(Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers)(Industry Trend or Event)
December 27, 1999... The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected the National Arbitration Forum as one of two organizations in the world to resolve cybersquatting disputes. In a typical cybersquatting case, one party registers the...

GENTIA SOFTWARE PORTS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS TO LINUX.(Enterprise Performance Management)(Product Development)
December 27, 1999... Gentia Software of Mountain View, Calif., has completed development of a Linux-compatible version of its Enterprise Performance Management applications. The company will launch new versions of its Balanced Scorecard, Performance Measurement...

Microsoft To Promote MSN Through PC Rebates At Office Depot, OfficeMax.(MSN Internet Access)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... Microsoft Corp. announced agreements last week with Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax Inc. to deliver large rebates on personal computers when combined with a subscription to MSN Internet Access. Consumers who sign up for a 36-month contract...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Company Operations)
December 27, 1999... Gerry Butters, currently president of Lucent Technologies' Optical Networking Group, has been named Senior Vice President, Strategy, Marketing and Business Development for the company's Global Service Provider business. Butters also will...

EASTMAN, BARR OFFER SOLUTION FOR EASY ROUTING, CONTROL OF PRINT JOBS.(Eastman Software's Enterprise Report Management/Barr Systems)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... Eastman Software's Enterprise Report Management (ERM) business unit has entered into a partnership with host communications and print management solutions provider Barr Systems under which Barr will resell Eastman's leading-edge enterprise...

iCOMS, eHNC PARTNER TO PROVIDE ONLINE MERCHANTS WITH FRAUD PROTECTION SOLUTION.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 27, 1999... iCOMS (Internet Commerce Services Corp.), the Nashua, N.H., provider of commerce services, and San Diego-based eHNC, a subsidiary of HNC Software Inc. and an applications service provider (ASP) of e-commerce tools for customer interaction...

NEW WIZMO WEB-BASED TOOLS, SERVICES HELP SMALL BUSINESSES COMPETE ON NET.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 27, 1999... One-Stop Wizmo.com Helps Build Affordable Web Sites, Intranets, E- Storefronts Eden Prairie, Minn.-based e-services firm eSystems21 Inc. is rolling out a package of Internet and technology services geared toward the needs of small and...

THE TITAN CORP. ACQUIRES ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR $175 MILLION IN STOCK.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
December 27, 1999... Fairfax, Va.-based Advanced Communication Systems Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with The Titan Corp. of San Diego, Calif., in a tax-free exchange for Titan common stock for $20 per ACS share. The transaction is valued...

DREXLER WINS BIG ORDER FOR DIGITAL IDENTITY CARDS WITH MULTI SECURITY FEATURES.(DrexlerTechnology LaserCard)(Government Activity)
December 27, 1999... Feds Issue New RFP For 20 Million Security Cards Over Five Years Drexler Technology Corp. of Mountain View, Calif., has just landed a $6.8 million order for digital identity optical memory cards to be used primarily for the Dept. of State...

SERVICEWARE INTRODUCES RIGHTANSWERS.COM TECHNICAL SUPPORT PORTAL.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 27, 1999... eService solutions provider ServiceWare Inc. last week announced general availability of rightanswers.com, what it claims is "the first true Internet-based technical support portal." rightanswers.com integrates nearly one million solutions from...

GOVPLACE.COM, KINGMAX MICRO LATEST VENDORS TO JOIN FEDCENTER.COM.(Company Business and Marketing)
December 27, 1999... GOVPLACE.COM and Kingmax Micro Technology have just joined FedCenter.com's roster of vendors that provide government buyers with researching and purchasing from their office computers. GOVPLACE.COM is a full service reseller, selling all types...