EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from January 2000

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from January 2000

SONY, REALNETWORKS TEAM UP ON SECURE ELECTRONIC MUSIC DISTRIBUTION.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... Deal Lets Users Download, Securely Transfer Digital Music From RealJukebox to Sony Audio Players Last week at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony Corp. and RealNetworks Inc. announced an alliance to enable consumers of RealJukebox with...

VA LINUX ANNOUNCES AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE FOR 'OPEN SOURCE' PROJECTS.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... Open Source Development Site Already Home To More Than 700 Projects, Over 3,000 Developers Linux-based solutions provider VA Linux Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., last week formally introduced SourceForge - a major "Open Source" initiative...

Yahoo! Extends Worldwide License Agreement With RealNetworks.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... Media delivery software maker RealNetworks Inc. and widely popular web portal Yahoo! Inc. have extended their license agreement, enabling Yahoo! To globally deploy the latest release of RealNetworks' RealSystem G2, for use throughout Yahoo!...

FAST FOOD CHAINS ADOPT WEB TOOL TO SPEED SITE REVIEW.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... SRC 'Site Analyzer' Gives Field Staff Instant Access To Demographics, Competitors' Locations The Internet has spurred a major change in the way fast food outlets Churchs Chicken and Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits make site decisions, and both...

Simulcast, Video-On-Demand Sessions Expand Lotus Conferences Into Ongoing Virtual Forums.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... IBM-owned Lotus Development Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., will webcast the general session and selected presentations live from its popular Lotusphere 2000 conference taking place January 17-20 at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla....

COMPAQ LAUNCHES NEW EASY-TO-USE PRESARIO INTERNET PC FAMILY.(Product Announcement)
January 10, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. last week rolled out its new Presario EZ2000 Series, an easy-to-use PC designed to deliver an intuitive Internet computing experience. Staring at $999, the Presario EZ2000 Series features Intel Celeron and Pentium III...

FAR-REACHING CONTRACT GIVES HP BROAD ACCESS TO RSA SECURITY ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... Master Licensing Agreement Will Speed Development Of HP e-Commerce Product Family Encryption specialist RSA Security Inc. of Bedford, Mass., has forged a licensing agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. that gives all HP divisions broad access...

PC Video Camera Sales Explode In November.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 10, 2000... PC Video Camera unit sales increased more than 250 percent in November 1999 versus November 1998, making it one of the top three fastest growing categories, according to a November 1999 PC Data Retail Hardware Report released last week....

IDC Estimates Companies Increased Web Hosting Services Revenues By Almost $1 Billion In 1999.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 10, 2000... An increasing number of companies are turning to hosting service providers to implement and manage their Web sites, and in response, the Web hosting services market is growing at a torrid pace. According to International Data Corp. (IDC), this...

Tax Internet, Mail And Telephone Sales Orders Alike, Study Recommends.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 10, 2000... A new study by the Internet Consumers Organization (ICO) recommends that Internet sales should be treated and taxed no differently than mail and telephone sales orders. Retail merchants should continue to collect taxes on Internet sales if...

InfoSpace.com, Intel Collaborate On Web Appliances.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... InfoSpace.com, a Redmond, Wash., provider of infrastructure services for Web sites, merchants and wireless devices, has teamed with Intel to help drive the emerging Web appliance market. InfoSpace.com will provide Intel with infrastructure...

COGNOS E-BUSINESS SOLUTION SUPPORTS FINANCIAL REPORTING ON NASDAQ.COM, AMEX.COM.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... Top-Rated Financial Web Sites Add New Capabilities For Stock Analysis Cognos of Burlington, Mass., is rolling out a new financial charting solution to support nasdaq.com and amex.com. In an effort to provide a company performance charting...

NEW NET SERVICE OFFERS MASS MARKET WEB TELEPHONY FOR APPLE USERS.(Smith Micro Software, Conexs Internet communications service)(Company Business and Marketing)
January 10, 2000... Last week at MacWorld Expo, Smith Micro Software Inc. introduced Mac client software for conexs, its mass market Internet communications service that offers real-time Internet chat and telephone capabilities. As an Internet communication...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(News Briefs)
January 10, 2000... Elastic Networks Inc., the Alpharetta, Ga., provider of next-generation DSL hardware and connectivity software solutions for the carrier and enterprise markets, appointed Gary Palmer Vice President of Professional Services. Palmer formerly...

VERSANT CORP. IMPROVES JAVA-BASED ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION SOLUTION.(Versant Asynchronous Replication 2.1)(Product Announcement)
January 10, 2000... Check Point Using VAR 2.1 With Primus For Improved Data Sharing Between Support Centers Versant Corp., the Fremont, Calif., maker of e-business infrastructure software, last week announced commercial availability of Versant Asynchronous...

MOTOROLA, IBM PARTNER TO HELP AUTOMAKERS PUT WIRELESS WEB ON THE ROAD.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 17, 2000... Motorola Will Furnish On-Board Electronic Systems While IBM Provides Device Management Expertise IBM Corp. and Motorola are joining forces to accelerate development of technology that will help automakers bring a variety of wireless and...

CONSUMER INTERNET SPENDING TOPS $5 BILLION DURING HOLIDAY SEASON.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 17, 2000... Post-Holiday Spending Returns To $540 Million Weekly Level Holiday Internet spending during 1999 topped $5 billion, according to a PC Data Online weekly web retail study conducted throughout the Holiday season. The study also showed...

Computer Associates Discovers New Worm Virus Called 'Plage2000'.(Technology Information)(Brief Article)
January 17, 2000... Computer Associates International Inc. is warning computer users of a new worm called "Plage2000" which could threaten email systems as well as eBusiness infrastructures. The worm, reported to be "in the wild" by CA customers, arrives as an...

QUALCOMM, HITACHI TEAM UP ON HIGH DATA RATE TECHNOLOGY TRIAL.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 17, 2000... Effort Will Result In New Mobile Wireless Internet Services QUALCOMM Inc., the San Diego, Calif., developer of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, has signed a letter of intent with Hitachi Ltd. to jointly...

Dataquest: Worldwide Semiconductor Market Grew Nearly 18% In 1999.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 17, 2000... For the first time since 1995, the worldwide semiconductor market experienced double-digit growth as 1999 semiconductor revenue surpassed $160 billion, an increase of 17.6 percent over 1998 revenue, according to preliminary results from the...

CIOs Upbeat About Technology Hiring In First Quarter Of 2000.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 17, 2000... Chief information officers (CIOs) are optimistic about information technology (IT) hiring in the first quarter of 2000, according to IT hiring agency RHI Consulting's quarterly Information Technology Hiring Index. Twenty-five percent of...

Research Shows Employee Referrals Most Effective Source For Hiring Internet Talent.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 17, 2000... The most valuable resource in the Internet economy today seems to be people with the talent to create and deliver electronic products and services. Not only are they a critical element, they are also a very scarce resource. According to...

CSC SELECTED TO PERFORM $680 MILLION ARMY LOGISTICS MODERNIZATION CONTRACT.(Computer Sciences)(Government Activity)
January 17, 2000... Winning CSC Team Includes IBM, KPMG LLP, GRC, Metters Industries, & SIGNAL Corp. Computer Sciences Corp. of Falls Church, Va., has been awarded the Army Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program (WLMP) contract, commonly referred to as...

EDS TO BUILD NATION'S LARGEST INFORMATION SOLUTIONS SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES.(Government Activity)
January 17, 2000... CalWIN Will Support And Streamline Services For 1.2 Million Social Service Cases In California Plano, Tex.-based IT outsourcing firm EDS announced last week that its CalWORKs Information Network (CalWIN) will be used to improve the way...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 17, 2000... Gregory Finley was named President of IT services provider Siemens Shared Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Corp. Finley was most recently vice president, general manager and chief information officer of Simpson Investment Co....

RSA SECURITY EXPANDS WIRELESS, EMBEDDED SECURITY OFFERINGS.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 17, 2000... Protocol Components Provide Interoperable Bridge Between Wireless, Wired Worlds RSA Security Inc. has announced two new security protocol components specifically optimized for wireless and embedded applications. RSA BSAFE SSL-C and RSA...

SOFTBANK, ZDNET, YAHOO JAPAN FORM 'SOFTBANK ZDNET JAPAN' JOINT VENTURE.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 17, 2000... Goal Is To Expand Presence In Japanese Market, Leveraging Success Of 'ZDNet Japan' Site Softbank Publishing Inc., ZDNet and Yahoo! Japan Corp. will form Softbank ZDNet Japan K.K., a Japanese joint venture through which the three Internet...

NSA SELECTS SECURE COMPUTING TO DEVELOP SECURE VERSION OF LINUX OS.(National Security Agency)(Government Activity)
January 17, 2000... Secure Computing First to Develop Strong Security Platform for Linux Secure Computing Corp. of San Jose, Calif., has just been awarded a contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to develop a secure Linux operating system(OS). The...

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES MAKES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN E-STOREFRONT FIRM I- STORM.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 24, 2000... Deal Brings Together Leaders In e-Business Infrastructure, Online Storefront Operation Computer Associates International Inc. and I-Storm Inc. last week announced an alliance that will leverage the strengths of CA's Global Professional...

Fujitsu Sampling 64 MB FCRAM With Double Data Rate SDRAM Interface.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH (FME) last week introduced samples of the company's new 64 Megabit Fast Cycle RAM (FCRAM) with Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM interface. Designed for graphics, multimedia and automotive...

INTERSHOP, COBALT TEAM UP TO OFFER LINUX-BASED E-COMMERCE APPLIANCE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... Intershop RaQ Consists Of Cobalt RaQ 3 Server And Intershop Merchant On Linux Red Hat 6.0 Intershop Communications Inc., the San Francisco provider of sell-side electronic commerce software, and Cobalt Networks Inc., a Mountain View...

NEW VIRUSSCAN 4.5 OFFERS ENTERPRISE PROTECTION, MANAGES NET-CONNECTED PCs.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 24, 2000... McAfee Says V4.5 Provides First True Incremental Updating And Content Scanning Anti-virus Solution Network Associates Inc. has just announced McAfee VirusScan 4.5, the next generation of its flagship virus security software for protecting...

SCO, COMPAQ UNVEIL UNIXWARE 7 MIGRATION PORTAL FOR RESELLERS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 24, 2000... Unix software developer SCO last week unveiled the UnixWare 7 Migration Portal to assist resellers and developers in optimizing applications and solutions for the UnixWare 7 operating system. The Portal offers free online "Ask an Engineer"...

Survey Shows Signing Bonuses Offered To Broader Range Of Technology Professionals.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 24, 2000... If you're a computer professional, a signing bonus could be on the horizon. While the bulk of these cash incentives still go to senior executives, a recent survey of chief information officers (CIOs) shows a growing number of firms are offering...

Worldwide Wafer Fab Equipment Market To Grow More Than 43 Percent In 2000.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... The worldwide wafer fab equipment market is on track for robust growth in the new millennium, with revenue forecast to reach $25 billion in 2000, an increase of 43.5 percent from 1999 revenue, according to the Dataquest unit of Gartner Group...

Networking Vendors Turn To Channel To Reach Broadest Audience, Says IDC.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... In an effort to deliver products and services to an expanding customer base, networking vendors are turning to value-added resellers, distributors, and other channel partners to help them with distribution efforts. Market research firm...

LEARN2.COM, BEYOND.COM PARTNER TO SELL LEARNING PRODUCTS TO GOVT. AGENCIES.(Company Business and Marketing)(Product Announcement)
January 24, 2000... Learn2.com Corp., the White Plains, N.Y., provider of e-learning solutions and IT training products, and the government division of Internet software superstore Beyond.com have forged a two-year agreement under which Beyond.com will sell...

RATIONAL ANNOUNCES REALTIME EDITION OF 'SUITE DEVELOPMENTSTUDIO'.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 24, 2000... Rational Software of Lexington, Mass., has just announced Rational Suite DevelopmentStudio RealTime Edition, the newest member of the Rational Suite product family. The suite provides an integrated set of tools to optimize development of...

PEREGRINE SYSTEMS, CRITICAL PATH INTRO INTEGRATED FACILITIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... Peregrine Systems Inc., a leading provider of Infrastructure Management software and e-Infrastructure solutions, and Critical Path, a provider of business-to-business Internet messaging and collaboration solutions, have formed a partnership to...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... Ariba Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., named Larry Mueller President and COO. Mueller joined Ariba as chief operating officer in September 1999. Ariba is a provider of B2B eCommerce services and solutions. Firstwave Technology Inc., an...

CA/UNITED MICRO VENTURE TO DEVELOP PLATFORM FOR GPS-BASED E-BIZ APPS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... 'EverTrac' Will Design GPS-Based Devices For eBusiness And Consumer Markets Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) and Taiwan-based semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corp. have just formed EverTrac Inc., a US-based...

BROOKTROUT, SPEECHWORKS PARTNER TO DELIVER SPEECH-ENABLED E-BIZ SOLUTIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2000... Deal Will Enable Users To Deploy Speech-Enabled Solutions That Blend Telephone, Fax, Email, Web Communications software and services provider Brooktrout Software is teaming up with SpeechWorks International Inc., a provider of...

CA, WM-DATA, iD2 TECHNOLOGIES BUILD SECURITY SOLUTION FOR SWEDEN'S LARGEST CONSTRUCTION CO.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... Computer Associates International Inc. (CA), WM-Data and iD2 Technologies announced joint development of a fully integrated security infrastructure for NCC, the largest construction company in Sweden. The solution, the largest of its kind in...

Dell Allies With bbcn.com To Target Automotive Dealer Industry Buyers.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 31, 2000... BBCN, an Internet-based marketplace for purchasing between automotive dealerships and their supply partners, announced a partnership with big PC maker Dell Computer Corp. that will feature Dell products and services at the bbcn.com website....

FOXSPORTS.COM EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER FOR NEW ALTAVISTA LIVE! SPORTS CHANNEL.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... Popular search portal AltaVista FOXSports.com have reached a deal for FOXSports.com to be the exclusive content provider for the AltaVista Live! Sports Channel. The new co-branded sports channel is already up and running at...

NCR, INTER-ACT TEAM UP TO PROVIDE E-MARKETING SOLUTIONS FOR RETAILERS.
January 31, 2000... Inter-Act Will Purchase Up To 10,000 NCR Web Kiosks Over Next Two Years NCR Corp. and Charlotte, N.C.-based Inter-Act Electronic Marketing Inc. have formed a global alliance to pair Inter-Act patented electronic consumer technologies with...

IN ONLINE JOB SECTOR, CAREERBUILDER GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... CareerBuilder Inc., already the leading provider of interactive recruiting on the web, last week announced exceptional momentum in its six-month traffic growth (July-December) for the CareerBuilder Network and its flagship careeerbuilder.com...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(News Briefs)(Company Operations)
January 31, 2000... Brayton Fisher has joined TotalAxcess.com, as Vice President of Business Development. Fisher is responsible for product management, implementation and support for TXCI's new products, reporting directly to Mark Wagner, Chief Operating Officer....

NEW PARTNERSHIP OFFERS CONSUMERS CANDIDATES COMPREHENSIVE DESTINATION FOR POLITICS ON THE NET.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... Politics.com, a New York-based political Web site, has forged a partnership with Prospero Technologies, Virage Inc., The Center for Responsive Politics, and Democracy Data & Communications, under which the three political and Internet...

MARKET RESEARCH.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... Internet Companies Advertising During The Super Bowl Must Have Thorough Game Plan To Succeed Some Internet companies expect to become the leaders of the Web as they spend millions of dollars buying 30-second advertising spots during the...

New Digital Rights And Transaction Management Company Open For Business.(CyberSentry)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... Tampa, Fla.-based startup CyberSentry Inc. has developed a new e- Commerce product designed to make it easier and safer for content providers to sell and distribute digital products such as HTML text, software, data, photos, and audio such as...

PANDESIC 4.0 RELEASE EXPANDS FUNCTIONALITY FOR B2B AND B2C E- BUSINESSES.(Product Announcement)
January 31, 2000... Pandesic, a Sunnyvale, Calif., ASP serving over 100 e-businesses, last week released a new version of its Pandesic E-business Solution. Pandesic v. 4.0 provides replenishment and fulfillment capabilities for online business-to-business...

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKET EXPLOSION.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 31, 2000... As part of the new economy, business-to-business companies are the darling of Internet focused investors. Business-to-business commerce is essentially a combination of existing newly established Internet sites which in combination should...

BROADVISION WILL BUY INTERLEAF FOR $851.6 MILLION.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... California based software company BroadVision will acquire Massachusetts based supplier of document-management systems Interleaf for $851.6 million. This is the largest acquisition ever by BroadVision and is an extension of its plan to deliver...

QUALCOMM TO ACQUIRE SNAPTRACK INC. FOR ONE BILLION.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 31, 2000... San Diego-based Qualcomm, which has reinvented itself from a mobile phone business to being a chip and technology supplier to other cell phone makers, has agreed to acquire Snaptrack, a San Jose, CA company, which uses the government's global...