EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from May 2000

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from May 2000

WORLDWIDE PC INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED 15% GROWTH IN FIRST QUARTER 2000.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 2000... Driven by strong growth in Asia/Pacific, Japan and Latin America, worldwide personal computer shipments grew 15 percent during the first quarter of 2000, according to preliminary statistics by Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE:...

IDG'S NETWORK WORLD RANKS THE BIGGEST NETWORKING COMPANIES IN ITS ANNUAL TOP 200 LIST.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 2000... Network World, a leader in Network Knowledge, has published its annual guide to the 200 biggest US public companies in he network industry, ranking the companies by revenue, profits, highest value, fastest growth, earnings per employee, and R&D...

POPULAR HANDHELD PCs & SMART PHONES CREATING NEW SECURITY HEADACHES FOR IT MANAGERS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2000... The recent episode of a State Dept. laptop computer disappearing with top secret information is a sure sign of the times. Experts predict that by the year 2003, there will be one billion "smart" devices connected wirelessly. The growing...

INTEL TO MAKE E-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & DEPLOYMENT MORE EFFICIENT THROUGH INITIATIVE.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2000... Intel Corp. outlined its plans for the Intel e-Business Network, a worldwide initiative that will unify the company's sales channel programs while adding partnering, certification, training, and business development benefits. This new...

IDC RESULTS SHOW SOLID 1Q PC GROWTH CONSUMER DEMAND OFFERS SLUGGISH COMMERCIAL MARKET.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 2000... Worldwide 1Q 2000 PC market volume expanded 20 percent year over year, according to preliminary estimates released by IDC. Healthy consumer demand and continued expansion of the Asian markets propelled worldwide volume to 30.4 million units,...

IDG's Network World Picks Its 10 Companies To Watch In Networking In Annual NW200 Issue.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2000... Network World, a Leader in Network Knowledge, has published its annual guide to 10 hot young companies to watch in the networking industry in the Network World 200 Issue. The NW200 is a special issue ranking the 200 biggest US public companies...

Gartner's people3 Service Empowers HR Executives To Attract And Retain IT Professionals.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2000... people3, a Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) company, launched two services that empower HR teams to attract and retain IT professionals in the challenging global IT labor market. Gartner predicts that only seven of 10 available IT...

IDG's InfoWorld Survey Indicates CTOs are Emerging Force In e-Commerce Decisions.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 2000... Dig's InfoWorld recently published survey results that indicate that most often CTOs take the lead on decisions that involve business goals and technology at companies that have both a CIO and CTO, or other senior technology strategist. The...

NEW INTEL CHIP RIVAL.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2000... Transmeta announced that it had received $88 million in financing from America Online and others in its efforts to compete with Intel in chip manufacturing. Gateway, Compaq, Sony and several major Taiwan electronics manufacturers joined...

DELL TO SUPPORT BOEING USERS IN VARIED LOCATIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2000... Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), a leading direct computer systems company and a provider of Internet infrastructure, announced that The Boeing Company has selected Dell to deliver computing hardware maintenance services for more than 85,000...

BAE SYSTEMS & CSC TO EXPAND STRATEGIC IT PARTNERSHIP.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2000... Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) and BAE Systems (London: BA) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their strategic information technology (IT) partnership. Under the memorandum, CSC and BAE Systems will...

SILICON IMAGE SHIPS 10 MILLIONTH PANELLINK CHIP.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Silicon Image Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMG), a leading provider of high-bandwidth semiconductor solutions, announced the shipment of its 10 millionth PanelLink chip. Achieved less than three years after the company's first PanelLink shipment, this...

TOSHIBA SIGNS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT WITH MIMEO.COM.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS), Computer Systems Group (CSG), announced it has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Mimeo.com, a leader in quality, secure business document printing, binding and delivery through the...

COMPAQ & SEARS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC MULTI-YEAR ALLIANCE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) and Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced a broad strategic alliance that includes preferred product distribution arrangements for Presario Internet PCs and significant co-marketing and merchandising activities. The...

EGGHEAD.COM EXPANDS BUSINESS PRODUCT OFFERINGS WITH COMPAQ NOTEBOOKS, DESKTOPS & SERVERS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Egghead.com Inc. (Nasdaq: EGGS), a leading Internet real-time retailer, announced that it has entered into a strategic reseller partnership with Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ), the world's largest supplier of computing systems. Under the...

WINDOWS NT & LINUX SHOW GREATEST POTENTIAL AMONG MAJOR SERVER PLATFORMS INLATIN AMERICA.(Product Information)
May 8, 2000... Windows NT and Linux were the only two server platforms identified by survey respondents as "business-critical computing environments" within their enterprises, according to a new survey-based study published by IDC Latin America. This analysis...

IBM PROVOKES JAVA FIGHT WITH SUN.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2000... IBM (stock: IBM) executives said Sun is waffling on its proprietary hold on the Java technology. Sun failed in its efforts to get Java standardized by the International Standards Organization (ISO). Since then IBM said it must either adopt...

IBM INTRODUCES THE THINKPAD A SERIES & THINKPAD T SERIES.(Product Announcement)
May 8, 2000... IBM announced the next generations of ThinkPad notebooks designed to enhance and simplify the mobile computing experience. The innovative IBM ThinkPad A Series and ThinkPad T Series provide extensive improvements from new Titanium Composite...

VISIONICS INTRODUCES FACEIT TECHNOLOGY FOR POCKET PC.(Product Announcement)
May 8, 2000... Capitalizing on the proliferation of handheld devices with built-in cameras, Visionics Corp., a developer of face recognition technology worldwide, introduced FaceIt for Pocket PC. Pocket PC is the latest version of the Microsoft CE...

SanDisk Introduces Next Generation ImageMate Family.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 8, 2000... SanDisk Corp. (Nasdaq: SNDK) introduced new additions to the family of ImageMate card readers for Compact Flash (CF), SmartMedia and MultiMediaCards. SanDisk first introduced the ImageMate product line in 1998. Since then, it has proven to...

TANGENT COMPUTER ANNOUNCES MEDALLION 820 PRO DV DESKTOP SYSTEM.(Product Announcement)
May 8, 2000... Tangent Computer announced the Medallion 820 Pro DV - a high-performance, multimedia desktop system that takes advantage of Intel's 866MHz processor and i820 (Coppermine) chipset. The Medallion 820 Pro DV is designed with the speed, power and...

Gartner Sets Industry Standard For Real-Time Monitoring For B2B E-Business.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 8, 2000... Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) announced a new standard for measuring business-to-business (B2B) e-business. Gartner eMetrix powered by InfoRay is a real-time monitor that enables e-businesses to react to critical changes across all...

Gartner Group Analysis Of Microsoft Pocket PC.(Product Information)
May 8, 2000... With the launch of its Pocket PC, Microsoft joins competitor Palm Computing in offering a handheld platform that Gartner Group believes is worthy of business user consideration. On April 19, Microsoft announced the immediate availability of its...

Security Becomes A Business Requirement For eCommerce Companies, According To IDC.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 8, 2000... The well-publicized attacks on Yahoo!, Amazon.com, CNN, and other popular Web sites earlier this year have placed increased focus on the need for Internet security, and generated renewed interest in the Web site insurance concept. According to...

Dataquest Names Sharp As Leading Fax Manufacturer For 1999.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 8, 2000... Sharp Document & Network Systems of America was named leader in the fax market for 1999. Based on the Facsimile Market Share Year-End Report for 1999, a recent study from Dataquest, a subsidiary of the Garnter Group, Sharp Electronics has...

Gartner's Dataquest Says Worldwide Database Software Market Grew 18% To $8B In 1999.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 8, 2000... Buoyed by growth of new Internet applications and rising demand for business intelligence applications, the worldwide database software market had a strong year in 1999 with revenue reaching almost $8 billion, an 18 percent increase over 1998...

SAS LAUNCHES NEW PILOT PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENT & ACADEMIC CUSTOMERS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 8, 2000... SAS Institute, a leader in integrated data warehousing and decision support, announced the Pilot Program, a new offering designed specifically for government and academic customers. SAS' Public Sector division, a full-service technology...

ITAA & US PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE LAUNCH COOPERATIVE EFFORT.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 8, 2000... The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a plan to help the government agency keep pace with the rapid changes in software and related technologies. The cooperative...

PERSONABLE.COM ADDS MACINTOSH BROWSER SUPPORT TO SERVE UP WINDOWS APPLICATIONS TO MAC USERS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2000... Macintosh users can now use popular Windows-based software, without installing cumbersome software emulation packages, like Virtual PC or Soft Windows, to run Windows 2000 applications on Macintosh platform. The new browser support...

DELL AND IBM ALLIANCE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2000... IBM and Dell Computer has reportedly signed a letter of intent to jointly launch an online marketplace for computer products. IBM will presumably launch this online service during the year 2000. A similar project is being proposed by...

INTEL DELIVERS NEW HIGHER PERFORMANCE NETWORK PROCESSOR.(Product Announcement)
May 8, 2000... Intel Corp. announced production of a new, higher performance member of its IXP1200 Network Processor product line capable of processing three million packets of data per second. Intel is the first company to deliver high-performance, highly...

FORMER INTEL & MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES INDICTED IN SOFTWARE PIRACY CASE.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 8, 2000... On May 4 the Department of Justice announced the indictment of 17 individuals, European and American, for copyright infringement. The individuals were part of an international network of software pirates who created a library of several...

SUN TO MERGE CHIP, COMPUTER BUSINESS.(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2000... Sun Microsystems said it is merging its microelectronics and computer systems unit under the direction of John Shoemaker, who was head of Sun's enterprise desktop and server business. All major units of Sun (stock: SUNW) will report...

PC Makers Announce Online Parts Market.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
May 8, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Gateway Inc. and nine suppliers of computer parts said recently that they will speed up their fast-moving supply chains by creating an Internet marketplace for electronics and computer components. The...

INTEL TO REPLACE ONE MILLION DEFECTIVE MOTHERBOARDS.(Product Information)
May 15, 2000... Intel Corp. announced that it would replace an estimated one million motherboards that have a defective memory translator hub (MTH) component that translates signals from SDRAM memory to the Intel 820 Chipset. The MTH is only used with...

GARTNER'S DATAQUEST SAYS WORLDWIDE IT SERVICES MARKET TO TOP $1.5 TRILLION BY 2004.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 15, 2000... The worldwide IT services marketplace will continue its pace as the largest and fastest-growing segment in the IT industry as it climbs from $688 billion in 1999 to more than $1.5 trillion in 2004, according to the latest forecast by Dataquest...

XYBERNAUT CONTRACTS WITH IBM TO DEVELOP WEARABLE COMPUTERS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 15, 2000... Xybernaut Corp. (Nasdaq: XYBR), the leader in wearable computing and communications solutions, announced it has signed an agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to design, develop and manufacture the computer portion of Xybernaut's next generation of...

COMPAQ FIRST TO DELIVER $99 WIRELESS INTERNET & HOME NETWORKING SOLUTION.(Product Information)
May 15, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) announced that it is the first to deliver a wireless Internet and home networking solution starting at $99. Available now, this affordable option brings the Internet everywhere the customer desires and without...

Customer Relationship Management Offers Internet Service Firms A New Opportunity, IDC Says.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 15, 2000... Customer relationship management (CRM) represents a new opportunity for Internet service firms. According to IDC, the CRM service market represents a complementary extension of Internet service firm's core services. "Leveraging the...

IT Budget Growth Will Slow As E-Commerce Initiative Spending Soars, SG Cowen-Datamation Survey Says.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 15, 2000... North American companies' growth in spending on Information Technology (IT) will slow to 10.7 percent this year from 12.9 percent in 1999, according to the 23rd annual SG Cowen-Datamation 2000 Computer Systems User Survey of 300 corporate...

Generation Y Web Shoppers Emerge As Mini-Baby Boomers According To Gartner.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 15, 2000... Marketers looking to Generation Y to become tomorrow's "power" consumer segment are in for a letdown, according to Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). When using the Internet, the behavior of Generation Y consumers - defined as teenagers and...

IDC Releases The Wireless Industry's Most Comprehensive & Reliable End-User Survey.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 15, 2000... The amount of wireless minutes being used by US households per month grew significantly in 2000 over 1999. Household cellular/PCS usage increased to an average of 247 minutes per month compared with 155 in 1999 and 89 in 1998. This is one of...

INTEL TO RELEASE DETAILS OF NEW MICROPROCESSOR.(Product Information)
May 15, 2000... Intel Corp. plans to use the Internet to release new details about the inner workings of its Itanium microprocessor, a departure that indicates how the company hopes to boost the use of the Linux operating system with its chips. Intel...

PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTOR TO SUPPORT JETSTREAM ARCHITECTURE.(Product Information)
May 15, 2000... Philips Semiconductor, an affiliate of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG), announced it has licensed Jetstream's Voice-over-Broadband technology and will deliver silicon solutions fully interoperable with Jetstream's CPX-1000 broadband voice...

CRAY SUPERCOMPUTER USED TO CONFIRM UNIVERSE IS FLAT & WILL EXPAND FOREVER.(Product Information)
May 15, 2000... Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY) announced that a 696-processor Cray supercomputer was used to confirm that the universe is flat and will expand forever. The Cray T3E supercomputer at the Dept. of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific...

SIEMENS INTRODUCES HIPATH 5300 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.(Product Announcement)
May 15, 2000... Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. introduced one of the industry's first space-saving, rack mountable Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications servers based on the Microsoft Windows NT Embedded 4.0 operating system. ...

U.S. ATTACKS MICROSOFT'S ALTERNATIVE.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 22, 2000... In a week filled with proposals and counterproposals, the U.S. government, and its 17-state AG allies, have vigorously attacked Microsoft's defense against its proposed breakup as being a cosmetic exercise designed to ignore and paper over the...

COMPAQ ATTACKS HIGH-END UNIX MARKET WITH ALPHASERVER GS SERIES.(Product Announcement)
May 22, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) announced an aggressive attack on the $23 billion high-end UNIX market with the launch of its new AlphaServer GS Series systems. Targeting dot-coms as well as customers in telecommunications, high-performance...

APPLE COMPUTER PUSHES BACK OPERATING SYSTEM RELEASE DATE.(Product Development)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2000... The release of Mac OS X, the next generation operating system from Apple Computer, will be extended from a scheduled date late this summer to January 2001. A beta version of OS X will be available in the summer, but a fullscale version not...

EMC To Drop $3B Hard Drive Purchase From IBM.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2000... The EMC Corp. which had earlier announced its intention to buy $3 billion worth of hard drives from IBM has announced that it is dropping those plans citing IBM production delays. EMC indicated that it had worked on a new relationship which...

IDC Maps Out Course For ASP And Software Vendor Partnerships.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 22, 2000... For the application service provider (ASP) concept to be successful, effective partnerships between software vendors and ASPs are critical. However, many software vendors are having a great deal of difficulty navigating the partnership course....

Asian PC Market Bounces Into The Millennium With A Record High, IDC Says.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 22, 2000... For the sixth consecutive quarter, the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market expanded to post another quarterly shipment record in Q1 2000, according to preliminary results released by IDC Asia/Pacific. Total regional PC shipments amounted...

IDC Deems Asia/Pacific Ready For Online Trading.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2000... Online trading in Asia/Pacific is about to skyrocket. According to IDC, pure-play online brokerages are popping up across Asia, and an increasing number of the region's traditional brokerages are offering online trading. "As of yearned...

MICROSOFT'S PATCH TO THWART THE LOVE BUG.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2000... Microsoft Corp. in an attempt to make its Outlook e-mail program more secure will introduce during the week of May 22nd, a "patch" which blocks users from opening the type of electronic attachment that carries the virus. The security patch will...

CRAY INC. LANDS $18.5M US ARMY CONTRACTS.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 22, 2000... Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY) announced it has been awarded an $18.5 million contract to upgrade the US Army High Performance Computing Research Center's (AHPCRC) Cray T3E-1200 supercomputer. The upgraded system will be one of the world's most...

DESKTOP.COM INTRODUCES NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE & UPLOAD FILES FROM A PC TO THE INTERNET.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 22, 2000... Desktop.com (www.desktop.com), an integrated and personalized Internet desktop platform, announced two new features to enable users to quickly and easily store files on Desktop.com and access them from anywhere. These include Desktop Drive, a...

BROADCOM DELIVERS EURODOCSIS CABLE MODEM ON A CHIP.(Broadcom BCM3350)(Product Announcement)
May 22, 2000... Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM), a provider of integrated circuits enabling high-speed broadband communications to and throughout the home and business, announced the launch of the industry's most advanced single-chip EuroDOCSIS cable modem. This...

COMPAQ CHANGES COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE FOR E-BUSINESS.(Compaq AlphaServer GS Series)(Product Announcement)
May 22, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) unveiled worldwide its AlphaServer GS Series high-end 8-, 16- and 32-way servers running the Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS operating systems. Designed for customers experiencing explosive growth in the following...

IBM TO PROVIDE WEB HOSTING, BACK-OFFICE, & SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SERVICES.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 22, 2000... The New Power Co., a new energy service company launched recently by Enron Corp. and other strategic investors, has signed a 10-year service agreement worth up to $1.5 billion. The New Power Co., a nationwide provider of energy to the...

ORACLE ANNOUNCES ORACLE B2B EXCHANGE PLATFORM OFFERING FOR 'BRANDED' EXCHANGES.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 22, 2000... Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), a provider of software for e-Business, announced a new B2B exchange offering, a set of applications, technology and services that gives companies the ability to own and brand exchanges for themselves and their...

GENESIS MICROCHIP UNVEILS NEW SINGLE-CHIP LCD CONTROLLER FOR DUAL-INTERFACE MONITORS.(Genesis Microchip gm5020)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 22, 2000... Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq: GNSS) introduced the gm5020 LCD monitor controller, the most highly integrated chip the company has ever produced. Targeted on the dual-interface LCD monitor market, the gm5020 image processor offers numerous...

Motorola Won A Multi-Year Contract From General Motors.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 22, 2000... Motorola has won a multi-year contract from General Motors to develop and install wireless devices in almost every GM vehicle, starting with 2001 models. The work could have a value of $1 billion over its lifetime. The system will give drivers...

MICROSOFT - 3 WAY BREAKUP BEING CONSIDERED BY COURT.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 29, 2000... On Wednesday, May 24, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson presided over a further proceeding in which he must decide whether to rule immediately on the government's proposed breakup of the company or alternatively to grant...

HIGH-END UNIX SYSTEMS OVERPOWERING IBM MAINFRAMES.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 29, 2000... Research Note Published May 23 Highlights Threats To IBM, Opportunities For Users New, large, powerful Unix systems are threatening IBM and its mainframes, just as PCs, local area networks (LANs) and the Internet did in years past. As the...

HP & ENCAD SIGN SETTLEMENT & PATENT LICENSING AGREEMENT.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 29, 2000... Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HWP) and ENCAD Inc. (Nasdaq: ENCD) announced that they have settled all pending litigation between the two companies, which was related to large format inkjet printing. Under the mutually agreed upon settlement,...

'I LOVE YOU' WAS JUST THE BEGINNING; NETMASS INC. RESTORES PCs FROM VIRUS CORRUPTION.(Product Announcement)
May 29, 2000... NetMass Inc. wants to protect PC users from the unwanted "I Love You" worm, and others like "Melissa," with SystemSafe Online Backup Solutions. According to Stephen Perkins, President of NetMass Inc., "The 'I Love You' virus (technically a...

DATA GENERAL DELIVERS GREATER SPEED & SCALABILITY WITH THE INTEL PENTIUM III XEON PROCESSOR.(Product Announcement)
May 29, 2000... Data General, a Div. of EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), enhanced its high-availability, high-end Windows NT and Windows 2000 server line with the Intel Pentium III Xeon processor 700 MHz and the immediate availability of the Data General AV 8950...

Report Predicts That Market For Integrated Access Devices To Reach More Than 1.6 Million Units.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 29, 2000... According to a new report from Communications Industry Researchers (CIR), the market for broadband integrated access devices could expand to more than 1.6 million devices by 2003 (see chart on page 4). CIR claims that three key factors are...

Gartner's Dataquest Says Emerging Semiconductor IP Industry Grew 36 Percent In 1999.(Industry Trend or Event)
May 29, 2000... Driven by the trend toward system-on-chip (system level integration), the worldwide semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market totaled $417 million in 1999, up 36 percent from 1998 revenue results, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of...

NETWORK SOLUTIONS & DELL OFFER CO-BRANDED SERVICE FOR SMALL- & MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 29, 2000... Network Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: NSOL), a leader in Internet identity services with more than 10 million domain name registrations, announced a strategic alliance with Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), a leader in Internet commerce and...

B2C DOT-COMS ARE INVESTMENT TARGETS FOR TRADITIONAL ENTERPRISES.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 29, 2000... Softness in dot-com valuations in a tighter capital market will increase investments in dot-coms by traditional businesses that seek to "buy, rather than build" B2C e-commerce infrastructures and online customer bases. What the Future...