InfoWorld articles from February 2000

InfoWorld archives from February 2000

PDAs learn to listen up.(Lernout & Hauspie's Nuk)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... AT THIS WEEK'S Demo 2000 conference, Lernout & Hauspie will take the concept of the handheld computer one step further by demonstrating a prototype voice-controlled PDA (personal digital assistant). The prototype, code-named Nuk,...

Internet as platform - Vendors are redesigning their products to combine software and services into a single environment.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... EVEN AS THE PENDING release of Microsoft Windows 2000 promises to shake up the operating system landscape in the coming year, the IT industry's platform providers are busy redefining the ways that companies deliver and design software and...

Local broadband - Merger partners bring wireless home.(Sprint's, MCI WorldCom's plans for MMDS)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... SPRINT EXPECTS to announce this week that it has completed a series of acquisitions that form the cornerstone of its plan to provide broadband services directly to homes and businesses with MCI WorldCom. The two companies are poised to...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: The network shapes the OS landscape.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 7, 2000... In the world of operating systems, more is not necessarily better any longer. With the impending release of Windows 2000 and the growing momentum around Linux, the debate over an integrated platform vs. a simpler, modular design will really...

Mobile processor due from Intel.(Northwood)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... Intel says it is working on a new mobile processor, expected to debut next year, that will replace its current high-end notebook offerings. The chip, code-named Northwood, will be based on the same 32-bit architecture as the company's...

Palm slashes handheld prices.(Palm VII PDA)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... Palm Computing last week cut prices on its lineup of handheld computers. The price cuts were in the $30 to $50 range; for example, the connected Palm VII handheld was slashed from $499 to $449, and the price of the Palm Vx was trimmed from $449...

Open-source sendmail 8.10 makes debut.(e-mail software from Sendmail)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 7, 2000... Sendmail this week will reveal the next version of its open- source MTA (mail transfer agent), sendmail 8.10, which adds SMTP authentication and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and IPv6 support to regulate large-volume mail...

Prodigy asks AOL to fix Version 5.0.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... In light of the recent class action lawsuit filed against America Online last week, Prodigy sent a formal letter to AOL asking the ISP giant to take Version 5.0 off the market until it is fixed. "The problems are not disputable, they are matter...

GE Capital to release B-to-B e-commerce site.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... Financial services company GE Capital announced last week the March beta release of GE NetReport, the first module of its new business-to-business e-commerce Web site, called GE Business Marketplace. GE Business Marketplace is a corporate card...

Mannesmann agrees to Vodafone merger.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... Mannesmann's supervisory board has approved a merger agreement with Vodafone AirTouch, Mannesmann said in a statement last week. The agreement calls for the two carriers to merge into a company in which Vodafone AirTouch will own 50.5 percent...

IBM to manage handhelds, reveal EON kit.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... IBM IS PLANNING a series of announcements next month that will include new software for its RS/6000 and AS/400 platforms, and new desktop systems as part of its EON (Edge of the Network) initiative. Later this month, the company will take a...

ASP start-up touts choice - Market confronts need to coordinate.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 7, 2000... THE EMERGENCE THIS WEEK of a new venture underscores the growing concern about application interoperability that the ASP (application service provider) boom has brought forward. As ISVs scramble to rewrite their software products to fit the...

Vertical markets nearing hypergrowth.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 7, 2000... WHILE THE INITIAL wave of business-to-business e-commerce leveraged extranets to automate offline processes, the next wave of dynamic interactions is supplanting stagnant point-to-point connections of the past, most prominently in vertical...

RosettaNet pieces begin falling into place.(Technology Information)
February 7, 2000... THE ROSETTANET XML-based supply chain management standards for IT manufacturers passed their first hurdle last week with eConcert Readiness Day, fueling speculation that the methodology of this effort could be cloned in other vertical markets,...

Sentius focuses on language.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... AT DEMO 2000, Sentius will demonstrate the next version of RichLink, its document enhancement technology. The hosted service embeds pop-up descriptions or translations of certain words, as well as audio or video links, into a document to...

DoDots delivers.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... DoDots Inc. is targeting companies that need to distribute Internet content to users' desktops. The company's namesake product breaks up content into smaller pieces called Dots and distributes them to desktops. Using Dots lets users connect to...

Koch gets legal.
February 7, 2000... Former New York mayor Edward I. Koch will launch a new Web site through his start-up, Internet Ventures. The site -- www.thelawplus.com -- will offer free legal information, include live chats with lawyers, and present research on individual...

SFA site planned.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... Salesforce.com, a Web site chaired by longtime Oracle executive Marc Benioff and backed by Larry Ellison, is targeting companies that want to outsource their SFA (sales force automation). The site provides companies with access to browser-based...

vShip looks abroad.
February 7, 2000... vShip Corp. will show a system that facilitates international e- commerce by providing online merchants with complete payment processing for foreign orders. The system, called Custom Wire, is said to remove traditional barriers for consumers in...

Web radio boosted.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2000... Internet radio could get a boost from Kerbango's self-named internet appliance, a stand-alone Internet radio that allows the user to listen to Web radio as easily as AM/FM radios, according to the company. Kerbango has also developed an online...

Wireless, business services debut.(at DEMO 2000)(Industry Trend or Event)
February 7, 2000... DEMO 2000 attendees this week will see the latest ideas for making businesses more automated and efficient, and get a glimpse at the latest consumer gizmos. This year the show, which is in Indian Wells, Calif., focuses on an array of...

AOL faces $8 billion lawsuit for software interference.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... ISP GIANT America Online took a potentially damaging hit last week as it was handed a class-action lawsuit demanding at least $8 billion in damages allegedly caused by its Internet software, AOL 5.0. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District...

IBM readies DB2 update - Big Blue plans database and content management wares.(DB2 Universal Server 7.0 DBMS)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... IBM WILL TURN UP the heat on its database competitors once again this year with the launch of its next database engine and a series of products aimed at content management. IBM will take an aggressive step toward its stated goals of...

Ford partners to equip workers.(UUNet, Hewlett-Packard and PeoplePC)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... IN WHAT'S BEING described as an unusual partnership, Ford Motor has agreed to offer to its 370,000 salaried and unionized full- time employees worldwide Internet access via PCs and printers from Hewlett-Packard, as well as services from UUnet...

Novell to make Internet push.(with Novell ZENworks 1.0 and Novell ZENworks for Networks nwtwork management software and Novell iChain su[[ly chain management software)(Product Support)
February 7, 2000... NOVELL THIS WEEK will reveal its "Net services" strategy, which comprises several business-to-business and I-commerce products. As part of this, a series of ZENworks announcements, centered around the release of ZENworks for Networks 1.0...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.
February 7, 2000... LEGISLATIVE MOVES: Bill for permanent Net tax ban to be proposed House Policy Chairman Christopher Cox, R-Calif., and Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are planning to introduce the Internet Non- Discrimination Act in an effort to make permanent...

Lawson building credibility in ASP arena.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... WITH NUMEROUS customer and partner implementations in hand, Lawson Software is seeking to ride the front of the emerging ASP (application service provider) wave with its outsourced and hosted business software. Lawson appears to be eyeing...

Management vendors target e-commerce.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... AS THE E-COMMERCE market matures, tools for managing the e- commerce infrastructure are becoming increasingly important. Hewlett-Packard's announcement of its HP OpenView VantangePoint IT management suite last week marks only the latest...

Briefs fly in MS/DOJ case - Advocates for government and Microsoft weigh in.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 7, 2000... A POWERFUL software industry association that counts Microsoft among its members has urged the judge overseeing the U.S. government's antitrust case against Microsoft to find that the company has violated antitrust laws. The Software and...

Caching, content delivery evolve.(News Briefs)
February 7, 2000... WITH INTERNET users clamoring for faster Web site performance, the benefits of caching and content delivery are becoming more attractive to service providers and enterprises that realize a slow online response means fewer customers. To...

Caching alternative offered.(from Digital Fountain)(Product Development)
February 7, 2000... Digital Fountain is touting a way to avoid the hassle of maintaining large server or cache farms in order to ensure fast Web performance, by using a combination of math algorithms and IP multicasting. "Our strength is when there's...

FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF: The Win2000 decision: Upgrading to the OS is a philosophical and an economic conundrum.(News Briefs)(Editorial)
February 7, 2000... WHEN IT COMES TO operating systems, IT organizations traditionally have been a conservative bunch. After all, history has shown that it takes months, sometimes years, before an operating system becomes stable enough -- usually after its second...

Web 'bots' enhance self-serve experience.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 7, 2000... WHETHER YOU want to optimize your investments in petrochemicals or save $1.50 on a best seller, you'll probably soon be doing it with a bot. Short for robot, "bots" -- also called autonomous agents -- are small pieces of code sent out like...

Making the move.(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... Whether you move to Windows 2000 this year, next year, or never, InfoWorld has an extensive lineup of articles to help you understand and prepare for the latest operating system from Microsoft. The Test Center offers reviews of the new products...

Performing the perfect migration - Thorough planning, attention to detail can lower costs of expensive upgrade.(Product Information)
February 7, 2000... MAKING THE MOVE from Windows NT or NetWare to Windows 2000 is not a job to be taken lightly. You must weigh factors beyond the time and money necessary to perform the migration. Training costs for IT staff and employees plus the much more...

Server enhancements worthy, but costly - Upgrade gets you speed, but migration costs may deter.(Microsoft Windows 2000)(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... WE'VE HEARD the hype about Windows 2000, and we've watched the ship date slip. After testing Windows 2000 at last, I can report that it was well worth the wait. Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server are not only easier to install and...

Robust client offers wide device support - Integrated with AD, Professional lowers admin costs.(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... IT ADMINISTRATORS choosing a desktop OS have juggled between Windows 9x and Windows NT Workstation. Most users would have preferred NT Workstation, but its hardware requirements and lack of support for lots of laptop-oriented services forced...

DM/Manager makes AD upgrade a breeze - Keep users productive while resolving directory kinks.(DM/Manager 5.0 from FastLane Technologies)(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... IF YOU MIGRATE to Windows 2000, get ready for the extra expenses of upgrading to Active Directory (AD). Moving anything but the simplest domain structure to Microsoft's directory service calls for third-party utilities, which quickly drive up...

Active Directory barks up the right tree.(Product Information)
February 7, 2000... MICROSOFT'S first attempt at providing true domain services similar to those in NDS is finally available. Released in Windows 2000, Active Directory replaces the Windows NT domain system. Although the path to upgrading to Active Directory (AD)...

WINDOW MANAGER: New program stops Windows 2000/NT/98 security weaknesses and Trojans for free.(ZoneAlarm 2.0 from ZoneLabs)(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... A NEW PROGRAM has brought together the strongest features of the best software firewalls, Trojan horse defenses, and Internet security locks. And best of all, this wunderkind of software can be downloaded for free use by individuals and...

SECURITY WATCH: Windows 2000 looks like it's learned several important lessons regarding security.(Product Information)
February 7, 2000... WHILE OUR COLLEAGUES detail their opinions on the various pieces of Microsoft Windows 2000 elsewhere in this special section, it naturally falls on us to tell readers what they can expect securitywise from the future of Windows. After working...

The new wave of distributed computing - Microsoft's COM+ allows for more flexible application development.(Product Information)
February 7, 2000... SINCE THE VERY EARLY days of programming, developers have had to divide their code-writing efforts between two competing goals: On one hand, you must define the logic of the business context; and on the other, your program must handle the...

Migrating your apps to Windows 2000 - Moving to the new OS means complying with Microsoft's stringent new rules.(Product Development)
February 7, 2000... WHENEVER there's a major software release, IT directors face both good news and bad news. True, embracing the new approach may bring improvements in functionality, but then there's the inevitable hailstorm of glitches. This scenario is...

ENTERPRISE TOOLBOX: Application changes, training needs lead to tricky Windows 2000 cost/benefit analysis.(Product Information)
February 7, 2000... AS MICROSOFT begins the rollout of Windows 2000, I'm certain many of you are beginning to examine the impact the release will have on end-users, servers, network infrastructure, and business initiatives. This is a great time to complete a...

Microsoft's Allchin backs all-inclusive OS strategy.(Company Operations)
February 7, 2000... FEB. 17, THE day Microsoft launches Windows 2000, will be an important date in the life of Jim Allchin. For the past four years, Allchin has led the charge at the Redmond, Wash., company for Windows NT 5.0, now Windows 2000. Recently promoted...

IT proceeds with caution - Many IT pros are weighing critical upgrade issues, asking themselves when -- not if -- they'll move to Windows 2000.(Product Information)
February 7, 2000... BRIAN JAFFE has read all the articles and reviews, he's heard years' worth of hype and sales pitches from Microsoft, he's watched the betas come and go, and he's heard all the arguments, pro and con. Now he just wants to get down to the...

OS rollouts hinge on user training - No singular approach works best, but you have many options for bringing workers up to speed.(News Briefs)
February 7, 2000... ALL TOO OFTEN, when a company introduces new technology for its users, training is simply tacked on as an afterthought. But unless your users are properly trained first, don't expect Microsoft Windows 2000 or any other sophisticated technology...

IS SURVIVAL GUIDE: Windows 2000 decisions: When do you upgrade, and what OS do you pick?(News Briefs)
February 7, 2000... MANAGEMENT SPEAK: You've done a great job. TRANSLATION: I don't have a clue how you performed, but I've heard no bad reports. -- Leonard R. Miller's contribution is great, don't you think? REMEMBER WHEN every new software release...

Hong Kong moves to grant broadband licenses.(Government Activity)
February 7, 2000... HONG KONG OPENED up its broadband Internet service market, issuing six licenses for carriers to offer high-speed data services in competition with incumbent Cable & Wireless HKT, the government announced in a statement. In addition to a...

Hewlett-Packard offers security software for NT enterprises.(HP DomainGuard Enterprise, Praesidium WebEnforcer)(Product Announcement)
February 7, 2000... HEWLETT-PACKARD launched a new software product designed to automatically eliminate known security holes in Web server environments that are based on Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. Typical out-of-the box Windows NT installations...

Zhone rolls out gateway for voice - Device interconnects all types of user networks with carrier networks.(Zhone Technologies Sechtor 300 Universal Voice Gateway)(Product Announcement)
February 7, 2000... ZHONE Technologies, a network equipment provider founded by former executives of Ascend Communications, introduced its first product -- a gateway designed to interconnect all types of networks with a local-exchange carrier's digital-voice...

Intel says new adapters to give LAN security a boost.(the PRO/100 S Management Adapter and PRO/100 S Server Adapter)(Product Announcement)
February 7, 2000... INTEL HAS RELEASED two network adapters designed to improve the performance of PCs and servers that exchange encrypted information over local area networks. The adapters feature a co-processor that off-loads the job of encrypting and...

Xircom rounds out global presence with Latin American push.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... XIRCOM, WHICH LAUNCHED a Latin America operation in mid-1998, expects its revenue in the region to grow at an annual clip of 25 percent to 30 percent, according to company officials. Xircom, a maker of products for connecting mobile...

Brazilians to get free Internet service from Telefonica.(Terra Networks' plan to offer free Internet service in Brazil)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... HERE'S ANOTHER REASON for Brazilians to party with abandon at Rio de Janeiro's next carnival: one of the region's largest ISPs will offer free Internet access in Brazil. Terra Networks, a subsidiary of Spain's Telefonica, announced that it...

Put an intranet in your pocket - AvantGo Enterprise tools serve Web content, applications to road warriors.(Enterprise Publisher and Enterprise Interactive 3.2 deliver corporate information to handheld computers)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... MANY CORPORATIONS now consider handheld devices the standard link between enterprise data and mobile workers. But supporting these devices, including making sure their users have access to the corporate data they need, places an extra burden on...

INTRANETS & I-COMMERCE - HOTLINKS.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Editorial)
February 7, 2000... BREAKING NEWS ONLINE I-commerce breaking news and business briefs: For the latest news on the products and companies in the I- commerce marketplace, turn to www.infoworld.com. Breaking news and business briefs are updated throughout...

Build your e-business now, customize later - Allure 2000 delivers powerful prefabricated Web applications.(Commence's web site development software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... ON THE WEB, as in the rest of the business world, time is money. Every day that your Web site sits idle on the developer's computer, you're losing dollars. If you want to get your Web site up quickly and with minimum effort, consider Commence's...

NET PROPHET: The cure for all your I-commerce woes: The new, improved spin-off dot-com companies.(the benefits of spinning off a company's electronic commerce operation)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Column)
February 7, 2000... INTERNET STRATEGY got you down? Confused about how your company can adopt the 'can do' attitude of dot-coms? Wracked by personnel problems? Channel conflict and cannibalization keeping you up at night? Fear not! There's a magic bullet: Just...

Agribusiness provides fertile ground for DirectAg.(DirectAg.com provides electronic commerce services for farmers)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 7, 2000... ALTHOUGH THERE may be fewer than a quarter-million major producers (they used to be called farmers) in the United States, the agricultural business is a $65 billion market that is attracting Web start-ups such as DirectAg. Kip Pendleton,...

TEST CENTER RX: Taking over a poorly managed network requires that you set standards, policies.(Industry Trend or Event)(Questions and Answers)(Column)
February 7, 2000... I've recently been promoted to network manager at a medium-sized company (of 350 employees). The fellow before me was a good guy, but he was very lenient and loose with the network and network management policies. At this point we have IP, IPX,...

Will Corel bring Linux to more desktops?(excerpts from an online forum)(News Briefs)(Editorial)
February 7, 2000... (These edited excerpts from our Web site's forums provide a sample of the lively debate that takes place there. For the full discussions, go to www.infoworld.com and click on the forums button.) Will Corel's GraphOn strategy be a success?...

TO THE EDITOR.(Letter to the Editor)
February 7, 2000... Religion and politics in IT OH, MICHAEL VIZARD is so right (see From the Editor in Chief, Jan. 17, page 30). So many people in the world of technology feel that the products, techniques, or philosophies that they espouse are the one...

FROM THE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Microsoft to launch its Windows 2000 to a more skeptical marketplace.(Editorial)(Product Announcement)
February 7, 2000... When I first heard Microsoft had applied to trademark the word "windows," I was astonished at the arrogance of a company that thought it could own such a commonly used word. Ten years later, both Microsoft Windows and the company's arrogance...

Job titles: Systems programmer.(salary survey)(Industry Trend or Event)(Illustration)
February 7, 2000... COMPENSATION AVERAGE SALARIES Nationwide: $62,198 West: $67,025 Midwest: $56,222 South: $61,309 Northeast: $66,021 PERCENT RECEIVING BONUSES Profit-sharing bonus: 46.3% Annual personal performance...

Workplace changes are under way.(tips for IT job hunters)(Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
February 7, 2000... IT PROFESSIONALS seemingly don't have too many career worries, as long as the economy continues to expand, says Ronald Krannich, author of Change Your Life. "[IT managers] are in an enviable position," he says. Still, although IT jobs will...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Feeling a bit like Austin Powers, Bobby sets out to find his lost mojo online.(Humor)(Column)
February 7, 2000... WITH ROSE GONE, my chance of home ownership flushed down the toilet, and no chance of scoring a BMW for being an InfoWorld columnist, I've been looking to make a fresh start. Just because all of these twenty-somethings with Internet start-...

THE GRIPE LINE: Viral marketing goes one step too far -- to a place where friends spam friends.(AllAdvantage's Internet ad referral service)(Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
February 7, 2000... ONE OF THE LATEST buzzwords in e-commerce is "viral marketing" -- the basic idea being to use the power of the Internet to spread the good news about a product like an epidemic. OK, but is it a good idea for your friends to be paid to infect...

FROM THE ETHER: The story of the rebirth of a company, Gofish.com, a B2B exchange for ... fish.(Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
February 7, 2000... GOFISH.COM IS NOT an online card game. It's a business-to- business exchange company for the seafood industry. The company was founded three names ago, in 1985, on the working waterfront in Portland, Maine. Today, Gofish.com is a...

DOWN TO THE WIRE: The network computing and Linux 'Tivolution' has arrived and is upon us.(the TiVo personal video recorder)(Hardware Review)(Column)(Evaluation)
February 7, 2000... THERE'S A SAYING among some pastors that if you don't have a substantial portion of your congregation complaining about the content of your sermons each week, you must not be preaching the truth. I try to remember that when I sift through...

Linux bandwagon filling fast - Show sees support and tools bolstered across the board.(the LinuxWorld Expo in New York)(Industry Trend or Event)
February 7, 2000... NEW YORK -- The growing strength of Linux in corporate America manifested itself at LinuxWorld Expo here last week, as several major vendors threw their weight behind the open-source operating system with new products and deeper strategic...

E-business service denied.(Denial-of-Service attacks on Yahoo, Etrade, eBay, Buy.com and other high-profile sites)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 14, 2000... THE DAMAGE CAUSED by last week's spate of DoS (denial of service) attacks on high-profile Web sites was greater than just revenue losses and disenchanted consumers. With the government, the FBI, and IT vendors all attempting to deal with the...

Windows 2000 launch: Moment of truth arrives.(Microsoft's new operating system)(Product Announcement)
February 14, 2000... FINALLY, IT'S TIME for Microsoft to lay its cards on the table. With this week's launch of Windows 2000, the company bolsters its assault on the booming midrange server business and accelerates its race to gain mind share with the world's...

OPINIONS - FROM THE NEWS DESK: Net security enters a collaborative phase.(Technology Information)(Column)
February 14, 2000... Just as the benefits and business opportunities of the Internet have pervaded our lives, so has its darker criminal side. And like the interconnected structure of the Internet, only close cooperation between corporations, security vendors,...

Clinton to hold meeting over DoS attacks.(to discuss recent denial-of-service attacks against ISPs and electronic commerce sites)(Industry Trend or Event)
February 14, 2000... President Clinton, Chief of Staff John Podesta, and other senior government officials plan to meet Tuesday with representatives from several Internet and e-commerce companies, network manufacturers, and ISPs to discuss last week's DoS (denial...

IBM inks expansive CRM pact with Siebel.(Siebel Systems will provide customer relationship management software to IBM employees, business partners and customers)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2000... IBM signed a global deal with Siebel Systems last week to deploy its CRM (customer relationship management)-focused sales, marketing, and customer service software with Big Blue's more than 55,000 employees, 30,000 business partners, and...

Cabletron splits into four companies.(Cabletron Systems reorganizes)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2000... Cabletron Systems last week announced plans to split into four independent operating companies, each focusing on a specific high-growth area of the communications market. The companies are Riverstone Networks, which will focus on the service...

WRQ snaps up EAI vendor SuperNova.(enterprise application integration)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2000... Setting its sights on a future in EAI (enterprise application integration), WRQ has acquired SuperNova, a supplier of prebuilt EAI connections and components. The WRQ Apptrieve object-oriented offering for legacy host-to-Web application...

Sun to reveal microelectronics strategy.(Sun Microsystems' 'Build for the Dot.com Age' strategy)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2000... Sun Microsystems plans to relaunch its microelectronics division next week with a new strategy the company is calling "Build for the Dot.com age." Sun plans to announce a new OEM initiative involving telecom and service providers, as well as a...

Vendors broach end-user privacy issues.(McAfee's Silhouette and Avio's Atune software offer privacy protection)(Product Information)(Product Announcement)
February 14, 2000... A SMALL BUT discernible trend in the technology used to target consumers is focusing on protecting privacy rights rather than invading them. Companies are discovering that there is money to be made in offering privacy protection along with...

ASPs to compare notes - Hewlett-Packard to offer help on billing services.(HP's IP-Billing-on-tap online pay-per-use billing utility; Exodus Communications acquires security services)(Company Business and Marketing)(Product Announcement)
February 14, 2000... HEWLETT-PACKARD got the jump on this week's ASP Summit in San Jose, Calif., by announcing a new "e-service" to its portfolio in the form of online billing for ASPs (application service providers). The online pay-per-use billing utility,...

Deloitte, Chase Manhattan spawn dot-com.(for online business procurement services)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 14, 2000... IN AN EFFORT TO CURB "rogue buying," Chase Manhattan and Deloitte Consulting are forming a dot-com start-up targeting Fortune-1000 companies that need to streamline their indirect procurement costs. The new venture will bring to...

Microsoft banks on the Internet with BizTalk.(the BizTalk Server will promote XML as a communications medium for business-to-business e-commerce)(Product Development)
February 14, 2000... EVEN THOUGH Microsoft officials say business-to-business benefits will be a key selling point of Windows 2000, due out this week, the company is not banking its entire business-to-business strategy on one product alone. Later this year,...

Corel, Inprise join forces - Combined company to pursue Linux opportunities.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 14, 2000... LAST WEEK'S ANNOUNCED union of Corel and Inprise was seen by some as a logical and appropriate response to market conditions, whereas others questioned the pair's strategic reliance on the still-emerging Linux platform. Though the two...

IBM unveils supercomputer powered by copper chips.(the RS/6000 SP uses the 64-bit Power3-II microprocessor)(Product Announcement)
February 14, 2000... TRYING TO SUSTAIN its year-long momentum in the supercomputing market, IBM last week announced what it believes is the industry's first supercomputer powered by copper-chip technology. The new system, the RS/6000 SP, will be aimed at the...