InfoWorld articles from March 2000

InfoWorld archives from March 2000

Wireless goes corporate - Partnerships abound in the race to answer enterprise needs.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... THE PUSH TO BRING wireless applications to enterprises reached a fever pitch last week. A flurry of partnerships aims to fill out the wireless picture for companies seeking to untether their employees and offer wireless Internet access. ...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Place your bets on wireless technology.(Industry Trend or Event)(Editorial)
March 6, 2000... Wireless technology is following a predictable hype trajectory as IT and telecommunications vendors fall over themselves to get a foothold in the "next great thing." But unlike preceding waves of technology, creative IT executives will have...

ERP heavyweights intensify ASP competition.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... AS USERS RUSH to the digital marketplace, they are looking to the major ERP (enterprise resource planning) players to provide direct application hosting services, which is adding new fuel to the highly competitive realm of ERP. In...

Big-name telecommunications carriers considering mergers.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... A flurry of merger rumors circulated throughout the telecommunications industry last week, with reports that German telecom company Deutsche Telekom hopes to merge with Qwest Communications, and that SBC Communications and BellSouth want to...

U.S. releases e-commerce numbers.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... The U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau has released the first official estimate of retail Internet sales. The bureau stated retail sales over the Web were about $5.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 1999. This accounts for .064...

DoubleClick brouhaha prompts response.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... DoubleClick CEO Kevin O'Connor, responding to criticism that the Internet advertising company allegedly violated customer privacy in tracking Internet movements, said in a prepared statement last week that he "made a mistake by planning to...

Lucent spins off enterprise unit.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... Lucent Technologies last week said it plans to spin off a separate company that will focus on the enterprise networking market. The company's PBX, enterprise switching, call center, structured cabling, and LAN-based data business units will...

Wal-Mart appoints online CEO.(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... Wal-Mart has appointed Jeanne Jackson as CEO of its new online division, Wal-Mart.com. Jackson joins the company from the Banana Republic division of Gap, where she also held the position of CEO and was responsible for the online programs for...

Cap Gemini inks mega-merger.(with Ernst & Young)(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES firm of a combined Cap Gemini and Ernst & Young Consulting casts an imposing shadow, especially on the U.S. market. But many business, technology, and cultural factors conspire to make their union a challenging one....

Databases up file support.(Internet File System)(Product Announcement)
March 6, 2000... MANY DATABASE users should soon be able to centralize file management directly in their database engine, as one of the more highly touted features of Oracle's 8i database is nearing completion and one of its chief rivals is preparing similar...

Sun takes baby steps toward opening Java.(Sun Microsystems)(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... SUN LAST WEEK took a step toward allowing greater levels of partner involvement in the Java development process, hoping to quell growing unrest among vendors and developers who fear the company is beginning to mirror Microsoft in the way it...

AOL, Time Warner open up - Duo details plan to let rival ISPs use TW's cable network.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... FOLLOWING THROUGH on a promise made when they announced their decision to merge, America Online and Time Warner (TW) last week said they welcomed giving competing ISPs access to TW's cable infrastructure. However, sources said the move was...

IBM looks for head start on 64-bit Monterey applications.(operating system)(Product Development)
March 6, 2000... WHEN IBM last week released alpha code for Project Monterey, the company's 64-bit operating system, developers were given the green light to begin crafting applications for the OS before its official release. IBM hopes this head start will...

Mainframe software eases development, connectivity.(OS/390 Version 2.9)(Product Announcement)
March 6, 2000... TRYING TO STRENGTHEN the position of its line of mainframes for enterprise applications such as e-commerce and CRM (customer relationship management), IBM has beefed up its OS/390 operating system for the Web and has introduced new...

Cisco helps users prioritize network traffic.(Cisco Systems)(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... CISCO LAST WEEK rolled out products designed to speed content delivery and deployment of services across enterprise networks. The company enhanced its existing QoS (quality of service) capabilities in recognition of Internet traffic...

Exodus quells security concerns for dot-coms.(Exodus Communications)(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... EXODUS communications, which provides hosting services for some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, introduced last week new security services designed to shield customers from computer hackers. But Exodus officials said the services will...

Enterprise apps give Linux a shot in the arm - Novell, Tripwire ready releases.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... ENTERPRISE COMPANIES may soon have reason to take a closer look at Linux, because pending releases from Tripwire and Novell will bring security and directory applications to the operating system. Currently, a dearth of applications,...

Merging vendors target Windows networks.(Mission Critical Software, NetIQ, and Ganymede Software)(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... LAST WEEK'S announcement that Mission Critical Software, NetIQ, and Ganymede Software are to merge has highlighted how smaller network management vendors are moving from offering products that solve specific problems to suites that can be used...

Oracle rehabs warehouse - Adds tool for configuring business intelligence wares.(Oracle Warehouse Builder)(Product Announcement)
March 6, 2000... TAKING WHAT company officials are calling a "giant leap" in providing the speed and agility necessary for deploying data warehousing applications in the age of the Internet, Oracle this week will begin shipping its Oracle Warehouse Builder. ...

AlphaBlox brings BI to online trading platforms.(Analysis Suite, eBusiness Edition software; business intelligence)(Product Announcement)
March 6, 2000... TAKING A NOVEL approach to the problem of providing trading platform operators with easy-to-use business intelligence capabilities, AlphaBlox this week will launch its Analysis Suite, eBusiness Edition. AlphaBlox's solution uses a Java...

Auto exchanges assemble - Untested business model requires extensive road tests.(Ford Motor, and DaimlerChrysler)(Company Operations)
March 6, 2000... WHEN GENERAL MOTORS (GM), Ford Motor, and DaimlerChrysler agreed recently to create a single Internet exchange from two existing ones, the implications were that an archetype for Internet-based trading of goods and services had come to the...

eGM head pursues broad e-commerce plan.(Mark Hogan)(Company Business and Marketing)(Interview)
March 6, 2000... IT COULD BE SAID that the Internet is creating as much change in the auto industry as the introduction of mass production assembly lines did earlier this century. Leaders in the multibillion-dollar industry are pushing profound changes in...

Technology issues get campaign attention - Bush, Gore, McCain, and Bradley wrestle with Internet tax, stake out other high-tech positions.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... IN SHARP CONTRAST to the 1996 presidential election, the top four contenders now vying for the Oval Office have made high-tech policies central to their campaigns. "It is clear that technology and technology policy are going to be critical...

#Carolyn A. April.(Randy Mott)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... APPOINTMENTS: Former Wal-Mart CIO finds new home at Dell The former CIO at Wal-Mart has signed on to take the same position at Dell. Randy Mott, who was both a senior vice president and CIO at Wal- Mart, has been given these identical...

###Carolyn A. April.(Tera Computer agrees to purchase SGI's Cray supercomputer business)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... ACQUISITION: Tera to acquire SGI's Cray supercomputer unit TERA COMPUTER, a producer of high-end computers, last week agreed to purchase SGI's (formerly Silicon Graphics) Cray supercomputer business. The financial terms of the deal...

Carolyn A. April.(LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... SPIN-OFF: Systimax aims at corporate nets LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES is spinning off its PBX, Systimax, a structured cabling and data business based on LANs, thereby creating a separate company aimed at the corporate networking market, company...

VoiceXML specification to lead announcements at CT Expo.(Computer Telephony Expo)
March 6, 2000... VENDORS WILL USE this week's Computer Telephony (CT) Expo in Los Angeles to showcase new applications and capabilities for voice technologies and call centers. Highlighting the continuing evolution of the telephony market will be a new...

The Bug Report.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2000... Bugs and fixes reported to BugNet Microsoft: If you have Windows 2000 Professional running on a laptop computer and put it into hibernation and then connect it to a docking station, the computer won't be able to connect to the docking...

Sybase aims to reduce mobile synchronization headaches.(SQL Anywhere Studio 7.0 software)(Product Announcement)
March 6, 2000... SYBASE LAST WEEK unveiled the next version of its mobile database, SQL Anywhere Studio 7.0, which the vendor claims boosts the speed and reliability with which companies can deploy mobile solutions. The key is the ability to join the worlds...

E-businesses vie for technology ownership - Patent pending: Technology you use today may be someone else's tomorrow.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... ADDING TO THE competitive climate in the cramped e-commerce space, some e-businesses are duking it out in the courtroom. Patents, once meant to foster and protect innovations, have become another means for companies to garner market share via...

Mobile Internet applications still maturing.(report from CeBit 2000)(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... MOBILE E-COMMERCE was talked about a lot at this year's CeBit show in Hannover, Germany, which ended last week, but vendors and applications providers warned that some hurdles remain in developing the fledgling market. Some here warned...

Mobile Insights into security.(Product Announcement)
March 6, 2000... DATA ACCESS and security will be the hot topics at this year's Mobile Insights 2000 Conference in Palm Springs, Calif. Intel will announce a major security push, hoping to remove any reservations IT organizations still might have over...

A buy-sell revolution - CTOs plug in to digital exchanges as they reinvent existing business models and enter new markets.
March 6, 2000... AT A TIME when most business leaders envisioned dollar signs as they watched the emergence of Internet-based, business-to-business trading exchanges, BASF Group's Karl Grupp saw an omen for his company's digital future instead. "If we just...

PLATFORMS & INFRASTRUCTURE - HOTLINKS.(News Briefs)
March 6, 2000... BREAKING NEWS ONLINE Platforms & Infrastructure breaking news and business briefs: For the latest Platforms & Infrastructure news, go to www.infoworld.com. Articles on topics such as WAN and LAN networking, security, network...

Sniffer suite has a nose for nets - Reporting, simulation provide strong value, help IT talk clearly with execs.(Sniffer Technologies' Sniffer Portable Analysis network management software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... COMPANIES DEPEND on their networks as much as they depend on the their telephones, and that dependence is increasing. Due to that heavy reliance, tough network problems pose huge hurdles for an enterprise. Predicting the effects of increasing...

WebFort secures traffic with software - High flexibility makes low-cost alternative to hardware.(WebFort 2.0 from Arcot Systems Inc)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... MANY CHALLENGES face those trying to provide strong, two-factor security authentication to users accessing sensitive information via the Internet. The most popular solutions today for two-factor authentication (which is based on something you...

e-Gap beta effectively shuttles apps, data - Risk of attacks reduced by physical separation of servers.(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... IN AN AGE OF Web presence, e-commerce, and mobile workforces, enterprises that must allow these types of network access face a unique conundrum: They must permit selected inbound access from the Internet to a company's Web servers, while also...

ImageCast keeps drives clean, costs low.(Symantec's Ghost Enterprise Edition 6.0, Altiris' eXpress 4.0, Innovative Software's ImageCast 3.0)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... DRIVE-IMAGE copiers make life much easier for system managers by slashing the cost of setting up new machines, as well as shortening trouble resolution time on installed machines. However, their use is limited and usually requires a visit to...

SECURITY WATCH: Are the recent denial of service attacks the security industry's 15 minutes of fame?
March 6, 2000... THE SMATTERING of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks during the week of Feb. 7 was a wake-up call for much of the media, but from our vantage point they were simply par for the course. We've long been writing about the importance of...

WINDOW MANAGER: Readers weigh in on upgrading to Windows 2000, more NUMLOCK tips, and backing up.
March 6, 2000... FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, my columns have dealt with security threats from Trojan horses and moles, Web attacks using distributed denial-of- service tools, and so forth. This week, let's have some fun and look at tips you have sent in. I asked for...

THE OPEN SOURCE: Another data point for those who are certain Linux will never win the desktop race.
March 6, 2000... IT SEEMS THAT someone writes at least once a week to tell me why Linux can never succeed on the desktop. Invariably, the proof they offer is in the form of a list of the problems they had installing and running Linux or Linux applications. ...

Nortel expands with $260 million investment.(Company Operations)
March 6, 2000... IN A MOVE TO further expand its rapid growth plans, Nortel Networks will invest an additional $260 million in its optical networking and components business, the company announced . The investment will come with the creation of 3,400 new...

StorageNetworks tries innovative service.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... THE XSP ACRONYMS keep coming. The latest is SSP (storage service provider), used by one of the first of the breed, StorageNetworks. The company's ambitious plans to establish a global data storage network are drawing favorable reviews from the...

Telia quadruples speed of GSM mobile data transfer rates.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... TELIA, SWEDEN'S largest mobile phone operator, announced an upgrade to its GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) network that quadruples the data transfer rate from 9.6Kbps to 38.4Kbps. The higher speed will bring immediate benefits...

Information at your fingertips - DataChannel Server 4.0 pulls corporate data into a personalizable portal.(from DataChannel)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... UNTIL RECENTLY, the concept of an EIP (enterprise information portal) invoked an image of a complicated mesh of heterogeneous systems, middleware development tools, report writers, information repositories, and data conversion routines. Even...

INTRANETS & I-COMMERCE - HOTLINKS.(News Briefs)
March 6, 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 the...

Forum 5.0 brings collaboration without pain - SiteScape's groupware is as easy to deploy and manage as it is to use.(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... THE WORD "groupware" conjures images of big servers, costly licenses, and administrative hassles. The likes of Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, and Novell GroupWise get your people connected, but exact a high cost in time and manpower. If you...

Serve corporate e-mail to wireless devices - ThinAir Server provides access to e-mail now, other resources later.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... FOR MOST MOBILE WORKERS, e-mail is their lifeline to clients and company matters. But getting electronic mail usually involves unproductive time, such as booting up a laptop or finding a phone line to connect a PDA's (personal digital...

ENTERPRISE COMPUTING - HOTLINKS.(Directory)
March 6, 2000... BREAKING NEWS ONLINE Enterprise Computing breaking news and business briefs: For the latest news on the products and companies in the enterprise computing marketplace -- including application development and databases -- turn to...

Monarch/ES Web-enables reports - Thin-client architecture enables browser-based content manipulation.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... MANY ORGANIZATIONS rely on hard-copy, greenbar reports for their accounting, sales, and inventory data. These mainframe-style reports can contain useful information, but of course their usefulness is limited because paper is a static medium...

Business Suite 8 is an all-inclusive solution - Tigerpaw's new offering covers both front and back ends.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... WHEN YOU'RE adopting a CRM (customer relationship management) package, it's important to get a solution that integrates well with your existing back-office applications. If your software can seamlessly update the company books and inventory...

RadView tools nicely assist in e-biz QA - WebLoad loads up test Web apps.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 6, 2000... THIS YEAR a significant number of applications will be created or modified for the Web as part of major e-business initiatives. Being able to accurately measure the expected load prior to deployment is a critical part of any e-business...

Building business intelligence one step at a time.(PHILADELPHIA'S CIO Brian Anderson)(Government Activity)
March 6, 2000... PHILADELPHIA'S CIO, Brian Anderson, is well-versed in the importance of making sure that the right information is available to the right decision makers at the right time. The challenge confronting Anderson when he came to the city of brotherly...

TEST CENTER RX: Moving to virtual private networks from leased lines gets the Rx thumbs-up.(Technology Information)
March 6, 2000... My company would like to replace a lot of our leased lines with an Internet and VPN [virtual private network] solution. We're paying a small fortune for the leased lines, and because all of our offices have T1 or better Internet connectivity,...

ENTERPRISE TOOLBOX: Enabling a successful e-business strategy requires a detailed business process map.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... THERE ARE PEOPLE who find their way to a physical location by means of a map and there are people who prefer to rely on hunches to get them to the right place. Finding the right road to go down with your e-business strategy is much the same....

Should you be a consultant? Now might be an excellent time to make the move, but you need to know what you're getting into first.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... SPRING, THE season of renewal, was in the air, and Carl Lucas was bored with his job as the senior network engineer for a financial company in San Francisco. "I was frustrated with the corporate environment," says Lucas. "It was bogged...

IS SURVIVAL GUIDE: CIOs need to know more than just business -- they must know technology.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... MANAGEMENT SPEAK: It's a great theory, but... TRANSLATION: I disagree, but I'm not sure why. -- Today's anonymous contributor theorizes why some managers reject good ideas. NEWS FLASH! In another case of psychologists proving what...

FORUM TALK: What role should ISPs play in security?(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 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.) Should ISPs secure against attacks? "I...

TO THE EDITOR.(Letter to the Editor)
March 6, 2000... Insurance raves I JUST WANTED TO let you know I thought "Internet shakeup for insurance" was an excellent article (see Feb 21). Had caught it first in the printed format (loved the T-Rex) and then forwarded the link from your Web site to...

FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF: Digital exchanges: The middlemen now have the power in today's e-market.(Technology Information)(Editorial)
March 6, 2000... Economics is primarily about power -- and who has the most. In the United States, that power manifests itself in various vertical industries that typically have two or three dominant companies. For example, Ford Motor, General Motors, and...

Database analysts fulfill a crucial role in any organization and are most often responsible for maintaining and modifying a company's databases.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... Database analyst Compensation Average salaries: Nationwide - $56,859 West - $56,785(**) Midwest - $54,828(**) South - $58,804(**) Northeast - $57,171(**) Percent receiving bonuses: Profit-sharing bonus...

How well-connected are you?(Industry Trend or Event)
March 6, 2000... IT professionals toil in an ever-changing market where continual training is vital for getting ahead. But with all this concentration on technological dexterity, are you neglecting the interpersonal skills you need for a prosperous future? ...

NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Lou may be ready for AARP, but our Bobby screams, 'I'm still young!'.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... MADISON ROARED into the InfoWorld parking lot on a Harley, right on time for her interview last week. I was the one who was late, leaving her checking her watch and wondering if the help wanted ad was some kind of scam. Don't get me wrong....

THE GRIPE LINE: Mid-Atlantic states vie to become the first to enact the controversial UCITA.(Government Activity)
March 6, 2000... I USED TO THINK that it would get a little easier to explain what's happening with the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) once it got to the state legislatures. I should have known better. As we feared, UCITA was...

FROM THE ETHER: Count out your XACCT change to merge to the Pay-As-We- Go Internet.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 6, 2000... GROWING NUMBERS of us "meterists" are building what I call the Pay-As- We-Go Internet. We think the Internet is not properly priced if it's free, or if it's even mostly flat rate. To sustain growth and evolution, the Internet needs...

NET PROPHET: Everything I need to know about B-to-B exchanges I learned in kindergarten.(Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
March 6, 2000... DOES YOUR COMPANY play well with others? It's a lesson kindergartners must learn, but not something businesses excel in. But in the emerging world of business-to-business Internet exchanges, it's a lesson every company must learn. Seeing...

E-cars take to the streets - Wireless connections to link road warriors to the Net.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 13, 2000... THE AUTOMOBILE will no longer be an isolation booth where business users are shut off from access to information. Over the next 18 months, automakers including General Motors (GM) and Ford are working on technologies that will give drivers...

FROM THE NEWS DESK: Rough patches on the road ahead for e-cars.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 13, 2000... Auto industry leaders are all revved up about connecting cars to the Net. Going beyond existing GPS (global positioning system)-driven location/mapping services, some auto and IT industry executives envisage salespeople getting the latest...

FCC approves US West-Qwest merger.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2000... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late last week approved the merger between US West and Qwest Communications, just as Qwest declared that its ongoing talks with a "major telecommunications company" had ceased. Widely rumored to be...

Novell sets sights on Linux.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 13, 2000... Novell this week will release NDS eDirectory for Linux and outline its plans to port a set of directory-enabled solutions to the Linux platform during the next year. With the support of Linux vendors such as Caldera, Red Hat, and TurboLinux, as...

Intel jumps on free-PC trend.(Company Operations)
March 13, 2000... With Ford Motor, Delta Air Lines, and other companies giving free computers to employees, Intel last week decided it would join the crowd. The chip maker will issue a free "high-performance" Pentium III PC -- along with unlimited free Internet...

Security problems for e-commerce sites.(Product Information)
March 13, 2000... Authorities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Thailand late last week were on the lookout for a computer hacker who posted thousands of credit card numbers on the Internet after downloading the card numbers from e-commerce...

MarketSoft readies eOffers system.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 13, 2000... E-market software and services provider MarketSoft, based in Lexington, Mass., will debut this week its eOffers system for helping businesses alert customers via the Web of special sales and marketing promotions. Developed originally for...

Privacy advocates irked by Net crime report.(Government Activity)
March 13, 2000... KEY PRIVACY GROUPS last week opposed a new White House report that examines the effectiveness of applying existing laws to Internet crime. President Clinton's Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on the Internet, chaired by Attorney General...

INSIDE TRACK: Master, but don't fear presentations - Although some may feel that public speaking is akin to a fate worse than death, there are easy ways to rise to the occasion.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 13, 2000... NOTING THAT MOST PEOPLE rank death as their greatest fear second to public speaking, comedian Jerry Seinfeld concluded that many folks would rather be the subject of a eulogy than the deliverer. Whether the prospect of making a public...

Agilent raises the optical bar.(Product Announcement)
March 13, 2000... LOOKING TO IMPROVE the viability of optical networking, Agilent Technologies last week introduced a platform that allows voice, video, and data to be switched as optical signals without converting them from photons to electrons. The switch...

Wireless Application Protocol draws criticism.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 13, 2000... EVEN AS SUPPORT among vendors for the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) grows, so do claims that the wireless transmission technology is insufficient -- and many of those criticisms are coming from the WAP Forum's own membership ranks. ...

Milestone touted for fiber links.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 13, 2000... LASERCOMM together with AT&T Labs last week announced that the two companies had completed key DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing) tests that could spur cost-cutting developments in optical networking. Specifically, LaserComm, using...

GE aims at reinvention as Net trading platform.(Company Operations)
March 13, 2000... LAST WEEK the death knell began to sound for old-guard proprietary networks when buttoned-down GE Information Services announced plans to emerge as an open Internet platform for e-procurement and trading communities. In a major...

IBM allies with Ariba, i2 - Trio to focus best of their businesses on Net exchanges.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 13, 2000... CALLING IT A watershed moment in the burgeoning e-commerce market, officials at IBM, Ariba, and i2 Technology last week announced a broad alliance they claim will significantly change the way businesses deal with other businesses over the Web....

Allaire plans unified offerings.(Cold Fusion Web)(Product Announcement)
March 13, 2000... ALLAIRE THIS WEEK will outline its strategy, including new products and initiatives, for offering a comprehensive platform for the creation of Internet-based business applications. A major part of the company's strategy will include...

A recipe for e-commerce - Business intelligence and Web data harvesting merge.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 13, 2000... IT'S AN IMPORTANT fact of doing e-business in the 21st century that collecting customer data from the Web and understanding your customers are not one and the same. This distinction was highlighted by the announcement last week that...

IBM bolsters PC server line.(Product Announcement)
March 13, 2000... MAKING GOOD on promises to cascade key proprietary hardware technologies down to its PC-based servers, IBM this week rolled out two 4-way symmetric multiprocessing servers containing some of the features it hopes will give the servers a strong...

Chips hit 1-GHz milestone - AMD narrowly beats Intel to the punch in processor battle.(Product Information)
March 13, 2000... IT WAS A close race, but when Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) barely beat Intel to the finish line last week in the quest for a real-world 1-GHz processor, it marked a crowning achievement in what has been a very good month for AMD as the Intel...