e-Business Advisor articles from November 2000

e-Business Advisor archives from November 2000

Life in a Wireless World.(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 2000... The advantages of using wireless technology for business are obvious. But what about its impact on our culture? There isn't a day that goes by without major news about wireless technology. For example, Cahners InStat Group reports that the...

FACT.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Worldwide online holiday shopping revenue will exceed US$19.5 billion this year. That's the good news. The bad news: Gartner Group says many Web sites will fail to deliver their products, and those e-tailers that can't provide a positive...

Get onto the Internet ... from your refrigerator?(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
November 1, 2000... Chances are you've heard about the concept of a refrigerator that keeps track of its contents and lets you know when you're running low on something. But what if you could connect to your grocery store as you were looking at your fridge's bare...

What would happen if you picked up your phone and repeatedly didn't get a dial tone?(Peakston's eAssurance)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... The kind of uninterrupted performance and reliability that we associate with telephones (landline ones, at least) is what we've come to expect from the Internet, but it's not that simple. The Internet was designed as a first-in, first-out...

Speaking of caching and content distribution ...(Clearway's FireSite content delivery network)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Others are following the lead of Akamai to offer technology designed to "tame the wild Internet." The idea behind companies such as Akamai, Digital Island, Adero, and epicRealm sounds simple enough: Take frequently requested Web pages and bring...

B2B without friction.(InterWorld's Commerce Exchange Business Suite 4.0 electronic commerce software)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... InterWorld Corporation, which has earned a strong foothold in business-to-consumer e-commerce sites, is making a more formalized play in the B2B sell-side world with Commerce Exchange Business Suite 4.0. The company is focusing on helping...

If content management is the answer, why are Web sites still failing?(Eprise's Participant Server 3.0)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... That's what Eprise investigated, with the result being a significant new release of the company's Participant Server. In its latest incarnation, version 3.0, Eprise's content management solution helps companies deal with three main issues that...

Caution: Hype may be hazardous to the health of your e-business.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... It's certainly not a new phenomenon that clever marketers use buzzwords, vague phrases, and panacea promises in sales literature and presentations. But the Yankee Group cites an accelerating trend among software companies to practice such...

Better business intelligence.(Informix i.Decide Web Success)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... It's not that we're lacking data. In fact, we've got so much of it that it's difficult to get our arms around it and turn it into valuable information. Informix Corporation, which recently spun its business into two independent companies, has...

More e-security options on the way?(Technology Information)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... What does the release of the RSA algorithm into the public domain mean for e-businesses? Just a refresher: RSA encryption is the core technology securing the majority of today's e-businesses. The patent was licensed to RSA in 1983, and since...

The best e-commerce targets are people who are experienced Internet users, not "newbies".(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 2000... So states Laurie Windham, founder and CEO of research and consulting firm Cognitiative, Inc. Cognitiative's latest "Pulse of the Customer" research looks at non-Internet users. More than half of the non-user population plans to begin using the...

The good thing about standards.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... There are so many of them. The Object Management Group (OMG) and the Meta Data Coalition (MDC) are attempting to solve this problem in the area of data warehousing and component development by establishing a common standard that integrates the...

Partnering has its positives.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Partnering has its positives, so much so that more than 40 percent of technology businesses plan to commit significant corporate assets to joint ventures over the coming year. Today, technology businesses participating in or planning joint...

Examine the Equity Swap Stakes.(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 2000... Many firms barter equity in exchange for everything from salaries to legal services. What are the pitfalls? There's a new type of legal tender in the marketplace that's an outgrowth of the dot-com economy, and it's being used in nearly...

Make Sense of the XML Standards.(Technology Information)
November 1, 2000... Interoperability and integration between business partners and suppliers rely on an open communications infrastructure that can handle any XML-based standard. In a perfect world, standards precede product development, and a common standard...

Build High-Quality E-Business Applications.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
November 1, 2000... Quality assurance shouldn't just happen at the end of your application development life cycle. Change your testing approach to launch Web applications with confidence. Internet applications have evolved in complexity and scale. Companies...

Should You Sell Your Dot-Com?(News Briefs)
November 1, 2000... Brick-and-mortar companies and large dot-coms are scoping out opportunities for mergers and acquisitions. If your dot-com business is ailing, what are your options to get on the path to profitability? In the October issue, I explored the...

Smart Fraud Protection.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
November 1, 2000... Online merchants have several options for avoiding credit card fraud and chargebacks. Here are some tools to consider. Initially, merchants believed the Internet would let them completely automate their business. There were visions of empty...

XML's Return on Investment.(News Briefs)
November 1, 2000... XML removes the barriers to entry for small and mid-sized enterprises that want to participate in electronic trading networks. Why does that matter to large enterprises? Why is XML's ability to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...

Design for Performance.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
November 1, 2000... Today's Web site users are increasingly demanding. Not only does your site have to operate 24x7, but you must also sustain optimal, uninterrupted performance. How do you do it? Today's customers are more performance-hungry than ever. For...

ADVISOR[R] ANSWERS[TM].(Questions and Answers)
November 1, 2000... Keep sending your questions and tips to E-BusinessSecurity@Advisor.com. Answers Windows 2000 Advanced Server header fields Windows 2000 and personal firewalls Adobe Acrobat update Q: We recently upgraded our Web server to...

ADVISOR[R] TIPS[TM].(Questions and Answers)
November 1, 2000... Industry experts and readers share their advice. Send your tips to E-Business@Advisor.com. Tips Holiday shoppers New Economy patents Supply chain management E-Service printing options Wireless innovations ...

e-Biz Buzz[TM].(News Briefs)
November 1, 2000... Is Network Solutions Hoarding Domain Names? So, you want a great URL for your company? Be ready to WAIT for a choice selection of .com domains, or maybe it's time to register a "not-com." Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI), the ICANN-accredited...