dot.COM articles from September 1998

dot.COM archives from September 1998

INDUSTRY NEWS There's Lot's on Congress's Plate
September 1, 1998... If impeachment doesn't sidetrack any other legislation getting passed, the Internet issues of e-commerce taxes, digital copyright protections and roadblocks to keep children from Web porn are winding their way through the process and could be...

Enabling Small Web Businesses
September 1, 1998... The Internet is creating opportunities for small businesses. To meet the needs of this growing market, Yahoo! Inc. (3420 Central Expwy., Santa Clara, CA 95051; Tel: 408/731-3300, Fax: 408/731-3301; Website: www.yahoo.com) and Technauts Inc. (106...

Forrester Sees Integration Imperative
September 1, 1998... The great promise of Internet commerce is that companies will be able to conduct business easier and more cost-effectively. To achieve this goal, however, firms will need to integrate their commerce sites with the systems that are truly at the...

Platinum Internet Commerce Division
September 1, 1998... Platinum Technology Inc. (1815 S. Meyers Rd., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-5241; Tel: 630/620-5000, Fax: 630/691-0718; Website: www.platinum.com) launched an Internet commerce division to focus its Internet resources on helping companies create,...

NT Focus of a New Multiclient Study
September 1, 1998... Service and support providers point to their strong commitment to the NT operating environment as a competitive contender in the arena of business computers. International Data Corp. (IDC, 5 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701; Tel: 508/872-8200;...

PATENTS: Internet Incentive Patents Granted
September 1, 1998... CyberGold (2921 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA 94703; Tel: 510/845-5000, Fax: 510/845-5257; Website: www.cybergold.com) received U.S. Patent 5,794,210 on August 11 for "Attention Brokerage and Orthogonal Sponsorship," giving CyberGold broad protection...

Natural Language Patent Systems
September 1, 1998... A breakthrough integrated patent information system was announced by Manning & Napier Information Services (MNIS, 1100 Chase Sq., Rochester, NY 14604; Tel: 716/454-0050, Fax: 716/454-2516; Website: www.mnis.com), INPI (French Patent & Trademark...

TRENDS: Record Investment in Network Start-Ups
September 1, 1998... More than 200 network firms garnered a record total of $1.14 billion in venture capital in the second quarter of 1998, according to a survey published on Network World Fusion, the official website for Network World (The Meadows, 161 Worcester...

Outsourcing IT Consulting Popular
September 1, 1998... Outsourced business consulting is experiencing a boon, as strong interest continues in outsourcing as a viable option for cost- cutting, operational efficiency, and addressing the IT skills shortage. According to a new study published by...

World Internet Server Market to Grow
September 1, 1998... It is difficult to keep in mind, especially for those of us who are involved in the business of the Internet everyday, that the Internet is still in its infancy. So, it shouldn't be surprising when a new market research report comes out and...

ADVERTISING: DoubleClick Network Adds New Brands
September 1, 1998... The Internet has created new opportunities for almost any industry. DoubleClick is one company that has carved a successful market niche. DoubleClick Inc. (41 Madison Ave., 32nd Fl., New York, NY 10010; Tel: 212/683-0001, Fax: 212/655-4635;...

Narrowline, NetRatings Partners for Reliable Data
September 1, 1998... Narrowline (340 Bryant St., 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA 94107; Tel: 415/975-5300, Fax: 415/975-3808; Website: www.narrowline.com), a leading transaction and Internet research company, and NetRatings (830 Hillview Ct., Ste.138, Milpitas, CA 95035;...

AdServer 3.5 for On-line Marketing
September 1, 1998... NetGravity (10829 S. Western Ave., Ste. 2B, Chicago, IL 60643; Tel:773/445-6131, Fax: 773/892-0522; Website: www.netgravity.com), a provider of on-line advertising management and direct marketing software solutions, released a new version of its...

Flycast's New Technology Maximizes Web Ad ROI
September 1, 1998... Flycast Communications Corp. (181 Fremont St., Ste. 120, San Francisco, CA 94105; Tel: 415/977-1000, Fax: 415/977-1009; Website: www.flycast.com), has received U.S. patent protection for its real- time Internet advertising system. The patent...

FINANCIAL/BANKING On-line Trading Frenzy Slowed Nothing
September 1, 1998... The recent week that brought the significant stock market correction, this editor instantly thought of the effect on the Internet, and whether the on-line traders were slowing the network down. Last October when the market experienced similar...

SOFTWARE: Oracle's Application Makes Decisions
September 1, 1998... Software tools that enable decision-making are become more mission critical in business today. Oracle Corp. (500 Oracle Pkwy., Redwood City, CA 94065; Tel: 650/506-7000, Fax: 650/506-7200; Website: www.oracle.com) recently announced the...

E-Commerce Hosting Solution from ISP
September 1, 1998... Retailers and catalogers have a new hosting choice. In concert with Frontier GlobalCenter (1154 E. Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086; Tel: 408/328-6000, Fax: 408/328-4806; Website: www.globalcenter.net), Multimedia Live (52 Leveroni Ct., Novato,...

Computer Associates #1 in Enterprise Market
September 1, 1998... Computer Associates International Inc. (CA, One Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788; Tel: 516/342-5224; Website: www.cai.com) announced that two market reports from International Data Corp. verify CA as the undisputed leader in the...

SECURITY: Cost-Effective Secure Networking
September 1, 1998... Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.'s Network Products Div. (NPD, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 4100, New York, NY 10020; Tel: 212/596-0600, Fax: 212/593-3875; Website: www.toshiba.com) has introduced a new suite of network...

INTERNATIONAL: Albertans Have a New Hobby: Surfing
September 1, 1998... Residential Internet adoption in Alberta has grown 26% over the last year, according to a recent Angus Reid poll. More than one third of Albertans now have access to the Internet at home, and 53% of Albertans have a home computer. The Internet...

Worldwide PC Demand Healthy
September 1, 1998... Unit volume in the worldwide PC market this quarter is expected to grow, according to data released by International Data Corp. (IDC, 5 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701; Tel: 508/872-8200; Website: www.idc.com). This mixed, but modest growth...

Russian IT Markets Down, Not Out
September 1, 1998... Since opening up to the world of free trade, Russia has undergone a complete turnaround in its IT infrastructure. Despite suffering through several consecutive years of negative GDP growth, the country's investments in information technology have...

MARKETING: E*Trade with New Marketing Campaign
September 1, 1998... In a fairly surprising move, considering its success in the marketplace, E*Trade Group Inc., (4 Embarcadero Pl., 2400 Geng Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303; Tel: 650/842-2500, Fax: 650/842-8681; Website: www.etrade.com) announced a bold new integrated...

E-COMMERCE: BT/Storefront Offers Affordable E-business
September 1, 1998... Businesses can now sell goods and services directly from their website using an innovative new software package developed by BT WebWorld (BT Centre, 81 Netgate St., London, EC1A 7AJ, U.K.; Tel: 4471/3565000, Fax: 4471/3565520; Website:...

SendSafe a Commerce Solution for Businesses
September 1, 1998... CyberCash (2100 Reston Pkwy., 3rd Fl., Reston, VA 22091; Tel: 703/620- 4200, Fax: 703/620-4215; Website: www.cybercash.com), a leading on- line payment innovations company, is now recommending SendSafe (http://www.c-prompt-dev.com) version 3.0 by...

10% of U.S. Households on Web Buying On-line
September 1, 1998... Over 23 million U.S. households are connecting to the Internet. Almost 16 million are participating in e-commerce and related activities, and half of the activity is driven by women, according to a newly- released white paper on e-commerce from...

Sales Explode for On-line Market Research Catalog
September 1, 1998... Publications Resource Group Inc. (PRG, 121 Union St., Ste. 4, N. Adams, MA 01247; Tel: 413/664-6185, Fax:413/664 9343; Website: www.PRGGuide.com) has seen its on-line sales of market research publications at PRGGuide.com increase by 81% for the...