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Vendors will target large enterprises in vertical industries, commencing with financial services
The wacky days of unlimited dot-com financing are over, but some Internet retailers and start-ups are - surprise - still attracting investors.
Williams Communications, hoping to focus its attention on its 33,000-mile fiber-optic network, will sell its enterprise services business unit, Williams Communications Solutions, to Platinum Equity Holdings.
Online car seller CarOrder is taking a radical step to revive its flagging fortunes.
Analysts saluted, but privacy advocates squawked when Nortel Networks introduced a suite of smart switches last week designed to tap into users' Web surfing habits and learn things such as what banner ads would most likely seduce them.
Now that Web hosting has landed among the most strategic business units at giants such as WorldCom, the best minds in the companies are looking for ways to squeeze every drop of revenue from the large server farms at the heart of this new industry.