Monthly Archives: January 2001
Acquisitions Help Spur EBPP
Electronic bill presentment and payment is heating up.Want proof?eTime Capital Inc., InteliData Technologies Corp. and Avolent Inc. are acquiring companies to jump-start their respective...
Net Gains
Telecommunications carriers may be cutting back on purchases of circuit switches and legacy transmission equipment, but they are shelling out billions of dollars for...
IM Providers See Little Impact from FCC Rules
The instant messaging conditions imposed by federal regulators as part of their approval that created the newly formed AOL Time Warner Inc. will have...
Lost And Found
In 1955, Betty Coxs newborn baby died. In 2000, the Internet helped bring her child back from the grave.Its an eerie but ultimately joyous...
Microsoft Plays Catch-Up
Although RealNetworks Inc. is currently the leader in streaming media market share, it faces several competitors, the biggest of which is Microsoft Corp. and...
Configuresoft Updates ECM
Configuresoft Inc., formerly Fundamental Software Inc., targets two high-profile enterprise desktop configuration issues in the latest release of Enterprise Configuration Manager.ECM 3.5 for Windows...
Operator No. 9: January 22, 2001
Sun SpotYou may have noticed that some of us out here in California are a little caught up in this whole "electricity crisis" thing....
Look for the Payoff in Poor Earnings
Earnings reports last week swooped down like an Alberta Clipper, suggesting the economy is headed for the deep freeze. Refreshingly, IBM, one bright spot...
Another Big Idea
Hewlett-Packard needs your help. In the wake of CEO Carly Fiorinas warning that the company will miss first-quarter earnings due to "worsening economic conditions...
Light Strategy
Intel is springing into optical networking with chips that can correct transmission errors on the fly and quadruple the reach of fiber across a...