Monthly Archives: January 2001
Meeting a Mandate for Patient Privacy
A handful of developers are rolling out software to help insurance companies and health care providers meet new privacy and security standards being imposed...
Standards are Necessity, Not Option
As big companies and financial institutions rush to set up online billing systems, some are finding that their EBPP platforms could be hobbled by...
Privacy Standards Grant Patients Rights
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services late last month released new rules to protect the privacy of individuals medical records and other...
Agilera, Applicast to Hook Up
Two major application service providers specializing in vertical markets will become one later this month when Agilera Inc. acquires Applicast Inc., Agilera officials confirmed...
Playing More Than the Host
As business-to-business marketplaces struggle to devise a profitable and sustainable business model, some B2B companies are opting to become more than transaction hosters.A small...
Platform Manages E-Marketplace Customers
Startup Ardesic Corp. last month unveiled a CRM product designed for online marketplaces.The eMarketMinder platform comprises modules that are hosted by an exchange and...
Pricing Shakeout Looming for PCs
A major PC pricing shake-out is in the making as OEMs, reeling from the first slump in fourth-quarter sales in five years, move to...
NA to Lose Execs, Money
Network Associates saw its stock take a 68 percent nose dive the week of Dec. 25, after it forecast fourth-quarter losses of $130 million...
The Check Is in the E-Mail
Electronic billing is back—and this time, it means business.Although its taken a lot longer than some financial industry experts expected, many companies and banking...
Microsoft to End Volume Licensing
The disappointing pace of adoption of the Windows 2000 platform has caused Microsoft Corp. to halt its volume licensing program on older versions of...