Monthly Archives: February 2001
Filling Coffers
The market for initial public offerings may be stagnant, but the market for secondary stock and debt offerings sure is heating up. In recent...
E-Newsletters Breed Like Rabbits
Theres little doubt that e-mail newsletters procreate.The evidence is right on my hard drive.A week or so ago, the cleanup effort began. About 20...
Developers Are Wary of Web Services
As companies ranging from Sun Microsystems Inc. to Oracle Corp. jockey to lay claim as leader of the Web services arena, developers say significant...
Sprint Sets Enterprise Sights Overseas
As the U.S. economy slows, and growth in residential long-distance voice service diminishes, Sprint Corp. is searching far and wide for high-end customers, expecting...
All the Right Moves
To understand how Diamond has been able to outdistance much of its competition and emerge as a first-rung strategic consultancy, you need to look...
Psst, Heres a Tip
Its humble-pie time in the Web integrator market, and many players have a face full of it. Instead of other service providers banging on...
Start-up Enables Direct B2B Buys
One of the heavyweights in business-to-business e-marketplaces has resigned to start a new venture that will use Napster-like technology to power business transactions.E. Russell...
Helping Utilities Keep Tabs on Meters
New computer technology from several developers will let electric utilities gather information from remote locations more easily. MuNet Inc., Metering Technology Corp. and Coactive...
Logistics.com Turns to an ASP Model
Like most business-to-business endeavors, the transportation industry is struggling along getting settled into B2B.At least one company, however, is making what it hopes are...
Looking for a Knockout Punch
PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway knows how to bruise his rivals with combination punches. From a revamped software suite to a new management team, Conway...