Monthly Archives: February 2001
Inforte Corp.: Looking for a Silver Lining
For many of the e-business consulting firms competing in a tighter market, the manner in how they execute their strategies this year will define...
Fast Facts Infrastructure: February 26, 2001
No OffenseThe Supreme Court last week left untouched a 1992 law that limits the number of subscribers a cable operator can sign on. Time...
E-Market Sellers Gain a Guarantee
One of the problems inherent in business-to-business online trading is the lack of trust between buyers and sellers that do not have an existing...
Microsoft Goes Back to Court
As Microsoft Corp. and the Department of Justice prepare to present oral arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington this week, legal...
Shared Pain
This months Anti-Napster appellate court ruling struck a sour note for many businesses interested in new technologies.The legal precedent will affect the ability of...
Bare Markets
Business-to-business marketplaces are struggling not just because few companies are buying through them — suppliers are reluctant to join for fear of becoming indistinguishable...
Let Em Vote From Their Living Rooms
If Heaven is the absence of Hell, then E-government could be a glimpse of paradise on earth. Imagine never again languishing in line at...
Web Site Traffic: Why Its So Important
Theres nothing like the roar of traffic—web site traffic, that is. Sure, content, functionality, timeliness and value are crucial, but without traffic, and lots...
Internet for Dummies
Whats the most popular search entry on the Internet? A study says the word "sex" is the Big Kahuna, to nobodys real surprise.But in...
Fast Facts Matrix: February 26, 2001
Yahoo! Execs Say AdieuTwo of Yahoo!s top international executives are leaving the company. Fabiola Arredondo, managing director at Yahoo! Europe in London, resigned earlier...