Monthly Archives: March 2001
A Hero, a Son and Ethics
In a society where nothing is sacred and citizens are more cynical than ever about their government officials, Colin Powell and Michael Powell appear...
Blending The Best Of Both Worlds
Outsourcing has changed the relationship between vendor and customer from a sale-by-sale basis to an ongoing relationship. ASPs now often become an extension of...
Hang This Up
In 1898, the feds imposed a 3 percent excise tax on telephone calls to help pay for the Spanish-American War. The war ended that...
Cant Talk Straight
Research analysts must tread lightly if theyre downgrading a stock that their investment bank owns—which might explain why Mark DAnnolfo, analyst at Deutsche Banc...
Get Ready for the Fire Sales
Care to buy a hosting center, an integration business or fiber for a telecom network? Be patient, the fire sales likely will start soon.PSINet,...
IT Investment and the Downturn
By now, its obvious that the economy and especially the technology industry are in the midst of a significant downturn. But hand-wringing over ever-dropping...
Trigo Teams With Commerce One, Ariba
Commerce One Inc. and Ariba Inc. have a new ally in common that helps suppliers keep track of procurement information.Trigo Technologies Inc. last week...
Tuning Up a Search Engine
Inktomi Corp., the company best known for its search engine software, is expanding its footprint in new directions.The Foster City, Calif., software company this...
Cheap Streams
Streaming Internet multimedia to millions of people doesnt have to cost millions of dollars anymore.Thats the claim of AllCast, a small company with software...
Speaking the Natural Lingo
Making Internet search engines respond to the way people actually talk is key to improving the usefulness of results.Many searchers can get by on...