Monthly Archives: April 2001
Fast Facts Section B: April 23, 2001
Orbitz Takeoff ClearedOrbitz, the travel exchange proposed by most major airlines, is gathering velocity. The Department of Transportation says it will not try to...
What Is Microsoft .Net?
According to platforms group VP Jim Allchin, Microsoft .Net will involve these five components:1. Communications standards: Core underpinnings, like XML and SOAP, that advance...
It Certainly Hits Harder When Layoffs Get Personal
It always feels different when things hit close to home. Take, for instance, the dot-com carnage taking place these days, with companies shutting down...
Making Systems Come to Us
When I begin a document with Microsoft Word 2000, menus like Edit and Format are mercifully short. Commands that I rarely use dont appear...
Grapevine Vibrates With Merger Buzz
Spencer felt like Columbo piecing together a mystery as he chatted with a former MarchFirst employee recently. Last fall, as boutique competitors were dealing...
CRM Projects: Why the Doom and Gloom?
A number of leading it analysts (gartner, meta group and others) continue to claim that greater than 50 percent of all CRM projects fail...
Look Whos Talking: April 23, 2001
It may be counterintuitive, but a weak economy is the perfect time to recruit strong talent from battered rivals. Thats the line of thinking...
A Marriage Made in Heaven?
When startup Interactive Plus One LLC first tried to find help in getting its business online, company officials started by searching the Web and...
Business Process Tools Take the Next Step
New BPM tools from a trio of vendors promise to end some of the hassle of integrating the myriad applications inside and between organizations.But...
Portals From the Ground Up
In the slowing economy, a lot of businesses are getting back to basics and focusing on what they do best.E-services consulting company Groundswell Inc....