Monthly Archives: April 2001
Threes Company
Theres partnering in the usual sense, and then theres partnering. For most solutions providers, teaming up with a product vendor or another service firm...
XML Schema Catches Heat
After more than two years of development, the World Wide Web Consortium could be only weeks away from releasing its long-awaited XML Schema specification....
ASPects: April 23, 2001
Simplify to SurviveIs the general-purpose enterprise ASP wheezing toward extinction? Industry pioneer Interliant is going back to basics by focusing on messaging services at...
Everybodys Doing IM
Bear with us when we tell you that instant messaging isnt kids stuff anymore. We know, we know, youre thinking of ubergeeks using ICQ...
Stayin Alive
Chalk it up to live, learn and survive in the dot-com era.One hot day last July, application service provider (ASP) Pandesic put out a...
Trouble in Porn Land
E-commerce times are tough, and the $1 billion online adult site industry is no exception.Operators of large and small porn sites report that the...
Divine Deal Has Devilish Strings
When Divine Inc. disclosed plans to acquire portions of MarchFirst Inc., the company was on board for assets, not liabilities.But the Chicago-based companys pending...
Defaults Still Haunt Lucent
Lucent Technologies bet on Jato Communications illustrates some of the pitfalls faced by big equipment vendors that lent start-ups money for virtually all of...
Leaner, Meaner Local Competitors May Have a Shot
As the funeral procession lengthens for the first generation of competitive local communications companies, some industry experts see signs that a second wave could...
Exchange Gains ISV Support
Microsoft Corp.s Exchange 2000 platform is pulling even with Lotus Development Corp.s Notes and Domino platforms in the battle for groupware and collaboration software...