Monthly Archives: April 2001
Net Radio: Still a Pandoras Box?
Internet broadcaster Radio Free Virgin plans to announce today that its users can now click on a record button to save copies of songs...
Kicker Gets the Boot
Computer Associates regional VP Henry Crouse kicked in his office door to commemorate the loss of a $680,000 software sale.Some salespeople would find Crouses...
The Buzz: April 2, 2001
Schmidt Takes Google PostA week after saying he was giving up the CEO job at Novell, Eric Schmidt signed on as chairman of the...
Developer Duo Pumping Up Analytics
Analytics software developers Informatica Corp. and Broadbase Software Inc. are looking to make their customers more efficient through new applications that perform even richer...
A Walk on the Wide Side
POCKET PCsIn developing its handheld operating systems, Microsoft has consistently chosen to err on the side of complexity in deciding which applications to include...
Plucky Plan
The El Pollo Loco restaurant chain, best known for its quick-service chicken burritos, needed a little quick service itself on some new financial applications....
Operator No. 9: April 2, 2001
Times are Tough All OverWhat do Larry Ellison and out-of-work dot-commers have in common? Housing problems. A report released last week by the Rosen...
Microsoft Finds Its Voice
The upstart voice application companies gunning for the enterprise and the service provider market have had one unified mantra: Become the Microsoft of voice....
SAS Moves to Strengthen CRM Suite
SAS Institute Inc.s acquisition late last month of campaign management software vendor Intrinsic Ltd. was a move to extend SAS CRM software offerings beyond...
MarchFirst Woes Mounting
A handful of boutique Web integrators continued their collective death spiral last week with announcements of more dismal financial news and layoffs—all this amid...