Monthly Archives: May 2001
HR Sales Surge Amid Pink Slips
With payrolls declining at the highest rate in 10 years, it seems a bad time to be pursuing human-resources applications.But thats just what a...
BPI Software Ties Up Those Loose Ends
Metaserver Inc. and Versata Inc. have upgraded their respective BPI software to enable companies to tie together their internal and external systems.The goal of...
Comdisco Trying to Stay Afloat
Trying to wrest itself from under heavy debt and high business expenses, Comdisco last week said it will slash about 250 jobs, around 10...
Helping Businesses Stay Alert
If Joe Desmond has his way, newspaper headlines this summer will read that cellular telephones helped save California from an energy catastrophe.Desmond is president...
Market Members in Control
Model N Inc. is challenging the idea that business-to-business electronic trading can be done only through a centralized e-market arbiter.The South San Francisco, Calif.,...
Finding Their Niche
Some firms are building an end-to-end solution to solve customers operational support systems problems. Others insist theyre very happy serving one slice of the...
No Close Shaves, Just a Trim
The long and short of todays turbulent economy can be summed up like this: long faces and a short list of consultants.For decades, Fortune...
New Angle
When his companys name appeared in a New York Times crossword last year, Adobe Systems CEO Bruce Chizen says, it was a small pleasure...
Emerging Entrepreneurs are Turning Pro
Despite the dismal economy, the current state of entrepreneurship couldnt be healthier. Thats because the lure of easy money has weeded out entrepreneurial impostors...
Spot Check
Compaq Global Services is one of the most overlooked big players in global services, largely due to poor marketing. That stands in stark contrast...