Monthly Archives: May 2001

HR Sales Surge Amid Pink Slips

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Compaq Global Services is one of the most overlooked big players in global services, largely due to poor marketing. That stands in stark contrast...