Christine Zimmerman

About

Senior WriterChris Zimmerman was a Senior Editor at InternetWeek before coming to The Net Economy. Chris covered intelligent switching, content-delivery networks, search engines, streaming media, and several vertical beats for InternetWeek. Before that, she was workgroup networks editor for Data Communications magazine, covering LAN technology.Chris has a Bachelor of Science degree in news-editorial journalism from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.Her beat at The Net Economy is enterprise markets, looking at what technologies and services corporate CIOs and IT managers want from their various providers.

When ASPs Work

The ASP market has been shaky, to say the least. USinternetworkings bankruptcy filing is the latest in a string of bad news. But some large enterprise customers still have a lot of faith, both in the business model and in their application service providers. Ulrich Seif, senior VP and CIO of chipmaker National Semiconductor, recently […]

When ASPs Work – 2

The ASP market has been shaky, to say the least. USinternetworkings bankruptcy filing is the latest in a string of bad news. But some large enterprise customers still have a lot of faith, both in the business model and in their application service providers. Ulrich Seif, senior VP and CIO of chipmaker National Semiconductor, recently […]

Akamai, Digital Island Score Content Wins

Two more enterprise customers have chosen outsourcing as a means of reducing the complexity of their own data centers, extending the capacity of their infrastructures, and improving overall site performance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will use Akamais EdgeSuite services, while CreditTrade selected managed services from Digital Island. Michael Ruffolo, executive VP of […]

Minnesota has BroadVision for eGovernment Future

Minnesota is relying on enterprise self-service applications and a systems integrator to introduce its citizens to e-government. Minnesota officials said today they will use both InfoExchange Portal and One-To-One Content software from BroadVision to give citizens easy access to their states information and services. Deloitte Consulting is the systems integrator for the project. BroadVisions portal […]

Sprint Wins Ingrams Business

Proving that patience and creative selling are virtues in todays market, Sprint says it has inked a multi-year, multi-million-dollar deal to provide complete voice and data services to Ingram Entertainment, a leading home entertainment-distribution company. La Vergne, Tenn.-based Ingram is buying telecom, frame relay, IP VPN, toll-free and audio-conferencing services from Sprint for use in […]