eWEEK EDITORS

Observers of the ASP industry noted six months ago that their world had changed, as numerous marquee pioneers abandoned the niche; radically overhauled their strategies; or were acquired by larger, more mainstream companies. Now, the most public face of those companies, the ASP Industry Consortium—taken over last month by the Computing Technology Industry Association, or […]

NetBank Inc., which was one of the first Internet banks when it launched in 1996, has been on a buying binge this year. In July, it completed the purchase of Market Street Mortgage from Republic Bancorp Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich., which gave it 42 mortgage offices in 10 states. Last month, it announced plans […]

A bevy of service providers, including AT&T Corp., WorldCom Inc. and Cable and Wireless plc., are vying to fill the void in the $4 billion Web hosting industry created by the demise of Exodus Communications Inc. while sidestepping titans such as IBM and Electronic Data Systems Corp. But since anyone can build a secure data […]

When George Samenuk took over in January as CEO of security company Network Associates Inc., the Santa Clara, Calif., company was at a crossroads. NAI had reported a loss of more than $147 million in the previous quarter and was buffeted by accusations that it had forced inventory on its channel partners to increase revenue. […]

In the formative days of organized crime—the Prohibition era of the 1920s—federal agents such as the legendary Eliot Ness knew exactly where to find mob bosses like Al Capone: usually in full-furred and fedora-topped public view, seemingly untouchable. The tougher problem was finding evidence of mob crimes. Today, in the formative days of Internet-based cyber-crime, […]

Dell Computer Corp. is discontinuing its Itanium-based workstation due to slow sales, according to sources at the company. The withdrawal of the Dell Precision Workstation 730 would mark another setback for Intel Corp., which has been trying to boost the relatively lackluster sales of its first 64-bit processor since its release in May. According to […]

The technology industry is famous for coming up with fancy labels that attempt to describe and simplify complex problems. Identity management is one of those labels starting to make the rounds. As the growth of businesses and business processes residing on the Net rises, the need for better security becomes paramount. Access control, firewalls, provisioning, […]

Reeling from mounting opposition to their proposed merger, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. are stepping up their efforts to spin the deal in a positive light. From the moment the deal was announced in September, the HP board and Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina have encountered intense criticism from analysts and users alike. Critics […]

GAO Hackers Protesting War Hackers who defaced the Web site of the U.S. General Accounting Office last week said they were protesting the U.S. war in Afghanistan and the plight of Palestinians and Kashmiris. A group claiming to be part of a large hacker organization known as the Alqaeda Muslim Alliance compromised a server belonging […]

German enterprise software company SAP AG finally succumbed to U.S. economic pressures early this month when it said it would lay off 300 employees, or about 7 percent of its U.S. work force. The company is paring its U.S. focus from 21 vertical markets down to 12. Wolfgang Kemna, CEO of SAP America Inc., said […]

Enterprise Storage Management got another jolt forward when Veritas Software Corp. officials announced Dec. 11 that IBMs Global Services division is now a reseller of their entire product line. The deal, which already is under way, has something for everyone. Veritas customers will gain access to IBMs massive consulting, implementation, support and maintenance capabilities. In […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM early next year will unveil major storage management software and virtualization products. The moves come after other large storage vendors, including EMC Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., rolled out initiatives to expand further into the burgeoning storage management market. Sun will announce four suites—for availability, performance, hierarchical utilization […]