eWEEK EDITORS

At first blush, recent reports of falling it salaries and stalled technology spending might easily be interpreted as proof that the bloom is off the rose, that enterprises have lost interest in IT as a critical tool for achieving business advantage. That interpretation, however, would be wrong. CEOs, and for that matter stockholders and customers, […]

Some e-businesses that have rolled out sales force automation software have failed to see a return on investment, driving them to try new tactics to make such systems work. Executives say that the lack of return on investment (ROI) from the software, which is designed to automate sales processes, often stems from the fact that […]

On the sparsely settled upper peninsula of Michigan, attending a staff meeting at Marquette General Health System could mean a six-hour drive for some members of the medical team. Teleconferencing seemed a logical step to bring patients, doctors, nurses and other staff members together, said Sally Davis, program director for telehealth at the medical headquarters […]

If Army researchers have their way, future soldiers will move through battlefields wearing networked uniforms with built-in sensors, which will have wide implications for civilian products. With an investment of $10 million annually, the Army is looking to collaborate with a to-be-decided university to start an Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. This institute will incorporate cyberspace, […]

Palm Losing Grip? Compaq Computer is expected to become the top seller of handheld computers in terms of revenue — surpassing category pioneer Palm, according to a report issued last week by Gartner Dataquest. Although Palm will still lead in terms of units shipped for the second quarter of 2001, the report said, Compaqs iPaq […]

Liquidation.com has its work cut out for it. The private online auction company has won a seven-year contract with the Department of Defense to sell an estimated $23 billion worth of surplus goods — nearly all of the surplus that the military is able to sell to civilians. The award marks the biggest contract yet […]

The lingering questions of business-to-business software and services are constantly on the mind of Bill Paulk, vice president of e-markets for IBM, based in Atlanta. Paulk, a 25-year IBM veteran, sat down with eWeek News Editor Scot Petersen to discuss the problems of B2B and how and when theyll be solved. eWeek: Where are we […]

Taxes may be as inevitable as death in the brick-and-mortar world, but not in cyberspace. In fact, just engaging in the electronic commerce tax debate is a little like wrestling an octopus: Every time you think youve got the thing pinned, another tentacle appears and latches onto your neck. Its got international intrigue, Supreme Court […]

RealNetworks dodged a bullet in the battle between two industry giants and now hopes to emerge as a stronger player in digital media. AOL Time Warners endorsement of RealNetworks media technology is part of what scuttled a new licensing deal with Microsoft. Thus strengthened, RealNetworks wasted no time last week in rolling out a new […]

As Global Crossing gets ready to launch more retail services aimed at business customers, the companys media and entertainment division is revving up sales after 18 months of footwork in Hollywood. Like most of its competitors, Global Crossing hopes to sell very large pipes to media companies such as BBC, CNBC and CNN, and entertainment […]

The first edition of the excellent book “Hacking Exposed” by McClure, Scambray and Kurtz proclaims that “Network security is Y2K without the deadline.” While I agree with that assessment—security can indeed be a disaster waiting to happen if ignored—I also worry that it may be an accurate observation for another reason. The millennium bug was, […]

Microsoft acknowledges that there have been too many holes in the software for its dominant Web server, and promises to ensure that future products go out the door with safeguards to avoid another string of embarrassing problems. The company published a patch on June 18 to correct a serious exposure on all versions of its […]