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CEO, FordDirect.com Age: 43 Degree: CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick; bachelors in accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1979. Car: Looking to buy a dark blue Jaguar Stress reliever: I get out and a take a nice walk, spend time with my kids and exercise. In March, Devon Cohen signed […]

The pain of the current capital crunch on building local exchange carriers likely wont extend much past their own boardrooms. Certainly, Eric Yopes isnt feeling a thing. Yopes is the managing director of investments at Shorenstein, a privately owned San Francisco company that manages major downtown office buildings around the country. Over the last few […]

Some business leaders are growing increasingly concerned about the emergence of alternate Internet naming systems, saying they may lead to consumer confusion and possible destabilization of the Internet. Concern over the introduction of alternate top-level domains, such as dot-shop and dot-web, offered by New.net and other companies operating alternate Internet root servers, dominated the Internet […]

Top executives at major international telecommunications carriers are seeing light at the end of the economic tunnel, and are convinced that a global recession has been averted. But executives representing British Telecommunications, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, Telecom Italia and Australias Telstra also caution that they must focus now on basic business models, moderate growth, measured capital […]

U.S. online gambling proponents are cautiously hopeful that a longstanding legal logjam is beginning to break up, allowing the legitimacy the Internet casino industry craves to flow and make it a major player in the business-to-consumer market. Last week, the Nevada legislature approved a landmark bill that would allow Nevada residents to gamble on the […]

Here stands the manager of corporate information systems: an autocrat, a dictator of data who rules with an iron fist. Its nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, its probably in the job description. Order and predictability have always been business imperatives in managing information technologies, which has led to aggregating data on massive, powerful […]

One of consumers major hang-ups about buying goods on the Web is the hassle involved in returning unwanted stuff to the store like an ill-fitting sweater or a Palm Pilot that doesnt work. To solve the problem, a handful of start-ups and veteran mailing services have created return services geared for electronic retailers. Returning goods […]

NTT DoCoMo started its trial of third-generation wireless services in Japan two weeks ago. After receiving nearly 150,000 applications from people hoping for a chance to test the service, the company selected 4,500 lucky users. NTT DoCoMo originally anticipated signing up 150,000 paying customers by March of next year. Judging from the number of requests […]

Office depot is rolling out a wireless handheld computer system that allows customers to track deliveries on the Net in real-time. The move is designed to improve customer service and cut down on lost or disputed deliveries. While FedEx, United Parcel Service of America and the U.S. Postal Service have long allowed consumers to track […]

Entrust Reorg Internet security vendor Entrust Technologies last week announced a restructuring under which it plans to eliminate 400 jobs, or 30 percent of its work force, and will focus on three vertical markets: government, financial services and large enterprises. Entrust, based in Plano, Texas, also said it will drop “Technologies” from its name; the […]

Deutsche Telekom clinched a big win in the race toward building a powerful global mobile empire with the close of its acquisitions of VoiceStream Wireless and Powertel for a total of roughly $30 billion. The deals give the German giant its first significant telecom presence in the U.S., a crucial market for any operator hoping […]

At a time when most companies are watching every penny, IBM, Microsoft and OracleMobile are trying to make it easier for enterprises to justify spending on wireless technologies. But their involvement in the wireless space could spur consolidation — perhaps too soon — as struggling start-ups look for an out amid the shrinking availability of […]