eWEEK EDITORS

Despite owning one of the largest fixed wireless broadband communications networks in the country, Winstar Communications has hit a very rough patch. In April, it suspended its network build-out and fired nearly half of its employees; sued Lucent Technologies for $10 billion, accusing the gearmaker of breaching a strategic partnership contract; and filed for Chapter […]

Fighting for survival, competitive local exchange carriers are calling for an ambulance, but regulators may send a hearse instead. Five years after the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996 opened the door to competition, the local landscape is regaining its original shape — a regional Bell curve — and Congress is considering re-entering the picture. “Maybe […]

Web hosting is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the new telecom economy. Dozens of carriers are investing in data center construction, and hundreds of customers are signing up to host their Web sites with third-party providers. The sector has seen its share of high-profile deals. Exodus Communications swallowed Global Center, its chief competitor, for […]

The internet often reminds me of a giant kaleidoscope with its colorful maze linking users from one Web site to another. But beware as you go about making your site part of the maze. Connecting your site to others by linking and framing has some black-and-white pitfalls. Though the legal issues are still evolving, two […]

Last time I checked, the sky was still holding up its end of the bargain — just look up and youll see fluffy white clouds decorating a blanket of blue. But to read the headlines and listen to the talking heads expounding on the dot-com debacle and the tech stock meltdown, youd think the sky […]

The internet mantra used to be “creating online businesses will disintermediate brick-and-mortars.” Why pay for multiple middlemen, the thinking went, when you can buy and sell goods and services directly, courtesy of the Internet? Well, that line of thinking has proved true to some degree. The investment industry is one example. Some of the largest […]

Rich Kid Flanked by USinternetworking boss Andy Stern and Corio CEO George Kadifa, John Charters played nice when a panel discussion at the recent Information Technology Association of Americas ASP Leadership Summit turned to the life expectancy of first-generation ASPs. Earlier, the brash CEO of Qwest Cyber.Solutions spoke more bluntly when asked if he would […]

As Xumas chairman, CTO and co-founder, Jamie Lerner is at the leading edge of the volatile e-business integration space. Xuma, which started as an e-commerce ASP, found itself having to go into reinvention mode last year with the fall of the dot-coms because those types of businesses accounted for 75 percent of its revenue. Since […]

Storefront Bids Auction king eBay plans to launch online storefronts in the next quarter to grab an even bigger piece of the retail market, CEO Meg Whitman said at the companys annual meeting. The storefronts will let consumers purchase products at a fixed price, as opposed to going through the usual bidding process on eBay. […]

Many internet consulting firms are desperate to get married, but only those with strong brand names and deep technical skills will find their way to the altar. So, whens the next wedding in the consulting market? Were not predicting any firm dates, but Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard both may be eyeing Sapient, according to […]

EMC Cuts Jobs EMC, one of the largest vendors of data storage systems, last week said that it would lay off about 1,100 employees, or 4 percent of its work force. However, the company said that it still expects revenue growth of at least 20 percent this year, and that it would spend $1 billion […]

Until its sudden and mysterious collapse into bankruptcy last fall, ICG Communications seemed to have it all. Big money, backers with political clout and a flashy, globe-trotting CEO — J. Shelby Bryan — who, with the help of well-placed friends, convinced sophisticated financiers and thousands of investors that the keys to a telecom empire were […]