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A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, or so weve all heard. Sun Microsystems recently took its first step to duke it out in the Web services arena, taking i2 Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers along for the ride. Sun and its iPlanet arm recently formed an alliance with i2 to create a software […]

When hackers launched denial-of-service attacks on the White Houses web site, people noticed — especially executives in charge of corporate Internet initiatives. Given those attacks, as well as other assaults on high-profile Web sites, its not surprising that security was the top technology concern of the Internet and interactive executives who responded to Interactive Weeks […]

Theres a new fad in customer relationship management software: proactively encouraging customers to participate in buying decisions. Using what one company calls “customer participation management,” customers can choose how, when and why theyre contacted. Whats more, customers have the ability to make a purchasing decision — instantly — back through the communications channel that was […]

For the past six months, Interactive Weeks Middle Coast crew has been casting about for a decent small office/home office high-speed Internet connection that doesnt necessarily involve the local telephone company. Our reasons are varied — were getting a new small office where the usually teleworking team will meet, some of our home offices are […]

When IBM launched its web services platform last week, the company made sure to note that its approach was more standards-based and open than Microsofts .Net strategy, which is based on Windows products. It was the first shot fired in what could easily be dismissed as just the latest marketing war between two software behemoths. […]

Return on investment is rapidly becoming a prerequisite to selling into midsize and large corporations, making the up-front preparation far more time-consuming and making it dramatically more difficult to get paid in full once the project is completed. While the process of selling a solution still takes about the same amount of time—from proposal to […]

A Covisint sales call to waste management has some wondering whether the automotive exchange may be losing its focus. “We talked to them” about using Covisints platform to do procurement, said Derek Driggers, director of best practices and procurement at recycling and solid waste management company WM in Houston. Nothing has come from the discussions, […]

The damage estimates from the dot-com implosion and the ensuing economic downturn are still being tallied, but this much is already clear: The job of delivering successful e-business initiatives has become a whole lot more demanding than it was during the Internets heyday. Granted, Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies, especially in industries such as […]

Continuing the steady drumbeat of Web services announcements from major software vendors, Microsoft Corp. this week will unveil two versions of Visual Studio.Net aimed at helping enterprise customers start using Web services. Microsofts announcement comes a week after IBM trumpeted the addition of support for Web services- friendly standards throughout its middleware. Similarly, Sun Microsystems […]

In a continued effort to enhance its Gold Certified Partner Program, Microsoft has added new certifications in the business-intelligence and collaborative-solutions categories. The latest designations fill two holes that were identified by Microsoft partners and that also were recently announced in conjunction with the upcoming release of Project Guides, blueprints designed to help partners sell […]

Its getting close, but not close enough. Cable operators have been looking forward to the day Internet Protocol (IP) telephone technology becomes good enough to ensure a nearly flawless level of service. But that day is not today. “IP telephony is not at the point where its deployable as a commercially viable service,” says Michael […]

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