eWEEK EDITORS

IBM this week will unveil a major software initiative that spreads support for Web services standards throughout its middleware. Distancing itself from competing Web services strategies such as Microsoft Corp.s .Net, IBM will highlight its “under the covers” support for Web services by incorporating open standards and through its existing transaction and integration products, said […]

What does a young, single male think about a clothing company that keeps sending him mail-order catalogs for childrens wear? Or a woman who keeps receiving lingerie catalogs who would never dare order such personal items through the mail? The answer is, nothing were allowed to print. Unfortunately, the direct-mail business will never be an […]

Distance learning is growing up, as companies and institutions look for efficient ways to reach as many “students” as possible. The tools for creating distance learning objects that deliver instruction online are changing the way organizations package and deliver knowledge. In its eValuation to gauge the progress of these authoring tools for learning objects, eWeek […]

When Michael Nelson, an attorney and wealth management adviser in Walnut Creek, Calif., jumped on the Web about a year ago, he was hoping his site, Go-Offshore.com, would attract new business and perhaps even become a vehicle for selling some of his investment materials. But he knew going in that his wealthy clients would be […]

What does the term “nationwide” mean to you? Access from anywhere in any state? A continuous presence in every state? Whoa! Thats not the case. The term is used rather loosely by wireless carriers these days. Weve reproduced a few of their coverage maps here, and there appears to be a lot of dead airspace […]

It uses zero watts, its the size of a pack of gum and its the key piece of SBC Communications strategy to bring broadband to 9,000 businesses by the end of next year — and to millions of homes in the future. Its a splitter, a broadband passive optical network device. Ross Ireland, chief technical […]

In the midst of the down-turn for Internet consulting companies, a bidding war has broken out for Proxicom, one of the better-positioned players. The competition has boosted the stock price not only of Proxicom but of other respected consultancies as well, lifting our index 11 percent for the two weeks ended May 9. As of […]

Co-Founder and Primary Developer, Openprivacy Kevin Burton has a warning for developers everywhere: Open source programming can suck you in. “It first starts off when youre using a product. Youre using it to get work done,” he said. “Then you see a bug so you fix it. Then you start learning the code inside and […]

3Com Plans Layoffs . . . Aiming to save $1 billion in annual costs, 3Com last week said it would lay off about 3,000 people, roughly 30 percent of its work force. The company said the reduction will occur over several quarters. 3Com has been hit hard by slowing sales, and it recently shut down […]

Industrial Company CIO Takes Leap Air Liquide America Corp. has appointed an IT veteran as its vice president of IT for the United States and Canada. In that position, Steve Bellis will report to the companys president and CEO and help oversee its worldwide IT group. Bellis comes to Air Liquide America after 10 years […]

Steel is hard. So is the growing competition among Web-based metals exchanges. This week, Steel24-7, the new European metals exchange, will announce that it has selected Asera to provide the electronic commerce engine for its Web site. The announcement appears to indicate that Steel24-7 — a project unveiled last June and backed by some of […]

In February 2000, Ford Motor and start-up PeoplePC announced a program to provide more than 365,000 Ford employees worldwide with a name-brand personal computer and Internet access for a subsidized fee of $5 per month. Since then, the high-tech sector took a dive and naysayers jumped on their soapboxes. By the time PeoplePC went public […]