eWEEK EDITORS

As blackouts continue wreaking havoc on California, industry leaders are becoming increasingly critical of Gov. Gray Davis plan to buy the transmission grid from the states cash-strapped utilities. California companies also face the possible bankruptcy of two of those utilities, which could further delay investment in the states ailing power lines that carry electricity to […]

An Egghead Scrambles Battered online software retailer Egghead.com says Chief Financial Officer John Labbett is quitting to take a job closer to his home in Los Angeles. Mark Shepherd, managing partner and CFO at management consultant 54th Street Partners, is Labbetts replacement. GM Sees Beyond Automaker General Motors will use software from SeeBeyond Technology as […]

I always find it amusing when a new issue rises on the it horizon, and suddenly dozens of vendors rush forward to tout their product as “the solution.” Often, they are hawking their existing wares but putting a new spin on them to gain a presence in a new market segment. Now, I dont want […]

Like many of the tech services firms, Cognizant Technology Solutions has seen its stock decline, but unlike its competitors it has managed to maintain a strong value when compared with the rest of the sector. The software development and integration firm attributes its strengths and growth primarily to its business model and the way it […]

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was supposed to push a particular group of companies onto the telecom scene: power utilities. Much like the natural gas and oil utilities before them, these enterprises own rights of way and, often, dark fiber along critical long-distance routes and in most major cities. In the early years of deregulation, […]

Growth can be messy, as Next Model Management (NMM) learned during its drive to become the second-largest modeling agency in the world. Fortunately, the beauty broker found a makeover artist in network integrator RDA Enterprises. NMM has grown from “a few girls in 1989” to more than 200 models of both sexes today. The agency […]

AT&T today will take the covers off a new cer-tification program that emphasizes business solutions and partnering rather than selling specific products or services. While companies like IBM and Microsoft have taken similar steps in recent months, they have been talking about pushing in this direction for the better part of a year. In contrast, […]

IBM Not So Blue It hasnt been a stellar year for IBM, but CEO Lou Gerstner says it could have been a lot worse had it not been for a strong performance by the companys services division. IBM recorded $88.4 billion in revenue in 2000 — and $8.1 billion after-tax profit — a minor improvement […]

The sins of enterprise resource management software companies are being visited upon the customer relationship management business, which has overpromised and undersold its abilities, according to market research firm Gartner Group. Up to 60 percent of projects to install customer relationship management systems fail, Gartner says. This startling assessment seems to run contrary to vendors […]

Microsoft wants you. All of you. The company synonymous with personal computing software will soon try to convince millions of users that it should be the designated gatekeeper for all their online data. Last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced a key piece of his .Net platform, a “user-centric” set of technologies codenamed HailStorm, that […]

When Gus Otto calls videoconferencing a lifesaver, he speaks from personal experience. The senior systems analyst at Caterpillar figures he might not be here today or, at the very least, might not be walking if surgeons had not used videoconferencing and a high-tech robot to remove bone chips from his back after a deadly accident. […]

Qualcomm, maker of the Eudora e-mail program, announced it will add seamless privacy capabilities to the worlds most popular retail e-mail client. The addition of Secure Sockets Layer technology means users will be able to send e-mail that will stay private until it reaches their Internet service provider. After that, the e-mail goes decrypted over […]