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Whenever Im asked to define the focus of eWeeks eBizStrategies section, I begin with one simple idea: Managers building e-business enterprises learn the most from other managers doing the same thing. Journalists and pundits are a dime a dozen. But theres nothing quite as credible as an e-business manager talking about his or her lessons […]

Earthquake Rattles Seattle Bill gates spoke, and the earth moved. Actually, only a part of the earth moved last week when a strong earthquake—with a magnitude of 6.8—rocked the Pacific Northwest. The quake injured about 250 people and caused more than $1 billion in damages. And it was only coincidence that it happened when Bill […]

For Lee Blezard, being a project manager is the business equivalent of conducting an orchestra. “I apply my attention and send resources to the places that need it to make everything come together,” said the veteran manager at Nortel Networks Corp., in Brampton, Ontario. In the last 10 years, Blezard has managed everything from software […]

Free ISP Juno Online Services wants its users to contribute their idle clock cycles to a distributed “supercomputer,” which the struggling service would rent to research organizations and corporations that need massive computation power. The plan would require users to install client software and leave their PCs on 24 hours a day. The client would […]

Companies wiring buildings for broadband access are starting to sing the blues. Building local exchange carriers (BLECs) are struggling with a sluggish economy, lower-than-expected demand and very few avenues for new capital. The net result will be fewer independently wired buildings in the future, industry experts said. BLECs blame Wall Street for the sudden reversal […]

We last reported on our experiences with satellite Internet service from Tachyon back in November. Since then, our results have been a mixed. On the plus side, when the system works, the setup delivers very fast Internet connectivity. Theres a little latency—on the order of about a second or so—but when performing a file download, […]

Waiting for a new wireless phone that lets you fire off pithy text messages to your pals or transact serious business with a few touches to the keypad? Dont hold your breath. All signs indicate that a full rollout of third-generation (3G) wireless technology in the U.S. will be slowed by government miscues, technical inertia […]

The nearly ubiquitous personal digital assistant has begun to take its place among wireless phones and notebook computers in the arsenal of mobile business tools. “Corporate users have been accepting handheld devices more and more,” says Ian Cullimore, president and chief executive at Informal Software in Santa Clara, Calif. “Although early adopters started buying them […]

We arent there yet. The wireless data industry has been muttering this mantra for the past year. And though disappointing, its an improvement over its previous chant: Wireless data is here. The new one, at least, shows weve made it over the hype hump. Information services — like news and weather — delivered to phones, […]

The earth was trembling and buildings were crumbling, but telecommunications systems held up remarkably well last Wednesday during the strongest earthquake that Seattle has experienced since 1949. Measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, the quake injured hundreds, may have killed one and caused about $1 billion in damage by early estimates. Television and radio reporters […]

Weve all been there: youre winging away on business when you remember your credit-card bill is still sitting, unpaid, on your desk at home. Or a coveted stock is about to hit your strike price, but youre on a fourth-grade field trip with your child. Or youre about to sign a check for the house […]

On the surface, NTT DoCoMos $9.8 billion investment in AT&T wireless looked like just another shrewd business deal, but overnight the pairing stirred fresh debate about Wireless Markup Language and data-delivery protocols. AT&T Wireless has a history of making moves that alter the course of the wireless marketplace. And the NTT DoCoMo partnership and a […]