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Transformational outsourcing is rapidly gaining traction among vendors and customers. Simply put, transformational outsourcing involves rolling up IT outsourcing, consulting, business-process outsourcing and change management into a comprehensive package of services to help customers transform their businesses. Customers are naturally attracted to the underlying “value proposition,” say industry observers, while partners like Accenture, EDS and […]

Going, Going . . . Webvan Group, the ambitious online grocery service, is now all but gone. All that remains is a little cleanup. The company set an Aug. 27 deadline for bids on its assets, but made a point of saying it didnt think it would make enough money to give anything back to […]

Kris Brunk had heard all of the horror stories about outsourcing, including onerous contracts, unresponsive vendors, hyped-up expectations—to sum up, the full monty of regret. So when it came time for her company, Geon, a maker of chemical compounds (since acquired by PolyOne), to outsource its desktop support operations, Brunk had a pretty good idea […]

Global ASP Business Area Leader IBM Elevator Pitch: Despite market conditions, Reiten is very bullish on the ASP sector, as she leads IBMs ASP Prime program, the companys so-called incubator for ISVs that want to migrate to the ASP model. Claim to Fame: “Launching and developing IBMs ASP Prime globally.” Current Challenge: “Ties back to […]

User Uptick The number of people using the Internet is still increasing in the U.S., though not as fast as it has in years past, according to audience measurement firm Nielsen// NetRatings. The company estimates that 102 million people in the U.S. used the Internet at home in July 2001, about 16 percent more than […]

.info Signup Draws Criticism Cybersquatting is becoming a problem in the land grab sparked by new domain names. Afilias, a group of domain managers designated to oversee the registration of the new .info domain, has allowed trademark holders time to register for their trademarks before the public gets its chance at the remaining .info domains […]

National DSL wholesalers have fallen, but smaller regional carriers are gaining momentum by selling bundles of telecom services to business customers. The carriers left standing say their competitors failed to understand that DSL is a technology, not a business. “The DSL-only model and wholesaling is dead, but the technology is not dead at all,” said […]

Followers of the data-only mobile virtual network operator concept have a range of ideas for the types of companies that might like to offer wireless data services without building their own networks. Nitin Shah, ArrayComms executive vice president and general manager of business development and strategy, says the most obvious are the well-known ISPs. Those […]

Wireless LANs: No Need for Speed? Vendors are shifting wireless LAN speeds into overdrive, but many customers dont need the record performance. By the end of this year, 54-Mbps wireless LAN adapter cards will hit the streets. At least one company, Proxim, is developing 108-Mbps gear. Still, the current 11-Mbps wireless standard is more than […]

Full Speed One of the fathers of the Internet isnt buying reports of a slowdown. Traffic on the Internet quadrupled during the past year, and demand from corporations for around-the-clock access will force carriers to start spending heavily on upgrades next year, said Caspian Networks Chairman Lawrence Roberts, who created ARPANet. He based his findings […]