eWEEK EDITORS

If theres one thing the business world should have learned from the dot-com debacle, its that brand equity goes at least as far, if not further, than a good business concept. But not everyone seems to have learned that lesson. Novell recently joined forces with Accenture and Nortel Networks to create a new company called […]

As companies ranging from Sun Microsystems Inc. to Oracle Corp. jockey to lay claim as leader of the Web services arena, developers say significant obstacles must be cleared before the use of such services is widespread. Sun last week became the latest vendor to unveil its Web services strategy, joining IBM, Microsoft Corp. and Oracle. […]

To understand how Diamond has been able to outdistance much of its competition and emerge as a first-rung strategic consultancy, you need to look at some of the companys early moves and how they have paid off. Founded in 1994, Diamond Technology Partners, as it was known then, moved into the emerging e-services field before […]

One of the heavyweights in business-to-business e-marketplaces has resigned to start a new venture that will use Napster-like technology to power business transactions. E. Russell “Rusty” Braziel has left his job as chairman of Altra Energy Technologies to form Netrana, a privately funded company that provides consulting and software for the creation of private exchanges […]

Though corporations have not outsourced their data center operations at the pace at which the Internet industry had hoped, an irreversible, if frustratingly slow, process of moving applications off the corporate server has begun. Two years ago, when ASP was the magic acronym, The Yankee Group predicted the application service provider market would reach $30 […]

The outlook for local telephone competition dimmed last week as AT&T threatened to retreat from the field and the industrys chief regulator signaled what could be the onset of a new Darwinian struggle among the survivors. Marking the fifth anniversary of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, designed to create local phone competition, AT&T Chairman C. Michael […]

The battle between cities tired of torn-up streets and optical fiber companies trying to meet the demand for fast Internet access is intensifying. Cities from New Jersey to California are limiting when and where streets can be dug up. The new skirmishes will likely mean many businesses will have to wait longer and pay more […]

Big Bucks to Be Made in Net Access Wireless access to complex, high-bandwidth services such as video may seem sexy, but truth be told, the infrastructure they require is just too pricey to make them profitable in the short term, according to a new study from wireless consultancy Herschel Shosteck & Associates Ltd., in Chicago. […]

When two domestic telecom powers go global in a down market, it might look as if theyre swimming against the tide. But few analysts threw cold water last week on the plans of Sprint and Verizon Communications to build data networks linking major cities around the world. “Its surprising that they came on the same […]

If there was any doubt that biometrics have entered the mainstream, it was laid to rest by three Pennsylvania school districts that recently announced an experimental program that replaces lunch money with fingerprint scanners. Under the program, students use their fingerprints to debit the cost of lunch against an account maintained by their parents. Reports […]

Reading the fine print on billboards sounds like a ridiculous idea as drivers go whizzing by at high speed, but Oracle may have hit upon something. The companys signage on Route 101 just south of the San Francisco airport reflects real market conditions. While the message is almost impossible to absorb in midday, when cars […]

It all comes down to making the pieces work together, and thats exactly why integrators are looking at the planned merger of Ariba Inc. and Agile Software Corp. to fill a big gap in supply-chain management. Ariba, a business-to-business commerce software provider, last week announced plans to buy Agile, maker of collaboration software, in a […]