eWEEK EDITORS

Joseph Nacchio, Chief Executive of Denvers Qwest Communications International, could have ended up just another anonymous “Bell head” in the benign management culture of Ma Bell, AT&T. But Nacchio — who can be brash and abrasive when it suits him — couldnt help but rock the boat. He had ideas for the future of telecommunications, […]

It would be a stretch to argue that the vigor of the New Economy is correlative to the quality of the attentions paid to it by the commander in chief. But it would be naïve to say the president is irrelevant. From privacy to the Microsoft trial, Internet taxation to international trade — in fact, […]

Desperate dot-coms, take heart. Theres still plenty of hope youll get funded, as long as presumably smart investors are pumping another $13 million into justballs.com. Nobody has more balls—base-, basket-, billiard, boccie balls—you name it. They even have official sepak takraw balls; heck, they have the rules for this 500-year-old Southeast Asian game. They have […]

In the increasingly vital intersection of technology and public policy, Rick White, the new chief executive of the Silicon Valley-based lobbying organization TechNet, will play an important role. White, a Republican, represented suburban Seattle in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998. His presence gives TechNet the cachet it needs to matter on Capitol […]

Pure ASPs are a dying breed. Struggling with revenue growth, tanking stocks and an uphill battle to make hosted applications a corporate mainstay, many ASPs continue to shift their initial focus to stay alive. While dozens of those ASPs already have fallen, under the icy glare of Wall Street, a number of others have cut […]

Life used to be so simple. Back when the telecommunications company now known as NeuStar Inc. was a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corp., it had a limited roster of responsibilities, including assigning area codes, central office codes and other numbering resources in the United States and its territories. Everything else, from payroll to handling […]

The failure of many ASPs has created opportunities for their competitors, much like the death of elderly tenants in rent-stabilized New York City buildings once created opportunities for apartment seekers. Aggressive apartment hunters would scroll through the death notices to spot vacancies and rush over to the buildings of the deceased to grease the palms […]

Gateway Reboots CEO Scram! Gateway founder Ted Waitt became the companys chief executive again last week, replacing Jeff Weitzen, who was named CEO in January 2000. Analysts speculated that Weitzen was forced out of the House That Ted Built, which has been hit hard by the slump in PC sales. 800 Pounds and Growing America […]

Service-level agreements (SLA) are becoming a popular tool for ASPs to manage relationships with customers and partners, and to market their services. These written agreements set standards for service and specify penalties if those standards arent met, including conditions allowing a customer or partner to terminate the relationship. WebEmporium, for example, guarantees that its hosting […]

As proof it can spot emerging trends a mile away, The Yankee Group recently cited General Motors decision to become an ASP. The analysts “told ya so” was seemingly based on a widely circulated article saying the automaker was planning to capitalize on its computer technology know-how by making a foray into the crowded ASP […]

Tacit knowledge systems inc. is giving businesses a new way to track down expertise within the enterprise. The Palo Alto, Calif., companys KnowledgeMail Version 2.0 analyzes documents and e-mail to create private profiles of people within the organization, focusing on their expertise. Those profiles are searchable using e-mail, Web browsers, enterprise portals and Windows desktops. […]

Tourists gawking at the Statue of Liberty will soon have another piece of New York history to digest: The Flatiron Building and the district that used to be called Silicon Alley. Depending on whom you listen to, Silicon Alley, the epicenter of the citys Internet business, is either dead or has gone through a cleansing […]