eWEEK EDITORS

Opportunity Knocks — Be Afraid! Its not just we Californians who are feeling the pain of living in a wired economy these days. Nestled among Amazon.coms belt-tightening news that it will lay off 1,300 people was this detail: The company said workers at its soon-to-be-closed Georgia distribution center and Seattle customer service center will be […]

The breakup of AT&T could be headed for a brick wall, as institutional investors and union leaders mount counterattacks on the plans and power of Chairman C. Michael Armstrong. “This is a profound decision over the future of AT&T,” said Brandon Rees, spokesman at the AFL-CIOs Office of Investment. “Weve seen some missteps among the […]

The potential to do things neither America Online nor Time Warner have even thought of is what makes the combination exciting, George Vradenburg III, executive vice president of global and strategic policy at AOL Time Warner, recently said. Progress can begin only after AOL Time Warner is a synergistic union. The job of making that […]

In the end, Go.com went. The Walt Disney Co.s Jan. 29 announcement shutting down its entertainment portal ended an effort characterized by innovation, desperation and bad timing. Go.coms failure was due to more than just soft advertising. “Its a combination of factors that led to a decision to close,” said Disney spokeswoman Michelle Bergman. “Go […]

After gateway inc. founder Ted Waitt took over his faltering company last week, he moved swiftly to appoint a new management team and outline his vision for returning the PC maker to profitability. But that vision is going to have to be executed by a company suffering from the effects of poor management decisions and […]

John W. Thompson was the quintessential big company executive, fitting into the highly disciplined ranks of IBM and becoming general manager of IBM Americas, a 30,000-employee unit producing $37 billion in revenue. After 28 years with Big Blue, Thompson established himself as a polished manager and decision-maker in the software industry. “I dont have an […]

The boogeyman may be a childish cliche, but security professionals use him all the time in their attempts to convince corporate management to buy into whatever project theyre advocating. The security industry has for years been in the business of selling fear. Its dire warnings of catastrophic events have become so commonplace, management has tuned […]

Many people using the Internet to search for music do not fit the image of the Napster-happy college student — and Ted Boucher could be their poster boy. A 50-year-old retired advertising and public relations manager living in the Washington, D.C., area, Boucher spends his days scouring the Net for traditional folk music, both as […]

Nearly 20 years ago, MTV was the height of cool, with its weird images of rock stars wearing shredded leotards and polka-dot dresses. Its logo was an astronaut planting a flag. MTV has planted its flag on the Net as well, but in this medium, its symbol of conquest is not the only flag on […]

If there is one question that i get asked most consistently, it is “As a dot-com CTO, what is your most difficult challenge?” Choosing just one may be the biggest challenge of all. Im confronted by all the challenges of any financial services organization: namely, to ensure that clients money and accounts are accurately accounted […]

Entertainment companies are retrenching when it comes to the Internet and digital content, but everyone is trying to figure out what they need to do to thrive in this brave, new world. In terms of interactive TV, most content producers, such as ABC, Fox and HBO, have some form of iTV projects in the works […]

Analysts said Lucent Technologies took the right steps to stem losses after the networking giant announced plans to cut 16,000 jobs and slash spending by $2 billion a year. While turning around the culture at the troubled company will cause suffering, observers said Lucents new optical networking products show promise. “Its obviously going to be […]