eWEEK EDITORS

An old battle between retailers and consumer goods manufacturers about who owns the customer has gotten in the way of shared Internet marketing initiatives. While retailers and manufacturers continue to tussle over control of customer information, new Web initiatives such as FamilyTime.com may benefit both sides — as well as customers. Makers of consumer goods […]

Ka-Boom! At Macworld Expo in New York last week, Apple Computers fearless leader took to the podium to introduce an update to the companys operating system, Mac OS X, and a slew of new iMacs in snow and indigo — but not the much-rumored flat-panel iMac. Steve Jobs funniest quip came just after Frank Pearce, […]

New Ariba CEO Ariba last week replaced CEO Larry Mueller after only three months. His predecessor, company co-founder Keith Krach, is taking back the reins as interim head of the business software company. Ariba predicted that sales for the current quarter will drop 50 percent from last year, and the company said it plans more […]

Profit Concepts is always looking for the next big thing. The Long Beach, Calif.-based integrator makes a healthy living building J.D. Edwards solutions. But in 1999, the company was hungry to try something new. Thats when Profit Concepts launched a CRM practice to cash in on the booming market for Siebel Systems applications. Today, Profit […]

Terremark Worldwide may run out of cash before its NAP of the Americas has a chance to become the chief Internet power broker in the Americas. But Terremarks financial woes could be a boon for BellSouths Florida Multimedia Internet eXchange (FloridaMIX), which is in a fierce price war with NAP of the Americas for Latin […]

Starstruck Deal EchoStar Communications has poured another $50 million into satellite high-speed Internet access provider StarBand Communications, which also is backed by Gilat Satellite Networks and Microsoft. Early last week, EchoStar abandoned its bid to purchase its larger competitor, DirecTV. Cisco Invests Cisco Systems made its first acquisition in seven months, swapping about $150 million […]

How important is Microsofts ability to bundle technologies into its Windows operating system? Crucial, and its not just Microsoft that thinks so. As Microsoft asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a charge that it had illegally “commingled” its Internet Explorer browser code with its monopoly-making operating system last week, Microsoft said it would not […]

Building local exchange carriers are dropping like flies in the U.S. But interest in wiring commercial and residential buildings and providing broadband access in metropolitan areas is surging in the U.K. and Europe, opening doors for surviving American companies to export their know-how. The European market swell is a pleasing antidote to the painful telecom […]

CEO Relativity Technologies www.relativity.com Elevator Pitch A former VP of IS at Credit Suisse First Boston, Wadhwa says integrators are often out of step with the technical language and issues of the day. He looks to integrator allies that focus on prime contracting, leaving Relativity to manage sales and marketing. Claim to Fame “Having been […]

Floyd Kvamme, a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner, serves as co-chair of the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) while also working for the Silicon Valley venture capital firm. His history includes a stint heading sales and marketing at Apple Computer. He was also one of a team that joined National […]