eWEEK EDITORS

This year promises to be busy for wireless operators as they jockey for position in the global race to deploy new networks. In the U.S., though, operators will be busy working out the kinks of building untried next-generation networks, and consumers are unlikely to see commercial services before the dawn of 2002. But dont count […]

The pickings were big but scarce when IntelliNet Corp. opened its doors in 1998. The consulting and management services firm had big ambitions. But the cost of implementing enterprisewide network management limited IntelliNets prospects to the Fortune 500. “Blue Cross, Sherwin-Williams and OfficeMax were among our early clients,” recalls co-founder and business development VP Edward […]

The latest episode in the 3Com and U.S. Robotics story might play out like something from a PBS television nature special: The offspring grows up and attacks its parent in a vicious fight for territory. Just four months after it officially spun off from 3Com, U.S. Robotics is moving aggressively to compete with its former […]

Understanding the whims of the stock market is a little like predicting the weather. You get some good indicators, but theres always the possibility the storm will blow over—or that youll get hammered when you least expect it. In the U.S., many people are worried about the Nasdaqs decline. To some extent, thats a reflection […]

Canadian Privacy A new Canadian law that limits the use of personal information by businesses went into effect Jan. 1. Canadas Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act makes it illegal to use personal data without a consumers consent. Initially, the law affects only federally regulated businesses such as telecommunications providers and banks, but it […]

General Electric took a big step last week on the path to becoming a business-to-business e-market powerhouse that could rival the likes of Ariba and Commerce One. The international giants Global eXchange Services unit began offering its subscription exchange service, Express Marketplace, which provides a platform on which other companies can run exchanges, as well […]

Its time for privately held Web integrators to hire one messenger to serve the masses. Right now, those companies are using dozens of costly PR reps to send me the same exact message. Recently, for example, I received three e-mail pitches from private integrators within a one-hour period, all hawking the identical thing—”positive success” stories […]

Whos Got the Last Laugh Now? As a reporter who writes about Internet and dot-com companies, I — and my colleagues at the magazine — am precluded from owning stock in the companies we write about. Its an ethics thing. But while I was the belittled by my stock-owning friends last January for not being […]

It may be a new year, but last quarters slowdown continues to haunt the e-services sector. Even Sapient, one of the sectors star performers, has stumbled. The companys surprise earnings warning last Thursday delivered a harsh reality one day after investors cheered the feds interest-rate cut. For the week ended Jan. 4, our Partner Index […]

The most popular pet-related Web site during the week of Dec. 14 was not Petco or PetsMart, according to the traffic trackers at 100hot.com. It was Kingsnake.com, a portal to all things reptilian and amphibian. The top ranking was no fluke. Kingsnake.com consistently is among 100hots top ten. More than 1.6 million unique visitors were […]

Hard hit by a combination punch of depressed stocks and poor earnings, the Web-integrator sector is ripe for consolidation. But dont expect any miracles from such actions, because buyers appear to be few and far between. Still bruised by a disastrous Q4, many Web integrators are cutting staff and closing offices to keep their businesses […]

The worst thing about laying communications cables under the sea isnt the ships food, nor the choppy waves. Its not the days when you have to handblast trenches in muddy sea bottoms or manipulate robot cars trundling the ocean depths. The worst days are much worse than that. Like the day one of Alcatels 300-foot […]