eWEEK EDITORS

There may be some hope for business executives eager to get telecommunications in remote areas. Although Wall Street seems to be abandoning the industry, satellite companies ICO-Teledesic Global and Ellipso are taking control of their own destiny. The two announced last week that they will collaborate and possibly merge in an effort to bolster the […]

Their glory days were brief. For some of the IT services firms, their stock prices defied comprehension when the good times were great. But the recent downdraft may give management new ideas. Below are some companies that should reconsider microcap hell and read Rick Rickertsens book, “Buyout: An Insiders Guide to Buying Your Own Company” […]

Baby boomers want to live forever — healthy, vital and buff — and that desire may soon fuel a new type of Internet boom. Although online medical services have so far been largely a bust, e-health experts predict that in just a few years, the Internet will be so woven into the fabric of medicine […]

See no Novell. Hear no Novell. Thats how Novells Platinum partners feel about the recent Novell-CTP deal, especially when it comes to the details of Novells strategy for its partners. Although the deal was announced early last week, most top partners have not been briefed. However, Novell is expected to drill down on the details […]

Consultants are starting to sound like long-suffering Boston Red Sox fans, whose familiar battle cry is, “Wait until next year!” Three months into 2001, its clear that the expected pickup in e-services is becoming a distant dream. Earnings warnings continue to pile up along with layoffs, sending our Partner Index to a 52-week low. Last […]

Cutting Back Compaq Computer said it will lay off 5,000 employees, or 7 percent of its work force, as it lowered its expected earnings for the first quarter of 2001 to $9 billion to $9.2 billion, or 4 percent less than the same quarter a year ago. Rip Cord Another Yahoo! executive is moseying out […]

Hotel bookings for e-procurement are picking up as the technology ripens and alliances form. A joint venture of Hyatt Hotels and Marriott International — Avendra — began beta testing online procurement for 16 hotels last month. Competing marketplace PurchasePro recently announced new deals bringing its customer count to more than 3,100 hotels. Additionally, Wyndham International […]

Integrated access devices have become the problem to their own solution. While IADs, or “eye-ads,” are the enablers of voice-over-Digital Subscriber Line connections, they also cost so much that its hindering the deployment of VoDSL at all. IADs run $800 to $1,500 per unit. Is that a problem? “You bet,” one service provider says. “Make […]

Lay the blame for the collapse of the Internet economy on poorly designed computers and applications that lack a human focus. Thats the message put forth by the handful of big-picture information technology visionaries who gathered for the Association for Computing Machinerys “Beyond Cyberspace” conference in San Jose last week. “For 40 years, weve been […]