eWEEK EDITORS

The independent e-marketplace is officially dead. Any remaining doubts were put to rest last week by some very bad news from Ventro and Internet Capital Group. Ventro, a onetime operator of vertical industry marketplaces, and ICG, an incubator that heavily invested in independent exchanges such as MetalSite, both reported huge quarterly losses. Ventro reported a […]

First web integrators revamp their businesses to look like old-school systems integrators. Now theyre considering pushing one step farther back in time, taking title to products and reselling them as part of a solution. Vendors and Web integrators alike say theyre in talks to resell high-end hardware and software, a move that would both supplement […]

Forget all that spy stuff. Ever since the government put the kibosh on $900 hammers, vendors have discovered the real money is in the commercial market, particularly for apps formerly developed for government agencies. One of the hottest applications these days is one that can manage all varieties of data, allowing companies to use it […]

For many of the e-business consulting firms competing in a tighter market, the manner in how they execute their strategies this year will define their ability to stay alive. Already, the early stages of Q1 have been streaked with the shadows of a slowdown in corporate spending. Many solutions provider companies have reported revised earnings, […]

No Offense The Supreme Court last week left untouched a 1992 law that limits the number of subscribers a cable operator can sign on. Time Warner Entertainment, arguing that rules limiting the number of households a cable operator can reach to 30 percent nationwide may offend free-speech protections, had also hoped the court would overturn […]

This months Anti-Napster appellate court ruling struck a sour note for many businesses interested in new technologies. The legal precedent will affect the ability of consumer electronics companies to innovate and the need for service providers to police their subscribers activities, experts said. Users of various technologies may suffer if new products are limited and […]

Business-to-business marketplaces are struggling not just because few companies are buying through them — suppliers are reluctant to join for fear of becoming indistinguishable from their competitors. It is the latest problem exchanges are experiencing, as they try to pool a large enough group of buyers and sellers to become successful marketplaces. And it is […]

If Heaven is the absence of Hell, then E-government could be a glimpse of paradise on earth. Imagine never again languishing in line at your local Department of Motor Vehicles, or waiting in the pouring rain to vote. Dont you feel reborn already? E-government—providing government services via the Internet—is just part of an overall effort […]

Theres nothing like the roar of traffic—web site traffic, that is. Sure, content, functionality, timeliness and value are crucial, but without traffic, and lots of it, few Web sites can be considered successful. But getting it takes work. You can get traffic from links on portal sites, advertising links within a vertical industry segment, and […]

Whats the most popular search entry on the Internet? A study says the word “sex” is the Big Kahuna, to nobodys real surprise. But in a real shocker, the new Alexa Research study found that many surfers dont realize they can simply type the name of their destination into the address field of their browser. […]