eWEEK EDITORS

The failure of many ASPs has created opportunities for their competitors, much like the death of elderly tenants in rent-stabilized New York City buildings once created opportunities for apartment seekers. Aggressive apartment hunters would scroll through the death notices to spot vacancies and rush over to the buildings of the deceased to grease the palms […]

Gateway Reboots CEO Scram! Gateway founder Ted Waitt became the companys chief executive again last week, replacing Jeff Weitzen, who was named CEO in January 2000. Analysts speculated that Weitzen was forced out of the House That Ted Built, which has been hit hard by the slump in PC sales. 800 Pounds and Growing America […]

Life used to be so simple. Back when the telecommunications company now known as NeuStar Inc. was a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corp., it had a limited roster of responsibilities, including assigning area codes, central office codes and other numbering resources in the United States and its territories. Everything else, from payroll to handling […]

As proof it can spot emerging trends a mile away, The Yankee Group recently cited General Motors decision to become an ASP. The analysts “told ya so” was seemingly based on a widely circulated article saying the automaker was planning to capitalize on its computer technology know-how by making a foray into the crowded ASP […]

Service-level agreements (SLA) are becoming a popular tool for ASPs to manage relationships with customers and partners, and to market their services. These written agreements set standards for service and specify penalties if those standards arent met, including conditions allowing a customer or partner to terminate the relationship. WebEmporium, for example, guarantees that its hosting […]

Tacit knowledge systems inc. is giving businesses a new way to track down expertise within the enterprise. The Palo Alto, Calif., companys KnowledgeMail Version 2.0 analyzes documents and e-mail to create private profiles of people within the organization, focusing on their expertise. Those profiles are searchable using e-mail, Web browsers, enterprise portals and Windows desktops. […]

Tourists gawking at the Statue of Liberty will soon have another piece of New York history to digest: The Flatiron Building and the district that used to be called Silicon Alley. Depending on whom you listen to, Silicon Alley, the epicenter of the citys Internet business, is either dead or has gone through a cleansing […]

Mario Monti has used his office at the European Commission to aggressively enforce antitrust laws and ensure competition in the market for emerging technologies. And he hasnt shown any signs of backing off. His agency blocked the proposed merger between Sprint and WorldCom out of concern that the combined companies would have too much control […]

Elizabeth Carlassare is one hot salsa dancer. The 34-year-old is also an Internet strategist and coach for women in technology and women entrepreneurs, helping them reach their goals and craft the lives they want. “The Internet has created all kinds of opportunities for women,” says Carlassare, author of DotCom Divas: E-Business Insights from the Visionary […]

Michael Wolff is perhaps the most disillusioned of Silicon Alleys expatriates. The one-time New York entrepreneur — who chronicled his dot-com misadventures in Burn Rate — has written off the Internet for dead. Wolff, now a media columnist for New York magazine, spoke with Senior Writer Max Smetannikov. Is Silicon Alley, as it was in […]