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Like a poster child for a developmentally disabled industry, USinternetworking is hoping for a cure. Since reporting a lackluster performance in Q3 of last year, followed by a forecasted loss and revenue drop for its Q4, USinternetworking has taken several steps to ensure its survival. If it succeeds, the company could symbolize the viability of […]

Just as traditional brick-and-mortar giants like Wal-Mart Stores, Kmart and Target overtook dot-com e-tailers, business-to-business companies have to watch what their own Old Economy counterparts will do in the market space they share on the Web. General Electric, the largest company in the world by market capitalization, is one of those competitors, and the man […]

Mixed earnings reports pulled e-commerce integrator stocks in opposite directions last week, leaving our index with a mere boost of 0.6 percent. For the year, however, the index has gained a whopping 38 percent, mimicking the strong climb in small-cap stocks overall. C-bridge Internet Solutions, a business services and software provider that reported its earnings […]

Opportunity Knocks — Be Afraid! Its not just we Californians who are feeling the pain of living in a wired economy these days. Nestled among Amazon.coms belt-tightening news that it will lay off 1,300 people was this detail: The company said workers at its soon-to-be-closed Georgia distribution center and Seattle customer service center will be […]

The breakup of AT&T could be headed for a brick wall, as institutional investors and union leaders mount counterattacks on the plans and power of Chairman C. Michael Armstrong. “This is a profound decision over the future of AT&T,” said Brandon Rees, spokesman at the AFL-CIOs Office of Investment. “Weve seen some missteps among the […]

The potential to do things neither America Online nor Time Warner have even thought of is what makes the combination exciting, George Vradenburg III, executive vice president of global and strategic policy at AOL Time Warner, recently said. Progress can begin only after AOL Time Warner is a synergistic union. The job of making that […]

In the end, Go.com went. The Walt Disney Co.s Jan. 29 announcement shutting down its entertainment portal ended an effort characterized by innovation, desperation and bad timing. Go.coms failure was due to more than just soft advertising. “Its a combination of factors that led to a decision to close,” said Disney spokeswoman Michelle Bergman. “Go […]

After gateway inc. founder Ted Waitt took over his faltering company last week, he moved swiftly to appoint a new management team and outline his vision for returning the PC maker to profitability. But that vision is going to have to be executed by a company suffering from the effects of poor management decisions and […]

John W. Thompson was the quintessential big company executive, fitting into the highly disciplined ranks of IBM and becoming general manager of IBM Americas, a 30,000-employee unit producing $37 billion in revenue. After 28 years with Big Blue, Thompson established himself as a polished manager and decision-maker in the software industry. “I dont have an […]

The boogeyman may be a childish cliche, but security professionals use him all the time in their attempts to convince corporate management to buy into whatever project theyre advocating. The security industry has for years been in the business of selling fear. Its dire warnings of catastrophic events have become so commonplace, management has tuned […]