John Moore

Global integrators such as Accenture as well as smaller e-business architects such as Novo Corp. are among the services companies backing BEA Systems recently unveiled portal initiative. BEAs portal push includes the launch Monday of WebLogic Portal 4.0 and WebLogic Integration 2.1. The company also established a BEA Portal Star Solution program for software vendors […]

EYT (www.eyt.com) Wednesday took the wraps off its IBM TotalStorage Solution Center, one of 120 IBM storage solution facilities focusing on networked storage. The center provides testing, design, education and training among other services. Customer can model, demo, and benchmark various storage applications and architectures, according to EYT. “Customers need to kick the tires,” says […]

The potential union of voice and data communications has spawned an array of technologies: interactive voice response systems, unified messaging, IP telephony and the like. But the skills sets needed to sell, install and support such solutions havent come together as quickly as the melding technologies. Plenty of telecom consultants dont know how to “speak […]

The war against terrorism and the shaky economy have given Congress a whole new agenda. From the information technology perspective, issues that were at the top of the list earlier this year have been set aside or recast in a different light. Take online privacy. Early this year, privacy ranked among the leading IT initiatives. […]

In the halcyon days of yore, integrators had so much walk-in business that they actually shunned requests for proposals (RFPs). The stream of prospects seemed endless; companies could pick and choose their customers. So much for the golden age of e-business. Today, the crowds of dot-com enterprises and brick-and-mortar Web wannabes have dispersed. New project […]

Names: Al Decker and Rebecca Whitener Claim to Fame: The duo behind EDS security practice Web Info: www.eds.com The challenge of a business launch is nothing new for Al Decker and Rebecca Whitener. The duo helped establish IBM Global Services security and privacy practice in 1998 and two years later founded their own consulting firm. […]

Tech Data Corp. (www.techdata.com) this week launched a program with Transamerica Distribution Finance (www.transamericafinance.com/tdf) that lets resellers compete for larger government contracts. According to Tech Data, many resellers have difficulty securing large financing to bid for government contracts. Under Tech Datas financing program for federal resellers, a solutions provider that wins a contract submits job […]

Accenture next week plans to demonstrate its first application prototype built upon Microsoft Corp. .Net My Services. The prototype will be unveiled at the Microsoft Developers Conference, October 22-26, in Los Angeles. The Accenture application, called Dynamic Delivery, is designed for the package delivery industry. The prototype uses .Net My Services utilities including .Net Presence, […]

Westcon Inc. Thursday unveiled a distribution pact with Secure Computing Corp. (www.securecomputing.com), a security software vendor. Under the agreement, Westcon will offer Secure Computings Sidewinder firewall, SafeWord authentication product, and SmartFilter Web filtering software. Secure Computing believes the Westcon alliance will “help us grow our reseller numbers and quality of resellers we have in the […]

Management consultant Robbins-Gioia LLC (www.robbinsgioia.com) Wednesday announced an alliance with Expert Choice Inc. (www.expertchoice.com), a maker of decision support software. Expert Choice will contribute implementation and training support to the pact, while Robbins-Gioia will provide its methodologies for strategic planning and program management. The companies plan to provide tools and processes in such areas as […]

Sun Microsystems is offering factory integration services to create customized systems spanning hardware, software, storage subsystems, racks, and cabling. Suns Floor Tile Ready integration program, announced Tuesday, has been in beta test for more than a year. Sun officials say the goal of the program is to make it easier for customers to order and […]

1. $20m Retail Bet Compaq Computer has invested $20 million in Systech Retail Systems, in a bid to better serve point-of-sale (POS) retail customers. Compaq and Systech expect their relationship to generate more than $100 million in revenue over the next three years. The duo will develop POS solutions that use Proliant Servers, Windows 2000, […]