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Utility software provider Network Associates (Nasdaq: NETA) today announced that a version of its antivirus software development toolkit is now available to developers using the Linux operating system McAfee's Virus Interface for Protective Early Response (VIPER) for Linux enables third party developers and service providers to embed the company's ...
Online travel services site Leisureplanet announced today that the CNN News Group has taken a $20 million (US$) equity position in the company The firm, which is majority-owned by Leisureplanet Holdings (Nasdaq: LPHL), also agreed to spend $30 million over three years in a promotional campaign across CNN's on-air and online properties.
E-commerce has certainly come a long way in just a year. IPOs have come and gone, companies have merged and diverged, and previously-unthinkable alliances now dot the landscape It seems then, so long as e-commerce remains in the midst of an extended honeymoon with the public, that now is as good of a time as ever to take stock of what is working we...
According to published reports, Microsoft Corp. has forged an alliance with the largest mall owner and operator in the United States to advertise and sell its MSN online service The deal, which will be announced today, comes on the heels of a number of partnerships formed last week by huge brick-and-mortar retailers and Internet companies in attemp...
NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), the newly-created Internet division of the NBC network, put its media synergy to work today by announcing a multi-year, multi-million dollar (US$) agreement with job search site Headhunter.net (Nasdaq: HHNT) Headhunter.net's job searching capabilities will be integrated into Snap.com, the flagship portal of NBCi. Headhunter.net...
Content delivery service Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) and capital investment firm CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) announced today that they have reached a broad agreement to collaborate on developing technologies to deliver Internet content and applications The two rapidly-ascending companies said that they will work on a "number of cooperative efforts t...
Online vitamin and nutritional supplement retailer VitaminShoppe.com (Nasdaq: VSHP) announced today that it has signed a two-year, multi-million dollar (US$) alliance with America Online (NYSE:AOL) Under the terms of the deal, VitaminShoppe.com will become an anchor tenant in the "Diet & Nutrition" department of AOL's Shop@AOL marketplace. In addit...
Linux vendor Stormix Technologies has announced the release of its new Debian-based Linux operating system product Storm Linux 2000, available through the company's Web site as a download, will hit retail channels this month. Although no distributors have been named, Stormix has disclosed that the product carries 30-day telephone installation suppo...
E-commerce has suddenly become about the "big move." America Online nailed a deal with Wal-Mart. Yahoo! signed with K-Mart. AOL aligned with Circuit City. Microsoft formed a bond with Best Buy. It all happened in a couple of staggering days This flurry of alliance building makes one wonder if Sears is holding secret meetings with Amazon. It also ma...
The one element of the online buying process in which consumers have consistently expressed a lack of trust is the delivery of goods Reports are abounding about e-shoppers waiting days and weeks for items, and of sites that promised two or three-day deliveries not coming through as promised.
What an incredible week for America Online In one 24-hour period, the number one online service provider announced major deals with retail giants Wal-Mart and Circuit City, which have about 4,200 brick-and-mortar locations between them.
This week's new alliances between AOL and Wal-Mart, as well as Yahoo! and Kmart, are designed to tap into what Goldman Sachs calls "the fastest-growing demographic coming onto the Web," or the 96 million Americans who make less than $50,000 (US$) a year and have yet to become Internet users By all accounts, this week has the potential to be a true ...
Online book and music retailer barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) announced today that it has cemented its alliance with magazine subscription company Enews.com by acquiring a 32 percent stake in the company. Additionally, the four-year joint service agreement calls for the New York-based online unit of Barnes & Noble, Inc. to receive warrants that could push its equity stake up to 40 percent.
Business-to-business e-commerce firm Navarre Corp. (Nasdaq: NAVR) has entered into distribution agreements with Cybernet Systems Corp. and Loki Entertainment Software, significantly adding to a current Linux lineup that includes Caldera, Corel and Red Hat Navarre's Computer Products Division handles distribution of the Linux products, pushing them ...
In the midst of a flurry of co-promotion agreements between retailers and Internet brands, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Best Buy Co.,(NYSE: BBY) announced a strategic alliance today that includes Internet, broadcasting and in-store promotional projects The agreement will include marketing efforts in Best Buy's retail stores, online at BestBuy.com, ...
Working and going to school full time left Jim precious few hours to take care of ordinary chores like buying tires for his car The time shortage prompted the 31 year-old Columbia, Maryland resident to make his first purchase over the Internet about two years ago -- despite his reservations about using his credit card online.
In the United States, where as many as 80 percent of all new businesses fold within the first five years, many dot-com startups are finding that they need some form of assistance to survive The old days of "winging it" on the Web have given way to a serious scramble for money and guidance, and e-incubators are increasingly coming into play.
At the beginning of this week, French and Swedish Internet executives met to focus on cooperation between the two countries' technology firms and ended up launching a full-board complaint session about the U.S. domination of e-commerce The meeting in Paris was indicative of the outrage that some European powers feel toward U.S. success in leveragin...
Online consumers made a spirited run on toys, electronics and books last week, as overall online sales surged up by 35 percent over the same period last year According to Media Metrix, the three e-tailers that led the pack for the week ending Sunday were Amazon.com, eBay, and eToys.
America Online and Wal-Mart Stores announced a wide-ranging strategic alliance today that will create a new co-branded online service and numerous cross-marketing initiatives between the two companies The announcement comes just one day after AOL entered a marketing alliance with electronics retail giant Circuit City and Kmart entered into similar ...
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