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Building upon a development and marketing agreement struck earlier this year, Wall Street sensation Red Hat Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) and Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) are partnering on enterprise-level user support for Linux in the corporate market Under the terms of the new agreement, Compaq will offer international enterprise users call ...
In a concerted effort to keep pace with its rivals and establish a presence in the Latin American market, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced a joint venture agreement with Mexico's largest telecommunications company to create a portal for Spanish-speaking consumers in Latin and North America The software giant, which has been struggling to esta...
According to a new study by Jupiter Communications, Inc., neither U.S. nor European e-tailers have moved aggressively to establish consumer relationships in the continent's most sophisticated Web markets The research -- which was delivered to attendees of the Jupiter Consumer Online Forum Europe held this week in London -- featured rankings of the ...
Ignore your customers and they'll go away This oft-heard "anti-maxim" of customer service can give us some insight into how not to treat customers. A recent study by Jupiter Communications showed that 42 percent of companies tested didn't respond to a relevant e-mail inquiry, took more than five days to respond, or didn't list an e-mail contact at ...
Last week, the United States announced that it was confident that the World Trade Organization would extend a temporary ban on e-commerce tariffs That's the good news.
According to new research released by Nielsen/NetRatings (NYSE:NMR), online shoppers are looking for quality, convenience and a personalized shopping experience over low prices "Internet sites that will score big with holiday shoppers this year are those with well-known brands, and that offer speed, quality and value," said Allen Weiner, vice-presi...
While the Dow rallied nearly 100 points Monday, the Nasdaq in general -- and Internet stocks in particular -- continued their October nose-dive as concerns about inflation and a possible rise in interest rates persist E-commerce stocks and other high-profile Internet issues were among the hardest hit. As the Nasdaq dropped 1.56 percent yesterday, m...
Investment bank Hambrecht & Quist (NYSE: HQ) announced today that it will distribute shares of its lead-managed initial public offerings and other equity offerings through online broker Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) Ameritrade will join Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCH), which formed an alliance with Hambrecht & Quist in 1997, in distributing shares to online...
Pay TV programmer Showtime Networks' SHO.com will launch the first live boxing pay-per-view event on the Internet October 23rd, putting up five different camera angles of the Mike Tyson vs. Orlin Norris bout from Las Vegas, Nevada The 12-round championship bout will also have multiple audio feeds, allowing viewers to choose which view they want to ...
OpenGrid, Inc., a developer of instant messaging for wireless devices, announced today that it has received more than $8 million (US$) in backing from Motorola and Starfish Software CEO Philippe Kahn Kahn, the founder of Starfish, sold the company to Motorola last year for $256 million in stock and cash.
Pervasive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: PVSW) has moved its SQL 2000 server for developinge-commerce applications into the open-source arena by making it available to developers working with the Linux environment. Simultaneously, the Austin, Texas-based database and Web application solutions provider has been ServerProven certified by IBM (NYSE: IBM) to run on the Netfinity server series. Announcing the intention to extend Linux support and to all of its development products, Pervasive will release its SQL 2000 for Linux product this quarter, making it available for the Caldera, Red Hat and SuSE Linux open-source operating system (OS) distributions.
Retail giant Neiman Marcus (NYSE: NMG) announced the launch of an e-commerce Web site today that will offer apparel, accessories, home furnishing and holiday gifts to upscale buyers The new site will also offer an array of customer service support features, including 24-hour instantaneous customer assistance, real-time online chats, and zoom for cl...
Investment bank Hambrecht & Quist (NYSE: HQ) announced today that it will distribute shares of its lead-managed initial public offerings and other equity offerings through online broker Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) Ameritrade will join Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCH), which formed an alliance with Hambrecht & Quist in 1997, in distributing shares to online...
In its first move to capitalize on its purchase of Ameritech Corp., SBC Communications, Inc. opened its checkbook today for a $6 billion (US$) expansion into the high speed Internet service provider business Lining up to become SBC's first Internet guinea pigs are IBM Corp. and E*Trade, who will use the new, faster Internet service to help employe...
You've probably read by now that Priceline.com filed suit against software giant Microsoft Corp. late last week The suit, filed in federal court, claims that Microsoft's Expedia.com Internet travel service subsidiary is violating Priceline's name-your-own-price hotel-reservation patent.
When 30 year-old Hani Hajje founded Torrance, California-based Power Solutions, Inc. in 1995, the Internet was still perceived to be a risky, unknown business quantity "People back then thought the Web was going to crash," Hajje recalls. "A lot of businesses didn't understand or see the advantage of the Internet." ...
As part of the magazine industry's continuing effort to find its footing on the Web, Conde Nast's Internet division CondeNet will begin selling Williams-Sonoma products on its Epicurious Web site on November 1st The move seems to indicate that magazines are reconfiguring their Web models around retail sales. High-profile magazines such as Playboy a...
Online auto retail referral site Autobytel.com(Nasdaq: ABTL) announced today that it has agreed to acquire A.I.N. Corporation, the owner of CarSmart.com, in a cash and stock deal valued at $31.8 million (US$) The Irvine, California-based company said that it will continue to operate the Web sites of the two auto referral retailers independently, bu...
eSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT) has added to the momentum of the open-source software market in the Asia-Pacific region by signing a distribution agreement with Singapore-based IT Resources Pte Ltd The deal will bring eSoft's TEAM line of Linux-based Internet appliances to value added resellers (VARs) in India and Singapore.
The holiday shopping season is almost here. While most small retail business owners and managers know they would like a bigger piece of the online holiday sales action this season, many do not know what they should be doing about it. No need to despair: Quick action now can make it happen Emarketer.com - an electronic commerce statistical resource ...
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