Stories by Stacy Collett

Travel Site Faces Integration Challenges

The travel megasite under development by four U.S. airlines got a huge boost last week after 23 U.S. and foreign carriers signed on as associate members. But the added support will leave IT with a big headache.

Year2000.com domain draws phony $10m bid

After six years of stirring the pot about possible Y2K glitches on his Year2000.com Web site, Canadian computer consultant Peter de Jager says he's used to hate mail and pranks.

$US10m domain name bid a hoax

The $US10 million bid for the year2000.com domain name turned out to be a hoax - as well as at least four other bids above $2 million.

Wal-Mart Relaunches Web Site

Three months after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. put the brakes on its Web site redesign, the retail giant relaunched Walmart.com Jan. 1 with a new look, some new products and a few new features.

Y2K evangelist seeks to cash in his URL for $US1M

After six years of creating awareness of possible Year 2000 glitches as the result of the date rollover from 1999 to 2000, Canadian computer consultant Peter de Jager says his work is nearly done and he's ready to cash in his URL.

Standard in works for sharing e-customer data

Leading makers of software for Internet marketing, tracking and analysis are working together to develop a standard for sharing personal information about online customers across different enterprise applications.

BP Amoco hires PwC to run SAP apps

British oil giant BP Amoco has outsourced its US accounting processes and related information systems to PricewaterhouseCoopers in a 10-year, $US1.1 billion deal.
The deal is one of the largest business process outsourcing agreements ever.

US group sues AOL over access for the blind

The US National Federation of the Blind has filed suit in against America Online, charging its internet service is inaccessible to the blind and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.

SAP: Whirlpool's rush led to shipping snafus

Whirlpool executives and their implementation partners made a risky and ultimately damaging business decision by going live with an SAP R/3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications over the three-day Labour Day holiday, knowing that "red flags" had been raised, according to SAP officials.

Web uptime needs spur sales

The recent spate of Web site outages at Charles Schwab & Co and Britannica.com underscores a growing demand for technology that manages the flow of Web content regardless of traffic volume.

Nissan outsources US IT to IBM in $US1b deal

Nissan North America has outsourced its entire IT operation to IBM Global Services in a nine and a half-year, $US1 billion deal designed to help Nissan cut costs and streamline its IT operations, company officials said in a statement.

Systems glitches blamed for losses

US-based Hershey Foods has reported a 19 per cent decline in third-quarter earnings, blaming the drop on snags in new customer service, warehousing and order fulfillment systems that went live in July.

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