Hewlett-Packard Introduces New Server
Hewlett-Packard Co. this week will announce a six-processor server designed for Windows 2000 that it claims will offer price/performance that's significantly better than similarly-sized systems from rivals.
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EDS, CSC Offer Web Hosting, Net Mgmt. Services
Traditional outsourcing vendors are rushing to offer Internet services. Last week, two of the biggest - Electronic Data Services Corp. (EDS) and Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) - launched initiatives offering application hosting and network management services.
IBM expands direct-order PC offering
IBM is doubling to 18 the number of PC models that will be available under its buy-today-ship-today program.
IBM to ease online backups
IBM this week will announce new software technology that it claims will allow administrators to back up a DB2 database without bringing it down.
Survey: Manufacturers Stalled by B-to-B's Cost
The complexity and cost of building a secure business-to-business e-commerce infrastructure is slowing adoption of Internet technology in most manufacturing firms, according to a recent survey. But few are surprised.
Plastics Sites Melt Together
PolySort Inc., a five-year-old Internet company that operates two business-to-business portals, is setting up a new online marketplace for the plastics industry.
Manufacturers Make E-Business Leap of Faith
Information technology managers at old-line manufacturing firms are scrambling to get their companies to think like fast-moving Internet players.
Survey: Few U.S. Manufacturers Doing E-business
Nearly seven out of 10 U.S. manufacturers are not using e-commerce as a forum for business transactions.
B-to-B Portals Worry Industry
Manufacturing companies are scrambling to devise strategies for dealing with the threat of profit erosion from business-to-business Web portals.
$2.8B Deal Speeds Audio, Video Over Web
Akamai Technologies Inc.'s proposed $2.8 billion purchase of potential rival Intervu Inc. should help bolster the company's position as one of the leading providers of Internet content delivery services, analysts said.
HP Offers Online Billing Service
A new online service from Hewlett-Packard Co. promises to make it easier for application service providers to bill customers based on their actual service usage, rather than charge a flat fee.
Web Site Offers Fee-based StarOffice Support
Expertcity.com, an online supplier of technical help, training and advice, will offer fee-based Web support for users of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s StarOffice suite.
HP Funds Kids' Net Site
Hewlett-Packard Co. will power and finance eKids Internet, a secure private Web site owned and managed by San Francisco-based startup SilverTech Inc.
PC Market Grows But Squeezes Margins
Agrowing squeeze on PC profit margins should lend greater urgency to efforts by Dell Computer Corp. [Nasdaq:DELL] in Round Rock, Texas, and Gateway Inc. [NYSE:GTW] in San Diego to diversify into higher-margin areas this year.
Bullet-Proofing NT
The place: Loveland, Colo. The date: Dec. 28, 1999. A freight train believed to be carrying nearly 20,000 gallons of hazardous material has just derailed, putting hundreds of citizens in the vicinity in danger.