Stories by Ellen Messmer

J.D. Edwards Fights Back with Web-Based Apps Suite

In a do-or-die comeback bid, J.D. Edwards & Sons Inc. last week released Web-based, supply-chain collaboration software called OneWorld Xe for online purchasing and data sharing between trading partners.

Web Sites Unite to Fight Denial of Service War

With February's massive distributed denial-of-service attacks still fresh in their minds, a group of companies operating some of the best-known Web sites on the planet will call on ISPs, Web hosters and each other to join forces to prevent future attacks.

Dell and Others Boost Online B2B Exchanges

It was a big week for business-to-business exchanges: Dell Computer Corp. launched Dell Marketplace online to let customers buy products from Dell and other suppliers starting next month; the aerospace industry completed its first transaction on its Exostar exchange; and BroadVision Inc. unveiled software for building an online marketplace.

Network Associates Upgrades Intrusion Software

Network Associates this week introduced a revamped version of its intrusion detection software suite, including the company's first tool designed to watch network traffic for what might be hacker activity.

Axent Takes Another Whack at Web Access

Axent Technologies Inc. this week unveiled software for controlling Web access that observers say is a big improvement over the company's first offering in this market.

ASP Simplifies Hiring of Temps, Contractors

Start-up CascadeWorks Inc. has emerged as the first application service provider to focus on the market for procuring personnel services, such as the hiring of temps, contractors and consultants. The company's offering turns the typically paper-heavy process of hiring such personnel into a Web-based document workflow available through a hosted application called Clarity.

AOL Helps Small Businesses into E-Commerce

America Online Inc. on Wednesday invited small businesses in the U.S. and around the world to get on the Web and into e-commerce by using an array of services, many of them free.

WebCollage Glues E-Comm Sites Together

Startup WebCollage Inc. unveiled Syndicator, Windows NT software that lets one e-commerce Web site integrate its application content with other Web site business partners.

Startup Offers Servers Protection from Hackers

Security startup Qiave Technologies Corp. (pronounced Key-AH-vey) next week makes its debut with software designed to prevent hackers from tampering with user and account files even if they break into a server operating system.

Startup Panacya Hopes to Cure E-Comm Ills

According to Webster's dictionary, a panacea is a "remedy for all diseases, a cure-all, a solution for any difficulty." And that's what secretive startup Panacya (pronounced the same, but with a different spelling) hopes to be in the area of managing Web-based e-commerce applications.

New Denial-of-Service Attack Tool Uses Relay Chat

Remember the distributed denial-of-service attack tools, like Tribal Flood Network and Trin00, that last February were used in mass attacks on Web sites owned by EBay, E*Trade, CNN and Yahoo? Security experts this week say an even more dangerous tool, called Trinity, has just been discovered.

RSA Upgrading Its Keon PKI Security Software

RSA Security this week will unveil an upgraded version of its public-key infrastructure software, adding support for digital certificates from multiple vendors and making it easier for security administrators to register users to receive certificates through an automated download process.

Security flaw discovered in PGP

European cryptographic researchers have uncovered a serious security flaw in both the Unix and Windows versions of Network Associates's PGP software 5.5 through 6.5.3.

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