Software makers Computer Associates International Inc. and BMC Software Inc. this week warned of first-quarter shortfalls, which they attributed in part to weak European sales and a slump in their mainframe-management software businesses.
An organization that developed a set of online data-privacy guidelines is taking legal action aimed at stopping failed Internet retailers from selling their customer lists and other information to third parties.
) UPS Capital Corp., the financial arm of the United Parcel Service of America Inc., and AmericasMart.com, an Atlanta-based business-to-business online marketplace, yesterday said they are issuing a MasterCard as well as unsecured line of credit to retailers that purchase goods at AmericasMart's Web site. AmericasMart is an online trading exchange that provides e-commerce services for wholesalers, manufacturers and retail buyers.
An organization that developed a set of online data-privacy guidelines is taking legal action aimed at stopping failed Internet retailers that signed up to get its seal of approval from selling their customer lists and other information to third parties.
Software makers Computer Associates International Inc. and BMC Software Inc. are both warning of earnings shortfalls due in part to weak European sales and a slump in their mainframe businesses.
Software rivals Computer Associates International Inc. and BMC Software Inc. are both warning of profit shortfalls in the quarter that ended June 30, in part because of slumps in their mainframe-related businesses.
Consolidation is well under way in the nascent world of online transportation marketplaces. But offering the right services for the best price remains a competitive advantage for targeted markets.
It's a fact: E-commerce is changing the way the transportation industry does business. The question, though, is how effective the industry will be in managing the change without losing sight of its primary function - to deliver goods to customers.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday set plans to hold a July 27 hearing on the proposed $350-billion merger of America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc. The decision came one day after the two companies filed a joint 50-page reply to a request for information on issues that include AOL's Instant Messenger online chat service.
Microsoft and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday agreed to accelerate the schedule for presenting written arguments to the US Supreme Court on whether it should hear the company's appeal of the breakup order issued earlier this month by US District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson.
Microsoft Corp. and other companies this week unveiled software tools based on anInternet privacy specification proposed by a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) working group. Those tools, the companies said, should help protect the privacy of online consumers.
Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday agreed to accelerate the schedule for presenting written arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court on whether it should hear the company's appeal of the breakup order issued earlier this month by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson.
Dell Computer Corp. yesterday announced plans to preinstall Red Hat Inc.'s version of the Linux operating systems on its servers and PCs.
At a conference in New York today, Microsoft Corp. and other companies unveiled software tools - based on an Internet privacy specification proposed by a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) working group - that they said should help protect the privacy rights of online consumers.
In a effort to attract new customers to its Web site and gear up for this year's holiday shopping season, Toysrus.com has inked a deal with Nickelodeon to launch a Nickelodeon boutique channel on its Web site.