Nine months after making an initial announcement, the Sun Microsystems Inc. / Netscape Communications Corp. alliance today again announced the iPlanet Market Maker, an e-commerce integration suite designed to help companies build open, online trading communities as a means of reducing their purchasing costs.
Federal Express Corp., a subsidiary of Memphis-based FedEx Corp., yesterday launched the FedEx International Resource Center, a Web-based resource to link companies to information about international trade.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico, treasurer Daniel Aragon yesterday claimed that a $4.5 million software package that the county bought to carry it through the year 2000 date rollover and streamline the way it collects and disburses property-tax revenue still isn't functioning properly. And he's blaming the vendor.
IBM has announced two new cluster servers designed to reduce the complexity of ordering and connecting servers designed for high availability and fail-over.
Federal regulators have extended the deadline " from this November to July of next year " for financial institutions to comply with privacy rules outlined in a law passed by Congress last fall.
Contrary to public belief, not all online retailers are losing money. In fact, 38% of online retailers say they're making an operating profit, according to a survey conducted this month by Shop.org and Boston Consulting Group Inc. (BCG).
Intel Corp. today said it will replace approximately 1 million PC motherboards designed around its 820 chip set because of a faulty component that could cause system failures and, under extreme conditions, even data corruption.
Federal bank and securities regulators have extended the deadline -- from this November to July 2001 -- for financial institutions to comply with privacy rules outlined in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act passed by Congress last fall.
Atlanta-based CheckFree Holdings Corp. today announced that it will purchase the electronic billing and payment assets of Bank of America Corp. in Charlotte, North Carolina, a deal the two companies said is aimed at letting the bank's online customers "pay everyone for everything electronically."
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service of America Inc.'s financial services arm this week announced that it's teaming up with two technology vendors to offer electronic bill payment and presentment services to its business-to-business customers.
Two Internet service providers have joined the list of organizations that are asking the Federal Communications Commission to take action over the impending merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc.
As further evidence of its financial recovery from a computer systems gaffe two years ago, Oxford Health Plans Inc. has reported better-than-expected net income for its first quarter - $28.8 million, or 34 cents per diluted share, beating Wall Street analysts' predictions by eight cents.
Chicago-based Andersen Consulting Inc. today announced that it's teaming up with Sun Microsystems Inc. and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions to form an Internet-based procurement venture.
Four of the nation's leading consumer groups will present a 115-page petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tomorrow asking that the agency reject America Online Inc.'s bid to acquire Time Warner Inc.
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service of America Inc. posted record profits for this year's first quarter, thanks in large part to its ventures into the e-commerce arena.