IBM unveils software for mainframes
Taking aim at its mainframe customers, IBM has unfurled an enhanced version of its flagship e-commerce WebSphere software that would let the Big Iron more efficiently handle complex e-business transactions.
Taking aim at its mainframe customers, IBM has unfurled an enhanced version of its flagship e-commerce WebSphere software that would let the Big Iron more efficiently handle complex e-business transactions.
With an eye toward bolstering its supply chain management software, i2 Technologies Inc. this week said it will buy privately held RightWorks Corp. in a deal valued at US$114 million.
Big Blue's largest users have spoken: They want IBM Corp. to improve its e-commerce wares and security features.
RightWorks Corp. this month will roll out a new version of its eBusiness Application Suite. The upgrade will enable customers to tie together various systems in a "single coherent flow," says Lou Unkeless, RightWorks' vice president of strategy and product marketing.
FRAMINGHAM (10/10/2000) - Storage Technology Corp. and Silicon Graphics Inc. became the latest companies to warn about earnings shortfalls for their respective quarters.
Storage Technology Corp. and Silicon Graphics Inc. Monday became the latest technology vendors to warn about anticipated earnings shortfalls in the quarter that ended last month.
Internet software maker Open Market Inc. Tuesday announced that its third-quarter earnings will be below Wall Street expectations and said it will eliminate 150 jobs as part of restructuring plans.
WebHouse Club, a licensee of Priceline.com Inc. offering name-your-price service for gasoline and groceries, said this week it will go out of business in 90 days.
Data storage systems maker Imation Corp. announced Thursday that it will miss analysts' expectations for earnings for the quarter and that it is exploring alternatives including financial restructuring, stock repurchases and potential mergers.
Legato Systems Inc. took the first steps this week to return itself to credibility, naming David Wright as president and CEO and Andrew Brown as chief financial officer, analysts said.
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners today said it requested federal and state attorneys to shut down a Web site that offers votes to the highest bidder in this year's presidential election.
WebHouse Club, a licensee of Priceline.com Inc. offering name-your-price service for gasoline and groceries, will go out of business in 90 days.
To say that Apple Computer shocked Wall Street analysts and investors by warning late last week that earnings in its fourth fiscal quarter will be well below expectations would be a major understatement.
Apple's stock plummeted 40 per cent Thursday night in after-hours trading following the announcement by the company that profits in the three-month period ending Saturday will be "substantially below" earlier projections because of slow computer sales this month.
Online health care site WebMD Corp.'s buying spree finally caught up with it.
Troubled software maker Corel Corp. posted losses that weren't as harsh as expected in the third quarter, which ended Aug. 31.