Stories by Lee Copeland

Exchange 2000 will boost e-mail Services

In a move designed to beef up its e-mail add-on services, Microsoft announced plans to deliver a new conferencing server that will run on Exchange 2000 later this year.

Ford, Compuware Expand App Management Deal

Ford Motor Co. and outsourcing services provider Compuware Corp. last week announced plans to ramp up two application management centers opened earlier this year in the U.K. and Germany. It's a move that will turn over management of the automaker's massive application portfolio entirely to the outsourcer.

Brief: GM to Open e-GM Unit in Silicon Valley

Detroit-based General Motors Corp. plans to open up
shop for its e-GM unit in Silicon Valley. The automaker leased 55,000 square
feet of office space in San Francisco for the business unit. GM launched the
unit last September to focus on Internet services, such as its OnStar
in-vehicle Web access technology. E-GM headquarters will remain in Detroit, but
the automaker hopes to have at least 50 employees in the new office by year's
end.

Clinton Gets Mixed Reviews at Comdex

Last year, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates delivered the keynote address at Comdex/Spring to a standing-room-only audience. Last week, President Clinton took the podium at the trade show here and spoke to a less-than-capacity crowd.

Zipping Into Zaplets

The Republican National Committee wants to keep its finger on the pulse and purse of its membership as the campaign for the U.S. presidency heats up this summer. This year, however, the staff is adding to its usual mail and phone marketing efforts; it will deploy Web-based communications to initiate funding drives, test advertising campaigns, and get feedback on key political issues.

Exec exodus hits Lotus

Lotus Development Corp. confirmed yesterday that several top executives plan to leave the groupware software maker in the coming weeks.

Comdex Final Stop on Clinton's 'Digital Divide'

President Clinton, making Spring Comdex the final leg of his Digital Divide New Markets tour yesterday, challenged high-tech companies to help bridge the gap between technology haves and have-nots.

Collaboration Of the Month

Bridging the gap between real-time and Web-based collaboration isn't a new idea. A variety of firms, including Cambridge, Massachusetts-based eRoom Technology Inc. (formerly Instinctive Technology Inc.) and messaging powerhouse Lotus Development Corp., offer such products and services with eRoom and QuickPlace, respectively. Both products allow customers to set up collaborative work spaces on the Web or a corporate intranet. Once such a space has been established, users can share and store documents, create threaded discussions and meet in real time.

Clinton to Address Comdex

As Comdex/Spring 2000 gears up for a first-of-its-kind appearance by a U.S. president, conference attendees expressed caution on the subject of government involvement in the high-tech sector.

B-to-B Auctions From A to Z

The business-to-business market segment is brimming with online auction sites where companies can barter, put work out to bid, purchase or sell anything from plastic bags to multimillion-dollar electronic aerospace components. But before your company signs up to hawk or buy online, analysts and participants suggest that potential users examine what happens both online and off-line at a Web-based auction.

Breathing New Life Into Old E-Mail

The Republican National Committee (RNC) wants to keep its finger on the pulse and purse of its membership as the campaign for the U.S. presidency heats up this summer. This year, however, the staff is adding to its usual mail and phone marketing efforts; it will deploy Web-based communications to initiate funding drives, test advertising campaigns and get feedback on key political issues.

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