Beth Cox

The Dialog Corp. in London announced it’s been awarded a contract to build an online export sales lead service for the U.K.’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Details of the contract were announced by Barbara Roche, the U.K.’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry, at the “Helping Smaller Companies […]

Book retailer Chapters Inc., in conjunction with Canada’s The Globe and Mail national newspaper, announced the launch of the country’s largest online bookstore. Offering over two million titles, the Web site will feature a blend of content, community, and commerce. It will include book news and reviews from The Globe and Mail, a national calendar […]

March 26 Australian Official Calls For Businesses To Embrace E-Commerce The new chief executive of the National Office for the Information Economy, Paul Twomey, called on Australian business to wholeheartedly embrace the Internet revolution and embark on full electronic commerce. The Federal Government is holding an electronic commerce summit in Canberra on April 16 and […]

During a speech today at the Suntec International Convention Center in Singapore, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates introduced a series of initiatives aimed at supporting the Singapore ONE high-speed network project. Gates said Microsoft will collaborate with five organizations on separate initiatives in the process. The software giant will work with SingTel to establish video-on-demand (VOD) […]

Lloyd’s of London selected LAVA Systems as lead product and partner for Lloyd’s proof of concept for its Market Information Repository project. Insurance staff at a cross section of major London Market organizations have been given access to the Market Information Repository as part of the London Insurance Market Network (LIMNET) sponsored Trading Chain Pilot […]

March 17 Microsoft in New Media Venture Down Under Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said Australia will be the test bed for the software giant’s global Internet strategy. The company last week announced a joint venture with Kerry Packer’s Publishing & Broadcasting Limited , owner of the Nine Network. Microsoft and PBL formally launched the “ninemsn” […]

Commerce One, Inc. announced today its expansion into the European market with the opening of new operations in Zurich, Switzerland. A supplier of real-time business-to-business electronic procurement and supplier management solutions, Commerce One said it hopes to have as many as four regional sales offices operational within the next 12-18 months in Europe. The company […]

According to a recent Angus Reid Group and Canadian Corporate News study, 10% of all Canadians report using the Internet “a great deal” as a news source. The study, entitled “Canadians And The News Media,” reported that those who go online for the news are most likely to be looking for information on international news […]

Interactive Knowledge On-line (IKO) of Sydney, Australia and First Union Corp. are teaming up to allow companies from both the U.S. and Asia-Pacific to become electronic merchants using the First Union Secure Sales application. First Union launched Secure Sales, an Open Market product, in 1997. The bank also participated with Visa, Open Market, and NOVA […]

March 5 Internet Commerce Revenues in Western Europe May Soon Reach $30 Billion Total Internet commerce revenues in Western Europe will grow from $1 billion in 1997 to $30 billion in 2001, according to a research study published by International Data Corporation. The number of devices accessing the Web in Western Europe will grow from […]

CanadaOne, a premier Web site for Canadian business, officially launched this week. The innovative site targeting micro- to medium-sized business owners and operators in Canada features many facets, including a business magazine, technology center, business and resource directories, and a promotional center. A typical issue of CanadaOne includes articles relating to networking, finance, legal issues, […]

Toronto-based Scotiabank introduced Scotia/Headliner, a new service that leverages the power of the Internet to help investors manage their portfolios. An interactive program for online discount brokerage clients, the service automatically delivers trade notification alerts. It also filters and manages news about an investor’s specially-selected companies, stocks, and sectors through a news ticker service that […]