Beth Cox

NBC Internet Inc.’s AllBusiness.com and firstsource Corp., a facilitator of online marketplace exchanges, Thursday established an alliance to create a business marketplace and procurement engine for AllBusiness.com’s small business users. AllBusiness.com is a virtual business partner for small businesses. firstsource is also a provider of business products, services and online business procurement solutions. The new […]

A new industry research report states conclusively that for U.S., companies, multilingual e-commerce and business sites “are no longer optional.” In fact, e-businesses these days need to build a centralized palette of software to gain leverage, consistency and speed while letting local offices choose which components to implement and in which language, says the report […]

3Dshopping.com signed a deal by which Yahoo! Inc. will license its 3Dshopping System technology, letting merchants display detailed, realistic images of products and giving consumers a better depiction of items being offered for sale. Under the agreement, Yahoo! Shopping will make the 3D technology available to its merchants later this year. Financial arrangements were not […]

Smart card software developer 3-G International Inc. (3GI) entered a strategic relationship with Microsoft to deliver network and Internet security products that feature the Windows Powered Smart Card to various corporate, government and e-business customers. 3GI simultaneously released a suite of software development tools designed to streamline the development of applications for Windows Powered Smart […]

Customer relationship management company eGain Communications Corp. delivered three new applications — eGain Voice (Voice-over-Internet), eGain Inform (Web FAQ self-service) and eGain Campaign (pro-active digital marketing). The new products join recently released versions of eGain Assistant (intelligent life-like service agents), eGain Live (real-time text chat and Web collaboration) and eGain Mail (e-mail management) as part […]

ASP FutureLink Corp. and Microsoft signed an agreement to establish an R&D lab and two Hosted Application Showcase facilities for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). The facilities will aid ISVs that wish to provide hosted versions of their apps using Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Microsoft also is making a $10 million equity investment in FutureLink. The […]

E-commerce solutions provider Netegrity Inc. launched the Netegrity Partners program, aimed at providing supporting for systems integrators and consultants building e-commerce portals, exchanges and enterprise sites. Initial partners include Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Breakaway Solutions, Ernst & Young and Granitar. “The Netegrity Partners program enables solution providers to augment their e-commerce infrastructure services with our secure […]

NetGift Registry signed a deal with Network Commerce Inc. to integrate its private-label gift registry service into the Network Commerce Consumer Network. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. The Consumer Network consists of e-tail site ShopNow.com, comparison shopping site BottomDollar.com, and SpeedyClick.com, a commerce-enabled entertainment community. The registry has already been partially integrated on BottomDollar.com and […]

Lest anyone think that B2B e-commerce consists primarily of small businesses ordering printer paper, manufacturing company Eaton Corp. says it has to date bid out over $370 million in direct materials acquisitions through the FreeMarkets B2B site. Eaton makes highly engineered products that serve the vehicle, construction, aerospace and semiconductor markets. “We have successfully used […]

Novell Inc. delivered its Small Business Suite 5.1 product, saying it was “designed to give small e-businesses the same tools many Fortune 500 firms use.” The suite includes Novell NetWare 5.1, Novell NDS eDirectory services and Novell GroupWise 5.5. The product also includes key partner products including IBM WebSphere, Network Associates’ VirusScan and NetShield, Oracle8i, […]

B2B e-commerce company Internet Capital Group acquired an unspecified stake in eCatalogs Inc., an e-commerce solution provider for the MRO marketplace, for approximately $14 million. Industrial MRO comprises industrial products used in maintenance, repair and operations, as well as those same products used directly in OEM applications. The product range includes electrical and electronic components; […]

Intuit Inc. signed a non-binding letter of intent with TriSense Software Ltd. to expand its electronic billing solutions. By teaming with TriSense, which has developed the PaySense digital billing solution, Intuit said it expects to expand the number of companies — especially mid-sized and smaller firms — that present bills electronically. Financial arrangements between the […]