Elizabeth Clampet

Two of the online leaders in their respective spaces teamed up Monday to promote business-to-business e-commerce to retail customers. E-commerce firm Ariba, Inc. (ARBA) and Dell Computer Corp. (DELL) Monday said they will jointly develop e-commerce solutions intended to “lower costs and drive new revenue opportunities.” Terms of the agreement include the creation of a […]

Women’s online community iVillage Inc. over the weekend received an unsolicited offer from Growth Capital Corp. to purchase 1.4 million shares of its stock for $22 per share, which the company has encouraged shareholders to refuse. Growth Capital, which has had no prior business relationship with iVillage (IVIL), is offering a “mini-tender” offer, which amounts […]

Those not satisfied with the shrinking amount of available domain names may have their chance to snatch up new ones, as the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers is considering adding new domain name extensions to the standard .com, .net and .org suffixes. At its quarterly meeting in Cairo, Egypt this week, ICANN board […]

Search engine firm GoTo.com Inc. Thursday added auction services to its offerings by purchasing auction aggregator AuctionRover.com, Inc. for approximately $175 million in stock. GoTo.com (GOTO) will issue 3.47 million shares of its stock to acquire AuctionRover, a one-stop resource for online auctions. The transaction is expected to close in April. AuctionRover simultaneously searches a […]

E-commerce infrastructure company Internet Pictures Corp. (iPIX) Wednesday grabbed multimedia technology provider PictureWorks Technology in a stock swap worth approximately $175 million. If the average closing price of iPIX Common Stock is more than $37.06, PictureWorks stockholders will receive 4,668,106 shares of iPIX (IPIX) common stock, and if the average price of iPIX common stock […]

IBM Corp. took steps Wednesday to expand into the growing business-to-business e-commerce sector by investing in and forming strategic alliances with B2B plays Ariba Inc. and i2 Technologies Inc. Calling their joint venture “B2B Redefined,” the three companies will integrate their technologies, as well as develop global marketing strategies and integrated selling of targeted solutions. […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday took hold of Internet messaging company Innosoft International Inc. in a move to get in on the growing Internet messaging game. Innosoft is a developer of Internet standards-based messaging and directory tools. No financial terms of the deal, which still needs shareholder approval, were released. Innosoft’s key products and technologies will […]

Online messaging firm JFAX.com Monday broadened its line of communications tools with the purchase of TimeShift Inc. No financial details of the acquisition were disclosed, though TimeShift founder and chief technology officer Leo D’Angelo will join JFAX (JFAX) as its chief technology oficer. TimeShift provides C-Commerce — technology designed to allow real-time communications and commerce […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce this week took steps to validate the breadth of the e-commerce industry by separating it from other parts of the retail industry. The Internet has allowed the growth of online buying and selling to accelerate at alarming speeds recently, though until now it was lumped in with off-line activities. Private […]

America Online Inc. is again at the center of a controversy involving instant messaging. This time, a company owned by Internet incubator CMGI Inc. is crying foul. iCAST this week launched the iCASTER, a multimedia player with instant messaging capabilities. The messaging technology is powered by Tribal Voice, and iCAST boasted that it was compatible […]

Kozmo.com’s home delivery service headed for the sun Tuesday with the rollout of operations in Southern California. The popular Web-based delivery service is now available to customers in the San Fernando Valley, West Los Angeles, Hollywood and Pasadena, with plans to roll out into South Bay soon. Regional businesses California Pizza Kitchen and Mani’s Bakery […]

Jupiter Communications Inc. Tuesday expanded into the business-to-business space with the purchase of two research companies that focus on corporate Internet trends for an estimated $50.6 million in cash and stock. Jupiter (JPTR) signed definitive agreements to acquire privately-held Internet Research Group, a research and consulting firm focused exclusively on Internet infrastructure markets and Net […]