Paul Nicholls

Another contender in the office supply store wars threw its URL into the ring as AtYourOffice.com debuted, billing itself as “the world’s largest online office products company.” The company said it intends to capitalize on the explosive growth in the SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) market that is expected to continue well into the next century. […]

Forrester Research, Inc. said it released a report that details how businesses can effectively take advantage of retailing online by marrying e-commerce initiatives with existing business operations. “The Commerce Integration Imperative” study recommends that companies choose e-commerce integration strategies that blend operations such as inventory management, order processing, financials, and customer service. Forrester contends that […]

The electronic commerce marketplace–defined as the sale of goods via the Internet, proprietary online services and CD-ROM–is projected to grow 57.7% to an estimated $28.2 billion this year, according to an industry report. The research report from Simba Information Inc. in Stamford, CT said that business-to-business commerce will total $19 billion in 1998, accounting for […]

Atlanta-based e-commerce firm Harbinger Corp. said that it implemented its first key management infrastructure (KMI) license exception outside the U.S. with its TrustedLink Templar encryption technology. The company said that this makes Templar “the first U.S.-based product to provide international trading partners with the opportunity to send any document over the Internet using 128-bit self-escrow […]

Netscape Communications Corp. today debuted its extended enterprise process automation solution for the enterprise and extranet markets, billing it as a key component of the company’s “Net Economy” strategy. The new Netscape Process Manager 1.0 application software is designed to enable enterprise service providers (ESPs) to design, deploy, and manage processes on the enterprise and […]

And now, a college bookstore on the Web. Why didn’t somebody think of this sooner? Newly launched VarsityBooks.com, based in Washington, DC, said it offers approximately 250,000 titles available for immediate shipment–at a 15 % to 40% discount off typical college bookstore prices. The operation describes itself as “user-friendly, easy-to-navigate. . . and the textbook […]

Open Market Inc. released version 4.11 of its Folio Publisher and Folio Views software for the Macintosh operating system, supporting Mac OS 7.5 and above. Both Folio Publisher and Folio Views will now be able to run on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms, the company explained. “This release is an important step in satisfying the […]

In what it is billing as the first offer of its kind by a computer maker, Dell Computer Corp. said it will guarantee customers a safe shopping experience on its Web site and protect them from credit card fraud. The PC manufacturer unveiled the Online Secure Shopping Guarantee program today for Dell Store shoppers in […]

Online community site theglobe.com and electronic commerce provider INTERSHOP Communications have joined forces to target the small- to medium-sized business market with new e-commerce solutions. Under the agreement, theglobe said it will debut ‘globeStores’ this week, a service that offers interactive tools to merchants looking to build virtual Web stores and sell products to the […]

INTERSHOP Communications Inc., a provider of electronic commerce software, launched an Independent Software Vendor program designed for third party developers who integrate complementary technology with the company’s products. The program will extend INTERSHOP’s core technology platform, the firm said, by offering customers integrated products and services in such areas as Web marketing, payment processing and […]

Mitsubishi Corp. and e-commerce association CommerceNet announced the availability of standardized documents that support international cross-certification for digitally signed trade transactions. The documents, which include operational rules, technical specifications, and a model electronic commerce trade agreement for international trading partners, were developed by Mitsubishi and CommerceNet as part of an international cross-certification pilot between JapanNet’s […]

ModaCAD Inc. said sales for its second quarter ended June 30, increased 220% to $3.63 million, compared with sales for the same quarter in 1997 of $1.13 million. Net earnings for the quarter increased to $103,739 or 2 cents per share fully diluted on 6,076,361 weighted average shares outstanding, from $36,859 or 1 cent per […]