Paul Nicholls

INTERSHOP Communications and Open Market are teaming up to offer INTERSHOP CommerceLink 1, a link product that integrates the merchandising and hosting features of INTERSHOP Mall with Open Market Transact. Transact is transaction processing and order management software designed for business conducted over the Internet. CommerceLink is currently scheduled for availability in the second quarter […]

@Home Network and Release Software launched SoftwareNow this week, a new online software store. @Home users can choose to download and preview, rent or purchase a range of software products such as games, personal finance and productivity software “at speeds never before experienced by residential Internet users,” the company said. “Leveraging the try-before-you-buy function and […]

Beyond Software Inc., a provider of solutions for transforming legacy applications, released EnterpriseWeb Secure/VM 1.1 this week, a secure enterprise Web Server for the VM operating environment. San Jose, CA-based Beyond also announced the availability of a U.S. Department of Commerce-approved export version of the product. Designed to give businesses the ability to Web-enable their […]

Microsoft Corp. and Wang Global today announced an expansion of their strategic alliance in delivering business solutions using Microsoft’s enterprise platform and Wang Global’s support and integration portfolio. The union was formed in reaction to customer demand for scalable business solutions based on Microsoft enterprise technology, and professional services to design, implement, and support these […]

Eighty-five million U.S. adults are at least somewhat receptive to one or more of three Internet appliances concepts–Internet TVs, screenphones, and portable Internet devices, according to a new study. The report, “Consumer Demand For Internet Appliances,” is new research from FIND/SVP and Cyber Dialogue. With the Internet becoming mainstream and the home PC market approaching […]

Programmer’s Paradise Inc. launched a new business-to-business electronic commerce solution called ISP* eCOS (Electronic Commerce Ordering System). The solution was developed by Shrewsbury, NJ-based Programmer’s Paradise’s subsidiary ISP*D International Software Partners. ISP* eCOS offers a product database with multimedia capabilities that can be accessed via any conventional browser, giving the actual end-user instant information on […]

Intel Corp. reported that Europe is about to see a boom in computer sales and electronic commerce led by numerous small businesses selling everything from shoes to cuckoo clocks. The company expects Western Europe’s total online sales will shoot to $26 billion in 2001 from $3 billion this year, Intel Europe chief Rob Eckelmann said […]

Thirty percent of mortgages and 40% of auto loan originations will come from the Internet by 2005, according to a new study by Killen & Associates. The study, entitled “Loans Over the Internet: New Opportunities and Threats,” states that a major shift from the paper-intensive loan business–99% of today’s transactions–to Internet-based services is under way. […]

EMC Corp. a provider of intelligent enterprise storage solutions, reported that legal publisher Matthew Bender & Company Inc. is using EMC’s Web Site Management Service for an e-commerce application that uses the Web to receive orders and speed delivery of products. New York City-based Matthew Bender, a Times Mirror Company, publishes nearly 500 titles for […]

Toronto-based Ironside Technologies, a supplier of business-to-business electronic commerce solutions, launched a new Web site designed to help customers with Ironside Powered systems install, implement, and roll out their new offerings. The new “Open for E-Business” site offers step-by-step guidelines for both technical implementation and customer rollout, covering topics ranging from establishing an implementation team, […]

America Online, in conjunction with Century 21, Intuit, Countrywide Home Loans and others, announced today the launch of an online real estate resource that’s designed to inform AOL users about financing, buying, or selling real estate. The AOL Real Estate Center (keyword: Real Estate) features five categories–Looking, Selling, Renting, Moving, and Financing–that are designed to […]

GeoCities announced the launch of GeoShops, an electronic-commerce solution available to all GeoCities “homesteaders.” Through a partnership with Internet Commerce Services Corp., which uses software provided by Open Market, GeoShops allows any GeoCities homesteader to easily and inexpensively commerce-enable their site to sell products on the Internet, the company said. In addition to gaining access […]