Thor Olavsrud

NEW YORK — IBM Corp., the company that coined the term e-Business in 1997, has set its sights on selling middleware to a large, and largely untapped, market segment: small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The company Tuesday unveiled a suite of eight platform-agnostic modular solutions, part of the Start Now family, geared at helping SMBs […]

The automation of supply chain relationships can create tremendous efficiencies for enterprises, and it is a step that many wish to undertake. But while the benefits are clear, automation rarely penetrates deeper than upper-tier partners for one, simple reason: price. The legacy solutions available today are expensive enough that they tend to freeze out smaller […]

Members of the ISP, Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), cable and long-distance phone communities are hopping mad over a House of Representatives Bill known as H.R. 1542, or the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act, and they plan to make their displeasure felt at Capitol Hill this Sunday. Pulver.com, a communications industry forum which opposes […]

With an eye toward the skyrocketing Hispanic population in the U.S. and the untapped markets in South America Microsoft Corp. wants to expand its Spanish language efforts with the help of Mexican communications giant Telmex. The two firms already have a joint venture in T1msn, the leading Internet gateway in Mexico. T1msn, Thursday said it […]

While a new lawsuit appears unlikely, two state attorneys general who have championed the government’s ongoing anti-trust case against Microsoft Corp. had some harsh words for the software behemoth Wednesday concerning its new crown jewel: the upcoming Windows XP operating system. In a joint statement issued Wednesday, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Iowa Attorney […]

The heyday of the Silicon Valley venture capitalists is over — few are making much noise these days. But while many venture capitalists are retrenching, Eastman Kodak Company is expanding its VC operations, first launched in October 2000 in order to invest in early-stage technology with the promise of expanding the infoimaging business. The venerable […]

Leading digital satellite television service provider DIRECTV Inc. Wednesday contracted with fiber giant Global Crossing Ltd. for an OC-3 connection to provide broadband connectivity between its broadcast centers in Los Angeles and Castle Rock, Colo. The deal portends a greater role for Global Crossing in the media and entertainment sector, a market it is vigorously […]

Cable broadband leader Excite@Home Tuesday finalized talks with AT&T which allowed it to renegotiate its backbone agreement with the telecom giant and secure $85 million in cash. Earlier in the day, rumors were flying that the company planned to sell its Excite portal. But Excite@Home Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Patti Hart quelled that rumor […]

eEye Digital Security Tuesday revealed that it had uncovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in all versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software that allows remote system level code execution. Upon discovering the vulnerability, eEye immediately notified Microsoft’s security team and worked with the company to develop a patch. The vulnerability exists […]

KnightRidder.com, Internet arm of Knight Ridder, expanded its Real Cities Network of city and region Web sites Monday with the addition of 15 newspaper and television Web sites from Belo Interactive, the Internet subsidiary of Belo. The company said the new sites make the Real Cities Network the largest aggregation of local online media companies, […]

Sony Electronics later this month will ship a new product that it hopes will succeed in a space where competitors have failed. The device, a net appliance dubbed the e Villa Network Entertainment Center, will hit retail outlets with a suggested price of $500, about the same as 3Com’s failed Audrey net appliance. The e […]

Toronto’s Nortel Networks Corp. Friday warned of sharply lower revenue expectations and a much greater-than-expected loss for the second quarter of about $1.5 billion, about 48 cents per share. Wall Street had been looking for a loss of 6 cents per share, according to Thomson Financial/First Call. The telecommunications equipment maker cited a weak global […]