Tom Taulli

Yesterday, while checking my e-mail, I got an alert that notified me that an email had a virus (no, it wasn’t an internet.com reader). Of course, I was able to easily clean-up the problem. It required two clicks of my mouse. As shown by the recent hacks of Yahoo!, eBay and Amazon.com, Internet security is […]

In its much anticipated debut, Palm (PALM), the maker of the Palm Pilot, jumped Thursday 150 percent to 94-15/16 from its opening price of $38. This gave Palm a market value of $53 billion. On Friday the stock retreated to 80 1/4. Even by Monday, the stock continued to deteriorate, falling to $66-13/16. Investors getting […]

What do you think of the iPrint.com IPO? Reply: I think iPrint.com might be one of the week’s best performing IPOs. The traditional printing industry is fragmented and has a myriad of inefficiencies. The Web can be a solution. A leading player in the space is iPrint.com. From the iPrint.com site, you can do just […]

While there will not be the incredible hype of Palm Computing, next week should have some barn-burning IPOs. It looks like Iprint will print IPO dollars next week. The company offers one-stop online print services for small businesses and consumers. Their online print shop, connected to commercial print vendors, is an online alternative to traditional […]

Several days ago, rumors were swirling that the Palm (PALM) IPO would hit $400 per share. That would have been stunning. With about 562 million shares outstanding, the valuation would be $224 billion. That amounts to about 50% of the market capitalization of Cisco. Of course, the Palm IPO closed yesterday at $95-1/16, up 150%. […]

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 provided for significant deregulation of the telecommunications industry, including the local telecommunications and long distance industries. In a nutshell, this allowed for companies such as Net2000 to prosper. Net2000 is a rapidly growing provider of state-of-the-art broadband telecommunications services. The company is an alternative to traditional telephone companies, providing services […]

With venture capital sloshing around, it is not difficult to start a Net business. One method to create a barrier to entry is to get patents on core technologies. This has been the strategy of such companies as Priceline.com and DoubleClick. On Tuesday, Affinity Technology Group (AFFI) announced it had secured a patent on its […]

3Com’s purchase of U.S. Robotics looked like an unmitigated disaster several years ago. It was the classic situation of buying at the top. Of course, in hindsight, the purchase looks like a stroke of brilliance. In the deal, 3Com (COMS) got Palm. The stock of 3Com has been lackluster, that is, until the company decided […]

Back in October, I talked to the Chief Executive Officer of NetObjects (NETO) , Samir Arora. The company had an IPO that broke its IPO price and was selling for a lowly $6 a share. Many thought it was a software has-been. But when talking to Samir, I thought there was a great opportunity and […]

When telecom deals ring, investors answer. Carrier1 International (CONE) rose to $35.00 by the end of its debut on Thursday. It dropped slightly on Friday to close at $31.50. The Luxembourg-based carrier is building a high-capacity, low-cost cross-border fiber optic network in Europe. Part of the proceeds are targeted for expansion of its voice, Internet […]

What looks good in the IPO market this week? Reply: Well, the biggest should be Palm, which is a spin-off of 3Com, whose stock has soared since it announced the IPO. Of course, Palm is the maker of the Palm Pilot, which is a handheld computer device. The latest version, Palm VII, allows connectivity to […]

There are 11 new IPO offerings for the week of February 28, 2000, which is more than double the 5 for the previous week. A hot one should be Net.Genesis. Their software, net.Analysis, gathers information on web-site visitors and correlates it with the company’s other online and offline customer data. Their software and services solution […]