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Editor's Note: Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Gates outlined Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft's strategy for delivering the next generation of intranet solutions at Microsoft's Intranet Strategy Day held this summer. […]

Netscape Unveils Full-Service Intranet Plans EDITOR'S NOTE:The following is an excerpt from a white paper from Netscape Communications Corp. on the company's intranet plans and its products to support those […]

New York - As solution providers design more complex systems, UML tools become increasingly valuable for development. They help to establish the system code base while ensuring that all aspects […]

Siebel Systems is closing its hosted sales-force automation (SFA) venture, Sales.com, because of a lack of profitability. The decision was revealed this month in the CRM vendor's first-quarter financial report. […]

Little annoys users more than a slow Web site. This basic fact is what is behind the solid growth opportunity for caching software providers, content delivery networking systems vendors and […]

Sterling, Va. - When Gary Honodel got a call last year from a top executive of the Washington Redskins, he figured it was a joke. Honodel is director of business […]

New York - IBM and Intel are stepping up their level of support for Web integrators just when they need it most. As many Web-focused solution providers struggle financially, the […]

Oak Brook, Ill. - Great friendships were made this summer, for surely travelers couldn't help but band together when airlines abandoned them for days on end in crowded airports. New […]

Modem Media will design and develop WeightWatchers.com's Internet initiative. As part of the partnership, Modem Media says it plans to develop the most advanced online presence in weight management available. […]

New York - Going once, going twice . . . Web integrators say their clients are sold on auction and reverse-auction technologies. And these customers are increasingly turning to integrators […]

Boston - IBM is zealously pursuing the ASP market. The vendor unveiled three relationships in the last week, in addition to a slew of hosting-related partnerships in recent months. Most […]

As COO of Alcatel, the French telecom giant, Krish Prabhu knows a thing or two about scaling big telecommunications networks. And with large incumbent carriers spending billions of dollars on […]

San Francisco - Last week Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said XML is integral to its .Net strategy, but industry sources say the software giant is trying […]

Fremont, Calif. - Since its establishment, managed storage service provider StorageWay has had two rounds of funding totaling $48 million and another $55 million in funding from suppliers. It has […]

LOUDCLOUD CHAIRMAN MARC ANDREESSEN AND CEO BEN HOROWITZ TALKED WITH CRN E-COMMERCE EDITOR AMY ROGERS ABOUT THE WEB INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY'S FIRST YEAR, ITS BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY AND THE BOOMING DEMAND FOR […]

Seattle - No complaint is more familiar than those of integrators and their customers that want carrier-supplied circuits and can't get them for one reason or another. Sometimes it's because […]

Boston - Microsoft's next-generation platform, dubbed .Net, is today more vision than technical reality. When company executives are asked to describe exactly what .Net is, the answer varies depending on […]

Among the top 10 problems keeping Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer awake at night are slowing corporate growth, Linux and the Department of Justice's antitrust case. But Microsoft's No. 1 nightmare […]

CRN INTERVIEW: STEVE BALLMER MICROSOFT'S HARD-DRIVING CEO IS PUSHING A NEW STRATEGY TO REMAKE THE COMPANY. CRN'S ROBERT FALETRA MET WITH BALLMER AT FUSION IN ATLANTA TO ASK ABOUT THE […]

Boston - It wasn't long ago that the launch of a new carrier was a big deal. Somehow, in just a few years, it has become commonplace. With substantial changes […]

Everyone needs an enemy to keep the competitive juices flowing. In New York, it's John Rocker and, for some Mets fans, Roger Clemens (but we already knew that in Boston). […]

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft is introducing an ASP licensing model that some ASPs believe may set the standard for hosted application fees. The software giant was scheduled to take the […]

Portland, Ore. - If your area of expertise for nearly a century was designing and selling bathing suits, and you decided you wanted to sell all that nylon and spandex […]

Lowell, Ark. - Need to send a two-ton shipment? Call J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Need someone to host your supply chain applications? Call J.B. Hunt. The $2 billion trucking company, […]

New York - The lure of the new economy is creating a crush of Internet start-ups getting a boost from both traditional and new-breed business incubators. Some of these new […]

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Asian companies have been reluctant to pursue e-business opportunities with their American counterparts because of cultural roadblocks and an uncertainty of the Internet, said executives at Asia-Links […]

Special from VARBusiness - With the onslaught of emerging Internet technologies affecting virtually every aspect of business today, established companies are increasingly realizing the need to leverage e-business to streamline […]

Atlanta - The growth of business-to-business portals has given rise to one with a Latino focus. Although a crop of portals with a heavy emphasis on the Latino consumer market […]

New York - Are distributor-operated Web-based exchanges a good way to connect solution providers and end users? Ingram Micro Inc. thinks they are. Tech Data Corp scoffs at the idea. […]

Cyberswap.com Inc., Hebron, Ky., is out to prove e-tailers can grow sales and show profits at the same time. Cyberswap.com's sales were up 43 percent to $200 million last year. […]

Onvia.com, whose executives are still beaming from a March IPO and a $4.9 billion market valuation, is poised to become a one-stop computer and services shop for small businesses. In […]

For Sapient Corp., the real leap year was 1999. The company completed its broad jump from client/server development shop to e-business innovator, became a Wall Street darling with a $6.7 […]

Boulder, Colo.-An ISV is poised to make a big splash in the Web economy with a new strategy to build tools for the development of custom e-commerce solutions using Java […]

Indianapolis-Made2Manage Systems Inc., a small and midsize enterprise business software provider, launched an e-business Web site targeting small and midsize manufacturers and e-businesses. The company's m2mEport.com site offers users an […]

Charlottesville, N.C.-Value America Inc. is reinventing itself with a new business-to-business-focused site, offering computer products, consumer electronics and office supplies. The site is a drastic departure from the Value America […]

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is busy crafting a whole slew of Windows.com services for its "Business Internet" strategy and new channel of ASPs. One is a future release of […]

King of Prussia, Pa. - Breakaway Solutions Inc. is working to get a business-to-business Web site for airline suppliers and manufacturers off the ground. The Web integrator, based here, has […]

Newport, Ky. - GE Capital Information Technology Solutions is expanding its computer parts business. The distributor and systems integrator, based here, has teamed with parts suppliers to provide one-stop shopping […]

Palo Alto, Calif. - NetLiant Inc. hopes resellers and corporate customers will view it as a central shopping site for networking equipment. Making a play for VARs and enterprise IT […]

Watertown, Mass. - Primix Solutions Inc. believes its new E-Catalyst program provides the most incubation services available to dot.com start-ups. But unlike competitors Cambridge Technology Partners Inc. and Breakaway Solutions […]

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is cozying up to Web integrators to raise its visibility in the business-to-business e-commerce arena. The company, based here, plans to launch its new iIntegrator […]

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - A new extranet system born out of year 2000 concerns is relieving headaches for a troubled car maker. Rover, a British line of cars developed by […]

Houston -- Compaq Computer Corp. has been touting its Nonstop eBusiness strategy but many VARs are still waiting for it to start. While the company hopes to accelerate its Internet […]

New York - The e-business wave is has reached the midrange distribution channel. Midrange systems distributors Hall-Mark Global Solutions, Pinacor Inc., Arrow Electronics Inc. and Savoir Technology Group Inc. in […]

San Francisco-Could the entry of industry giants crash the lucrative Web hosting party for the channel? Intel Corp. jumped in with both feet last September with the launch of Intel […]

Fremont, Calif.-Distributor Synnex Information Technologies Inc. introduced ecLand.com, a new subsidiary that will assist resellers in creating customized Web sites. The ecLand.com site displays product avail-ability through Synnex and through […]

Microsoft Corp.'s identity as a services company is taking shape. The company is developing a platform that hosts Microsoft applications and services-and bills customers-over the Internet, sources said. The Redmond, […]

San Francisco - Dell Computer Corp. is buying into the new E-business solution provider channel. Literally. The $24 billion computer company, which has been successful selling systems via the Internet, […]

Las Vegas - Distributors are preparing for what they view as the next logical step in E-business: online billing and payments. Tech Data Corp., Clearwater, Fla., entered a partnership with […]