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Comdex Organizer Considers Bankruptcy

Just days before its largest trade show of the year is set to kick off, Key3Media Group Inc. announced late Thursday that it may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to “maintain continuity of services to its exhibitor and attendee clients,” among other things. The company, which produces such legendary trade shows as Comdex and […]

Securing Possible New Targets

Soon after planes struck the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon and one crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, stunned Americans began the surreal exercise of imagining the next possible targets and planning to protect the nations critical infrastructure. During the past few months, eWeek reporters have contacted a dozen hot points in […]

Belluzzo to Take Reins as Quantum CEO

Quantum Corp. announced Wednesday morning that industry veteran Richard Belluzzo is joining the network storage provider as CEO effective Sept. 3, 2002. Belluzzo, who had spent 20 years in the executive ranks at Hewlett-Packard Co., also held the position of CEO at Silicon Graphics Inc. His most recent job prior to heading to Quantum, was […]

Apple Woos Enterprises

Apple Computer Inc. is making a strong play for the enterprise and positioning its technology as a viable alternative to Microsoft Corp.s. At Macworld Conference & Expo here last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled an enhanced Mac OS 10 operating system, as well as a host of tools and applications to help enterprise customers […]

HP Says Voters Approved Compaq Buyout

Hewlett-Packard Co. said late Wednesday a preliminary vote count of its proposed buyout of Compaq Computer Corp. shows investors approved the measure by a margin of 45 million shares out of more than 1.63 billion shares cast. The results of the March 19 polling of HP shareholders are being disputed, however, by major stockholder Walter […]

States Split Over Microsoft Settlement

WASHINGTON — The states involved in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case are split over the federal governments settlement with the Redmond, Wash., software company and may push for further litigation or, at least, an extension of the mediation process. Both sides have been given until 2 p.m. today to iron out their differences. In a […]

Nine States Go Separate Way

WASHINGTON — Nine of the 18 states involved in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case, along with the District of Columbia, have rejected the federal governments settlement with the Redmond, Wash., company and have vowed to pursue litigation against the software maker. The remaining nine states agreed to accept the deal, which is now on track […]

Revenue Rules

The Interactive 500 is based, as it has been previously, on revenue generated from companies online operations. Revenue has always been seen as one of the best barometers to measure the new economy, and its still considered a valid gauge of successful e-commerce strategies. However, in the past 12 months weve seen unprecedented changes in […]