John Moore

Congress is just getting under way, but Hill watchers believe online privacy quickly will become one of the years highest-profile IT-related issues. Last years privacy debate was inconclusive. Although several privacy bills surfaced and hearings commenced, the election-shortened Congressional session put privacy on hold. That situation is expected to change. “I think youre going to […]

For many resellers pursuing services, the promised land of profits more closely resembles the valley of death. Wasmer Business Solutions has studied the financial statements of about 50 resellers and has found that most companies in the transition from box pusher to service provider are losing money. “The reality is, most resellers across the country […]

Its supposed to be a high-growth sector, but making money in managed services is proving to be a lot harder than anyone expected. That comes as a surprise to many, given the upbeat projections of market forecasters for companies that deliver monitoring, application management and other IT infrastructure services via networks. Meta Group last year […]

WorldCom is targeting hosting as one of its key growth markets and plans to enlist partners as sales agents and integrators. The company, which suffered from slowing growth throughout 2000, last week unveiled alliances with four companies to help drive its hosting effort: EMC, KPMG, Lucent Technologies and Technology Solutions Co. (TSC). EMC and Lucent, […]

What do George Shaheen and a frozen turkey have in common? Both have managed to generate media attention for Webvan. Shaheen, CEO of the online seller of groceries, books and other items, put Webvan in the spotlight in 1999 when he joined the company from Andersen Consulting. But a frozen turkey recently got its turn. […]

Taxation is seldom viewed in a positive light, but the Internal Revenue Service has put in place a rule that could make the tax burden easier to bear for small businesses. On Jan. 1, a new IRS directive went into effect that lets small businesses make quarterly, rather than monthly, employment tax payments. Specifically, companies […]

Dont tell e-business product vendors that the Big Five consulting firms are hopelessly out-of-date. A number of vendors are increasingly boosting their business with old-line consultancies, which became less than fashionable during the rise of the Web integrators. Vignette Corp., a maker of e-business apps, is among them. “Our strategy moving forward in 2001 is […]

Steven Chester, CEO of Digital Planet, says e-learning and corporate communication will be among the leading opportunities for companies in the streaming-media space. He believes corporate communication—basically meetings of various kinds—will emerge as a particularly large segment, as customers see the value in not having to fly people around to attend corporate get-togethers. “Corporations can […]

The federal governments E-rate school technology discount program has never been easy and, true to form, lawmakers added still another wrinkle in the waning hours of the 106th Congress. Last month, Congress approved language that makes Internet filtering a federal mandate for school computers with Internet access. The provision, which was slipped into an omnibus […]

Web integrators and application service providers have another vendor constituency beating a path to their doors: streaming-media companies. Indeed, Akamai Technologies, Digital Island, iBeam Broadcasting and Intel Corp. are among the players in streaming media that have established partner programs. These companies provide the back-end infrastructure for delivering streaming audio and video content, which includes […]