While the worst of times may be over for companies in business-to-business e-commerce, the sector remains unsteady and is likely to see more consolidation and survival-oriented alliances. "I don't think the shakeout is over," Forrester research director Laurie Orlov told the E-Commerce Times, not...
Microsoft announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to purchase privately held e-business software company NCompass Labs, reportedly for US$36 million. NCompass Labs' flagship product is NCompass Resolution, a software package that Microsoft said allows companies to deploy personalized ...
BroadVision (Nasdaq: BVSN) picked up 73 U.S. cents to $6.24 in morning trading Monday, after the e-commerce software maker said that retail giant Wal-Mart Stores will use BroadVision software to power its Web sites. Terms of the global licensing agreement were not disclosed. Wal-Mart, already a ...
BroadVision (Nasdaq: BVSN) fell 8 U.S. cents to $5.13 in morning trading Wednesday, after reporting first-quarter results that, while in line with the company's lowered expectations, were below year-earlier levels. The e-business software maker also reportedly announced plans to eliminate jobs. Re...
Microsoft announced Monday that it is now offering e-commerce capability to its FrontPage 2000 Web design software -- but the storefront options are only being made available to subscribers of bCentral, the software giant's online service center for businesses. The Microsoft bCentral Commerce Ma...
Net euphoria has given way to Net-phobia. According to a report released Wednesday by The Conference Board, fear of e-commerce is preventing many small and mid-sized companies from selling online. "For all the cyberspace ballyhoo, many small and mid-sized firms are still scared to death of the ...
BroadVision (Nasdaq: BVSN) fell US$1.31 to $3.19 in morning trading Tuesday, after the e-commerce software maker said that slowing demand for its products is hurting business, and that it expects a loss for the quarter just ended. The company also said it will lay off about 325 people, or 15 perce...
Looking to give their small business e-commerce services a boost, America Online and PurchasePro unveiled 10 new services Wednesday through a host of strategic partners. The deals, aimed at beefing up the offerings that AOL extends to small and medium businesses through its Netscape Netbusiness...
WebMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM) was at US$88.09 Thursday morning, up $2.22, after the stock climbed as high as $91 following news of stronger-than-expected quarterly results. "Strong revenue growth driven by increased penetration of both Global 2000 companies and major industry-backed exchanges w...
While the U.S. Congress debates proposed Internet privacy laws, a tech industry group announced Wednesday that it has issued a set of self-regulatory guidelines in a bid to ward off federal intervention. Although the Personalization Consortium said the standards provide a set of "best practices...
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