Coviello is looking to buy into four specific areas: technologies for loading applications onto smartcards, password management for online purchasing, biometrics and personalisation. Secure ecommerce firm, Security Dynamics is preparing to go on a...
Ariba is confident of a return to profitability this summer, after dumping e-marketplaces in favour of a strategy aimed at helping companies control procurement costs. But despite the anticipated return to pro forma profitability, the company is...
The web operations are thought to have benefited from the growing use of online purchasing by consumers and their incresing confidence in buying on the web. A significant number of US e-tailers which managed to survive the dot-com fallout are...
While the N1 plan has been received warmly, it's years away from reality and Sun has nearer-term concerns with profitability, layoffs and declining revenue. IBM and Hewlett-Packard have comparable efforts, as have start-ups such as Jareva...
During this period there was a serious problem of excess capacity and over-production in the world’s manufacturing capability, resulting in falling prices and reduced profitability. At the same time, the profitability that should underpin share...
Microsoft itself plans to build such abilities into a number of its products, including BizTalk Server, the Microsoft Dynamics family of business applications and Office 12. On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled a fairly radical revamp of the user...