Stories by Eugene Grygo

Ford Partners to Equip Workers

IN WHAT'S BEING described as an unusual partnership, Ford Motor Co. has agreed to offer to its 370,000 salaried and unionized full-time employees worldwide Internet access via PCs and printers from Hewlett-Packard, as well as services from UUnet and PeoplePC for a nominal monthly fee of $5.

RosettaNet Consortium Marks Red-Letter Day

Initial reports from major members of the RosettaNet consortium confirm that the group and its IT industry partners have been able to demonstrate their readiness for XML-based supply chain management.

Object Design Reinvents Itself as eXcelon

IN A SIGNIFICANT reinvention of itself, Object Design has shed its name and its object-oriented database focus to become eXcelon Corp., a vendor of XML integration software for the business-to-business realm.

Microsoft to Release Sales Lead Software

Microsoft Corp. this spring will debut a Web-based, sales-lead clearinghouse package for small businesses, dubbed ClearLead, that will import leads from Web sites and run with third-party and Microsoft server software.

Novell Taps Talarian for App Integration

Novell Inc. has decided to embed the SmartSockets publish/subscribe middleware from Talarian Corp. into its NetWare operating system, its Network Directory Services (NDS), and its future applications, confirmed officials from both companies.

OnDisplay Scoops Up Oberon in $181M Stock Deal

OnDisplay will acquire privately held Oberon Software Inc. in a US$181 million stock-for-stock purchase that will yield a combined offering for e-business infrastructures, officials at the companies announced today.

Remedy Initiates Its ASP Program

JOINING THE STAMPEDE to the application service provider (ASP) hosting model, Remedy is kicking off an ASP third-party partnering program with InsynQ and will be the first to host Remedy's customer relationship management (CRM) offerings.

J.D. Edwards Gears Up Online Business Efforts

J.D. EDWARDS & CO. is widening its embrace of electronic business with a reselling agreement with Tradex Technologies and the unveiling of the next generation of its application hosting service, dubbed JDe.sourcing.

J.D. Edwards Strikes Deal with Tradex

J.D. Edwards & Co. is widening its embrace of e-business through a reselling agreement with Tradex Technologies Inc. and the unveiling of the next generation of its application hosting service, dubbed JDe.sourcing.

SIA Optimistic About Prospects for Monday Trading

Preliminary reports from the U.S. securities industry's year-2000 command center show cautious optimism over the real test to come -- when the markets in Asia and the Pacific and the United States start trading on Monday, Jan. 3.

SAP sues Siebel again

SAP America is taking Siebel Systems to court again in an attempt to claim ownership over the strategic, inside information that SAP employees are exposed to in the course of doing business.

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