Hewlett-Packard Co. and Intershop Communications Inc., an e-commerce sell-side application provider, jointly announced on Tuesday a partnership in which each company will market the other's products as a preferred solution for their customers.
E-commerce started with PC sales, and Gateway 2000 Inc. was one of the first companies to sell products via the Web. Today, Gateway is still an e-commerce leader, and once again it finds itself at the forefront of change that is affecting the business model of many brick-and-mortar companies.
Beyond U.S. borders, wireless technology is rapidly redefining how e-commerce is being conducted, and the smarter industry players are already gearing up to change their content-delivery strategy to address it.
This summer, a partnership between Lotus Development Corp. and Transparent Language will give corporate users of Lotus Notes and Lotus SameTime instant messaging technology the ability to translate e-mails and instant messages into five European languages on the fly, according to officials at the two companies.
Beginning in 2002, selected Honda and Acura model cars will come equipped with General Motors Corp.'s OnStar technology, the automakers announced on Tuesday.
Some of the largest companies in the chemical industry announced last week plans to form an electronic marketplace to facilitate the buying and selling of chemicals and supply-chain collaboration.
General Motors Corp. took another step on Tuesday to add more clicks to its bricks by partnering with Reynolds and Reynolds Co. to integrate GM's Buypower consumer auto selection site with dealers' online and off-line sales efforts.
In another example of the Internet tearing down international trade barriers, two U.S. companies and the Chinese government on Tuesday unveiled a major e-commerce alliance.
Mounting pressure from advertisers and investment bankers to make e-commerce sites accountable to traditional practices for monitoring and publishing circulation figures could be addressed next quarter with the debut of Audit Central.
Savvy brick-and-mortar companies are starting to create their own online marketplaces for their industry's supply chain as part of a trend that could marginalize a number of startup exchanges that have emerged in various industries over the past several months.
The traditional company store is making its way to the corporate intranet in the form of reciprocal marketing deals struck between business partners looking to capitalize on access to burgeoning employee buying networks.
Web-enabling and automating the everyday chores that many consumers find onerous is a business-to-consumer model that appears to be gaining some traction.
The gap between wired and wireless access to information will narrow Tuesday when OmniSky Inc. launches a wireless service for the Palm V platform --- as well as for additional handheld platforms later in the year.
Behind the hard hats, backhoes, and super cranes at any building site today is a network of software applications and hosted services for managing projects and procuring building materials and services.
Although the news that the Department of Justice is asking the courts to break up Microsoft Corp. is screaming across the country in banner headlines, down the road the repercussions may be writ in much smaller print.