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VerticalNet president Joe Galli said that the partnership with VeriSign will result in VerticalNet's buyers and suppliers "knowing that the other party hasbeen authenticated, that payments are being processed securely and thattransaction detail is being recorded in a trusted, undisputed manner."

This year's increased demand for profitability among all e-commerce companies started a ticking clock on the online toy battle. Indeed, many analysts believe that the online toy sector is ground zero for the e-commerce shakeout. In a report predicting that more than half of all e-tailers will fail by the end of 2001, Forrester Research analyst Joe Sawyer pointed to the Web toy market as a likely epicenter...

"Too many small business operators believe that having e-mail and a basic Web site is enough, but it's not," IDC Canada vice president Joe Greene said. "E-business is the way of the future that will enable them to meet the challenges of local and global competitors." The roun...

"Some of the barriers to conducting business online are assessing the credit worthiness of your trading partners, establishing credit and financing terms and providing a mechanism for payment," said VerticalNet president and chief executive officer Joe Galli. "This is why credit assessment, payment and financing services are key elements of our strategy of providing a broad range of business-to-business e-commerce enablement solutions to our customers." ...

"Sumitomo's long-standing relationships in diversified global industries will be invaluable as we expand our international operations," said Joe Galli, president and chief executive officer of VerticalNet. The Horsham, Pennsylvania-based business-to-business (B2B) company and...

At Goldman Sachs, analyst Joe Moore raised his earnings estimate for the year to $1.69 per share from $1.66. Moore rates the stock a market outperformer. Intel president and chief executive officer Craig R. Barrett said the quarter was "challenging," mainly because of weak de...

However, Joe Grenier, vice president of Dataquest's worldwide semiconductor group, said short-term sales slumps should not be confused with the end of the current boom cycle for chips. "Recent stories about Intel's earnings announcement have put a lot of misconceptions out into the market about the semiconductor industry," Grenier said. "Overall, the semiconductor industry is having a great year." ...

For its part, Integretel, as the company that forwarded the bills on Verity's behalf, was "caught in the middle" of the problem, said chief executive officer Joe Lynam. The company, he said, is talking to the FTC and expects to be removed from the case. "It was Verity's produ...

"When you say 'miles,' people get it," said Joe Redling, vice president of marketing at AOL. "Consumers understand the value of what miles can provide them." The new program will be combined with the existing AOL Rewards program that currently rewards frequent shoppers among ...

"More and more of our customers are turning to the Internet as a primary channel to purchase the goods and services needed to conduct their businesses," said Joe Marengi, senior vice president and general manager of Dell Relationship Group. Dell expects the site to be operati...

"We're pushing the envelope for television enhancements," said Joe Poletto, vice president of the Network Media Group at WebTV Networks. "This is particularly important to us because it includes a variety of television genres, which will broaden the appeal of interactive television." ...

Selling raw production materials online to a corporate procurement manager and blue jeans to Joe Smith from Montana are not the same. Different types of online customers, depending on their circumstances and goals, will be comfortable sharing different levels of information. ...

Gore and Bush are easy. So is Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Dick Cheney. (Think Genghis Khan logging on to America Online.) But Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman is trickier. Lieberman is tough to label, at least from a high-tech perspective. He is...

Forty-six percent of poll respondents chose Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the best candidates to lead the New Economy. Democrats Al Gore and Joe Lieberman carried the support of only 28 percent, just ahead of None-of-the-Above at 26 percent. Sixty percent of t...

"This is a total win for Andersen Consulting," said Joe Forehand, global managing partner and CEO of Andersen Consulting. "We won. It's over. We have defeated Arthur Andersen's preposterous claim that we owe them $14.5 billion. We owe them nothing beyond our contractual transfer payments, which end today." ...

After all, when Joe Visitor visits an online book retailer, the page says, "We have book recommendations for you," but Joe no longer cares about those books. Joe has different hobbies and interests now, and an electronic agent will never be able to figure out what Joe wants unless he is able to speak with a live human being.

In a brief press release, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said, "We'd like to thank Joe for his hard work and accomplishments over the last year. I believe he is making the right decision for him and his family circumstances. We all wish him the very best." ...

"It's time to update and harmonize our existing laws to give all forms of technology the same legislative protections as our telephone conversations," White House Chief of Staff Joe Podesta told the National Press Club. ...

The White House and the U.S Department of Commerce will be among the first sites to demonstrate the new technology. According to Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, "the White House is pleased to advance these goals by supporting an initiative that harnesses technology to protect privacy on the Internet." ...

That the toy segment would be hit hard and early during the much-predicted e-commerce shakeout is not a surprise. In a widely cited report predicting that more than half of all online retailers would fail by the end of 2001, Forrester Research analyst Joe Sawyer targeted the toy industry -- and ToyTime in particular -- as likely epicenters.