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IDC analyst Shane Rau told the E-Commerce Times that Intel appears to be using its position as a market leader amid a semiconductor upturn to solidify its prospects for several years to come. The company has racked up a string of strong earnings performances and has indicated it sees signs of steady business into the near future.

However, industry analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times that although Intel's R&D is weighted toward Itanium, it is not a 64-bit world yet. According to him, the transition to 64-bit probably will take at least five years as applications are rewritten and deployed for this architecture...

"They were already competing, but there was an element of the absurd to itsince Yahoo users were still seeing Google results as well," Yankee Groupanalyst Rob Lancaster told the E-Commerce Times. "All the consolidationof 2002 led to this, and now there's little doubt that the two of themare going to be bitter rivals for dominance in the search space."

Lloyd Taylor, vice president of technology and operations at Keynote, recently spent some time talking with the E-Commerce Times about the Web performance and management markets, Keynote's work in these areas, and which trends e-business executives should track in coming months. Taylor, who joined the company in 1999, is the chief architect of Keynote's measurement infrastructure. He also manages Keynote's operations, customer service and business systems group, in addition to spearheading the company's Red Alert division...

"This is big," AT&T Wireless spokesperson Peter Rowe told the E-Commerce Times. "It's the largest cash transaction in U.S. history. The scope of the deal is just enormous, and it'll be felt throughout the industry." ...

"This is big," AT&T Wireless spokesperson Peter Rowe told the E-Commerce Times. "It's the largest cash transaction in U.S. history. The scope of the deal is just enormous, and it'll be felt throughout the industry." ...

"This is big," AT&T Wireless spokesperson Peter Rowe told the E-Commerce Times. "It's the largest cash transaction in U.S. history. The scope of the deal is just enormous, and it'll be felt throughout the industry." ...

"Obviously, the upside is very appealing: The more networks and applications can do to monitor and fix themselves, the better for any IT organization," IDC analyst Chris Ingle told the E-Commerce Times. "It's still early in the game for these tools. The people using them are mostly just trying to see what they can do."

Protecting corporate assets is more difficult on laptop computers, PDAs and memory devices, such as portable USB drives. "Those become extremely susceptible," Junaideen told the E-Commerce Times. "If the data is not encrypted, the loss can be substantial "Portability and wirel...

David Flynn, vice president of marketing at NetScreen and one of the eight members of the company's executive management team, has worked in the networking space for more than a decade. Previously, he held a variety of marketing and product management positions at 3Com. Flynn spoke with the E-Commerce Times about the evolution of the firewall and its role in the enterprise...

One aspect of digital music players that likely will keep changing is theirtechnological components. Hyder Rabbani, president and COO of music-playermanufacturer Archos,told the E-Commerce Times that the near future will bring better versionsof everything that is on the market today...

"It is advice that is so obvious yet so difficult to do. And it often has to be done at horrendous cost," Stiennon told the E-Commerce Times. "One major financial institution had to go to its board of directors to approve an additional $10 million to finish this patch," he ad...

Gartner principal analyst George Shiffler told the E-Commerce Times that Dell is enjoying the overall improvement in the personal computer market more than any of its competitors because of its ability to deliver what consumers want. "The drivers of the rising market include ...

"It's a complex decision," Mulloy told the E-Commerce Times. "There's a lot of information and direction given that we're still sorting through. It's too early to tell what will happen next." ...

Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research in F-Secure's Helsinki, Finland, office, told the E-Commerce Times that Doomjuice does not spread through e-mail. Rather, it uses a backdoor left open by MyDoom "If someone has MyDoom on their computer," he said, "it's likely that...

Forrester Research broadband analyst Josh Bernoff told the E-Commerce Times that, on its own, Disney is in a challenging position for the long term because it does not own any cable or satellite distribution networks. While better deals may exist with other distribution providers, Bernoff believes Comcast stock will prove to be more valuable than the future scenarios Disney otherwise might face...

The DoJ informed both companies late Tuesday of the recommendation, which will be used by the assistant attorney general in making a final decision. DoJ spokesperson Gina Telamona told the E-Commerce Times that a final ruling is expected March 2nd, although it is possible that additional information could be sought before then...

WashTech president Marcus Courtney told the E-Commerce Times that in the first three years of the group's existence, the number of subscribers to its e-mail newsletter held steady at about 2,000 readers. In the last year, that tally has increased to 17,000 ...

Lisa Pierce, vice president for U.S. telecommunications at Forrester Research, told the E-Commerce Times that Covad is positioning its offerings at the lower end of the mid-size business market that its T1 services target. According to Pierce, Covad's retail presence is minimal, with less than 500,000 lines out of the 20 million broadband lines in use in the United States...

"The timing of the deal and the fact that it is substantially higher suggest this might be the end-game strategy to convince shareholders," Burton told the E-Commerce Times. Shareholders have only until the end of Tuesday to register to vote at the annual meeting "This might w...