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"Some are [coping], and some are in culture shock," said John Challenger, chief executive of outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, in an interview with the E-Commerce Times. "Some people are having a difficult time with the process orientation, the caution and the lack of freedom and autonomy in more traditional companies."

It's possible, though anything but likely, that the Cubs and the Red Sox could meet in baseball's World Series this year. Even casual fans know the significance of such an event -- together, the teams have gone a combined 180 years without winning a World Series. ...

IDC analyst Shane Rau told the E-Commerce Times that Intel's momentum has been building for some time and reflects strengthening demand for personal computers as well as other electronic devices. He noted that Intel's decision to break out sales growth by specific product appears to be an effort to underscore that its growth this quarter was not due to a handful of product lines carrying the entire business.

"Serial ATA is the wave of the future," said Rob Schafer, a program manager at research firm Meta Group, in an interview with the E-Commerce Times. "ATA drives will transform the economics of disk storage, eating into tape [technology] and, to a lesser extent, optical." Likewi...

IBM spokesperson Sean Tepton told the E-Commerce Times that the acquisition is significant because customers want to be able to access information stored in mainframe databases The company released DB2 Information Integrator earlier this year to tackle that same issue of bring...

"Microsoft has made no secret that it wants to be a player in the mobile world," Wood told the E-Commerce Times. Last month, he noted, the company announced it would work with AT&T and Orange to spread the Windows Mobile platform. "The fact that they're reaching out to some major partners is an effort to give them credibility in the telecom world."

"Netflix is a model that fills the gap," Allen told the E-Commerce Times. "We're all familiar with the pain of renting movies, and this is a welcome relief." The rationale underlying the e-tailer's success is that rather than developing an e-commerce idea and then hoping custo...

Napster spokesperson Seth Oster told the E-Commerce Times that Roxio saw a unique opportunity when it purchased Napster's assets "Roxio saw in Napster the single most beloved brand ever in [online] music," Oster said. "Its worldwide recognition and its tremendous brand affini...

Industry analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times that Microsoft has been forced to redouble its security efforts in an effort to remind industry partners and customers that it continues to move forward with improvements. Company founder Bill Gates announced a sweeping security initiative called Trusted Computing last year, only to have the SQL Slammer and Blaster worms ravage the Internet, using Windows machines as vectors, months later...

Reich spoke with the E-Commerce Times recently about some of the topics she discussed during her lecture ...

Troy Brown, divisional vice president of e-commerce at Eddie Bauer, told the E-Commerce Times that there is no magic mix of hardware and software in use. Rather, the company stays on top of its game by holding true to some very nontechnical tactics derived from Eddie himself "...

"Yahoo! is growing profits just as fast [as], or in this case even faster than, it's growing revenues," US Bancorp Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy told the E-Commerce Times. "The places the growth is coming from, like targeted search and member services, seem to be areas where growth can be sustained for some time."

Perhaps as a result, NVidia general manager Drew Henry told the E-Commerce Times that rather than relying on a single motherboard manufacturer, his company maintains close ties with each company in the sector Henry explained that these manufacturers are not solely focused on m...

"The major players have identified this opportunity and are taking steps toward claiming their share," Lancaster told the E-Commerce Times. Even though AOL's membership rolls are in flux, the company still possesses massive reach in the United States and overseas. "Even given AOL's troubles, that's still very valuable real estate for a search player."

Who owns this crazy Internet, anyway? That's a complicated question, but we may be closer than ever to an answer, thanks to typos. ...

Gartner analyst Martin Reynolds told the E-Commerce Times that motherboards produced by the captive group tend to sell at higher prices, but for companies that need to buy hundreds or thousands of computers, the extra cost can be worth paying "The trade-off is consistency," he...

"It's partly cutting their losses and also an attempt to reassure partners and end users that they have the right to use the tools in IE," IDC analyst Alan Promisel told the E-Commerce Times. He added that the situation may be exacerbated by the legal mayhem surrounding Linux ...

"Our customers are telling us that offering the T-Mobile hotspot service at Starbucks enhances their experience in our stores," said Anne Saunders, vice president of marketing at the coffeeshop giant, in an interview with the E-Commerce Times. "We believe we are attracting new customers as well as enhancing the Starbucks experience for existing customers."

IDC analyst Charles Kolodgy told the E-Commerce Times that NetScreen appears to be trying to build on what is already strong growth in the security appliance marketplace, picking up some smaller customers from Neoteris while also expanding the menu it can offer enterprises "Se...

"It may be that companies are telling them they're not going to spend at all if their only choice is to buy everything from one company," IDC research director Bill North told the E-Commerce Times. "This probably gives them each a chance to increase their business, rather than try to grab market share from each other."