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"The longer this drags out, especially if it doesn't end well for Oracle, the more damage it does to the company's reputation," Burton told the E-Commerce Times. "Whether or not it hurts their business along the way is another question." Meanwhile, even though Oracle is merel...

"It's hard to estimate what value having an actual, on-the-ground presence in China will have as the economy starts to really emerge onto the world stage," IDC analyst Shane Rau told the E-Commerce Times. "For Intel, this type of move buys them enormous goodwill from the Chinese government and gives their brand name a leg up with the local companies that China wants to see produce more of its electronics."

Fortunately, t-commerce and e-commerce do not cannibalize each other, according to Shirley Brown, principal consultant at London-based market research firm Ovum. "We look at e-commerce and t-commerce as being fairly complementary," she told the E-Commerce Times. "They're not in competition with each other."

Gartner research director Maurene Grey told the E-Commerce Times that Amazon potentially has a lot to lose from a credibility perspective because the accused spammers all allegedly infringe on its integrity Amazon "is purely an e-commerce site, where credibility is paramount,"...

The E-Commerce Times talked about the future with Rob Shaddock, vice president and general manager for Motorola's PCS unit E-Commerce Times: With so much recent reorganization in Motorola, what do you feel the company's greatest strength is right now?...

While some companies have stepped forward to obtain licenses, others have dug in their heels. Industry analyst Stacey Quandt told the E-Commerce Times that many enterprises are watching spending so closely that even a lower-priced license could give them pause. "The debate is...

Mulkey told the E-Commerce Times that Sun is making an aggressive attempt to compete at the low end of the market. In the past, he said, "Customers would tell us that they'd prefer to go with us, but they couldn't do it because of cost. So, we're making sure that we change that. Right now, it's all about the price."

Rau told the E-Commerce Times that Intel is typically conservative in its estimates and must have seen something fairly significant to prompt the mid-quarter announcement "If you step back, you see PC sales picking up in different parts of the world and strong reports about ba...

That is why companies seeking a Web hosting provider should determine a specific strategy before shopping around, Boston Consulting Group vice president David Ritter told the E-Commerce Times "If you just start talking to hosting providers right away without examining the busi...

"E-commerce has posted the same growth levels despite major fluctuations in the overall retail economy," Department of Commerce spokesperson Carol King told the E-Commerce Times. "It's been very steady." The second quarter came on the heels of a first quarter that also set a r...

In the world of digital rights management, or DRM, the consumer marketplace has gotten much of the attention, with music and film industry giants pitted against users in a fierce fight against online piracy. One of the industry titans' tactics has been to implement DRM technology, which defines and often restricts users' level of access to digital content. In part 1 of this two-part article, the E-Commerce Times explored the uptake and ramifications of DRM in the consumer market...

The newly revealed IE vulnerabilities provide hackers with front-end capabilities to load malicious code onto a victim's PC, Yankee Group analyst Matthew Kovar told the E-Commerce Times By setting up and then enticing users to visit what Microsoft described as a "malicious Web...

"They apparently think there's more room to squeeze the prices down without hurting margins," IDC analyst Roger Kay told the E-Commerce Times. "If it works, it will put enormous pressure on their competitors." The timing of Dell's move, Kay added, leaves little doubt that the ...

"DRM ... manages access to a resource, such as a movie or music work, according to conferred rights," Mark Baugher, technical leader in Cisco Systems' Internet Technologies division, told the E-Commerce Times. However, the technology is still far from foolproof. In fact, Gart...

Had enough yet? Did the Blaster worm send you over the edge? Maybe one of its variants is emptying out your hard drive right now. Or perhaps your bottom line is still suffering from a shutdown caused by the SQL Slammer worm back in January. ...

"HP remains strong in that sector, which is the core of its brand and its legacy," IDC analyst Angele Boyd told the E-Commerce Times. "That gives it something to build on and a way to reduce its reliance on the PC market's fluctuations." ...

"Hitachi's end goal is to be as secure as possible from a SANs perspective," Edmonds told the E-Commerce Times. "We want to influence our partners to be as secure as possible when it comes to intellectual property." In addition, he said, HDS and its partners in the ANSI are st...

Strong evidence exists that SoBig's creator has used spamming techniques to create the variants of this worm, Sophos senior security analyst Chris Belthoff told the E-Commerce Times. For his part, Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec's Security Response team, agreed th...

"This is one of our largest U.S. government contracts to date," EDS U.S. Government Solutions vice president Onur Ozel told the E-Commerce Times. "It brings us back to our core business -- that is IT infrastructure outsourcing." That has been EDS's focus for over 40 years, he ...

"Blaster is dead," Keynote Systems vice president Lloyd Taylor told the E-Commerce Times. "Microsoft defanged it." ...