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In a nutshell, Cisco spokeswoman Amy Hughes told the E-Commerce Times, the company's marketing efforts are aimed at persuading key members of its audience to think about Cisco as more than a maker of networking gear while also building a strong brand image ...

Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times that Round Rock, Texas-based Dell has become a poster child for efficiency through its direct-sales approach and highly streamlined factory operation. ...

Using existing technology, it can take seemingly forever to query multiple databases, and structured and unstructured data cannot be integrated. Labor costs are also substantial. "For every dollar a company spends on an application package, they spend (US)$5 to $9 on labor and infrastructure to integrate [the application] into their existing IT infrastructure," Mattos told the E-Commerce Times...

"The storage market is in flux to the point where the best products and the most seamless integration with the rest of the enterprise will win out," IDC research director Charlotte Rancourt told the E-Commerce Times. "Hitachi has been growing its business at a time of stagnation in the market, so that means it is making gains at the expense of others."

IBM spokesperson Joe Stunkard told the E-Commerce Times that the parts deal's termination reflects a shift in IBM's business that occurred during 2002. The biggest change came when IBM sold its hard disk drive business to Hitachi for just over $2 billion. "The agreement refle...

"I think if there's a lesson in AOL, it might be that it's okay to dream big, but be prepared to move there in smaller steps," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. In other words, do not bet the farm on things working out exactly as you imagine they will.

CCIA president Ed Black told the E-Commerce Times that the issues at hand are much the same in both instances: "Consumers need to have choice, and that can't happen unless there's vigorous competition." He said the European filing is occurring now because it took time for the results of the Windows XP launch late in 2001 to become obvious...

"All of these vendors are fighting mightily in this market right now. There's no runaway leader," Aberdeen Group research director Dana Gardner told the E-Commerce Times. "It's rapidly changing and consolidating. And as a customer, you can get some attractive deals because [the portal companies] are all fighting over market share."

"The V1280 is a diamond in the rough," Giga Information Group senior analystBrad Day told the E-Commerce Times. Day noted that the V1280 unites the marketingstrategies of two formerly independent units within Sun. More important, he noted, is the integrated nature of Sun's big bang-style announcement. "Sun has given notice that they are now silicon to services, and everything in between," Day said...

"A lot of businesses know and trust Yahoo," Chan told the E-Commerce Times. Even though Cisco is a well-respected name among larger enterprises, she added, smaller companies may not have the in-house expertise to know where to turn for networking gear. "Yahoo! offers a comfort level, and from there, the businesses might be more willing to at least get educated on what their options are."

"The software running at our customer's site compares the message coming in to the fingerprint we sent them. And if the fingerprint matches, we say, yes, it's spam," Salem told the E-Commerce Times. "That method is almost fool-proof because two messages don't have the same fingerprint."

For example, Toys "R" Us spokesperson Rebecca Caruso said applying sales tax equally across all channels will simplify the company's efforts to more closely align those sales channels. "Our customers want to jump between channels, and this makes it a lot easier for us to allow them to do that," Caruso told the E-Commerce Times.

The recession played into IBM's hands to some extent. The company's broad industry and geography portfolio gave it a relatively smooth ride even when certain sectors got bumpy. But IBM also has been smart. It acquired PwC Consulting at a down-market price. "The fact that we were able to get [PWC] for the price we did was wonderful," Philip Oliver, vice president of worldwide strategy for IBM Global Services, told the E-Commerce Times. "It gave us a set of very strong client relationships with senior executives who were not CIOs."

Keith Pillow, spokesperson for Dassault Systems, told the E-Commerce Times that CATIA is one of the most widely used 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software programs in the automotive industry. In addition, he said, "The ENOVIA Virtual Product Manager software facilitates collaboration between different geographic locations and offices and, more specifically, facilitates the sharing of design files back and forth." The management tool also allows the sharing of other types of design software besides CATIA...

Buzzword or not, many people got sucked into the New Economy way of thinking during thedot-com boom because it was such a radically new concept, GartnerG2 research director David Schehr told the E-Commerce Times. While such thinking was "probably shortsighted," he said, the prevailing belief was that the Internet would change all the rules of buying and selling...

Gartner analyst Mark Fabbi told the E-Commerce Times that Cisco may not be able to maintain its recent trend of growing profits in the face of slipping sales. In the past, he noted, the company has been able to maintain strong profit margins in part because customers have been willing to pay a premium for its products.

How can an IT manager decide which technology is right for his or her particular company? EMC's Chris Gahagan, senior vice president for storage infrastructure software, told the E-Commerce Times that for simple file sharing, NAS will do just fine. On the other hand, in situations where remote mirroring to off-site backup is an issue, or where there are many existing servers and disk arrays to consolidate, Gahegan said a SAN is better at handling the complexity.

However, Gartner research analyst David Smith told the E-Commerce Times that Sun's victories so far in the legal battle likely will not have any major impact on the marketplace, and that Microsoft will not suffer greatly even if forced to comply with the order in full. "Micro...

From his very first kit computers, Michael Dell's intention was to package the latest standard PC technology at a price that undercut computing's Big Guns. IDC PC analyst Roger Kay told the E-Commerce Times that Dell's secret weapon is its focus "Dell has had a very consistent...

In terms of financials, the company has about US$100 million in publicsecurities from the companies it created, about $300 million in cash fromnow-public companies that Idealab sold its shares in, and about $200 millionto $400 million worth of private companies in its portfolio, founder and president Bill Gross told the E-Commerce Times...