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Andrew Bartels, vice president of technology and electronic commercestrategies for Giga Information Group told the E-Commerce Times his estimationsshow the most notable increase has been in apparel sales. Traditional catalog retailers, such as L.L. Bean, Land's End and J Crew...

According to Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle, the big players in the SAN space right now are EMC, Hitachi and IBM. However, because a SAN is so complex and involves so many different components, Aberdeen Group analyst David Hill told the E-Commerce Times that even those three giants may purchase some of the components required to build their systems from such companies as switch manufacturer Brocade Communications Systems and McData, a maker of data traffic directors...

"Without a clear rebound in the future, some smaller firms had no choice but to seek buyers," Aberdeen Group vice president David Alschuler told the E-Commerce Times. "The industry is going to be much more stable when it's all said and done." Recently, the financial struggles ...

Robert Breza, analyst at A.G. Edwards & Sons told E-Commerce Times the firmupgraded Oracle stock from "hold" to buy today after yesterday's earningsannouncement Breza pointed to a database revenue increase of 18 percent sequentially, whilethe applications business rose sequent...

"While we're seeing the growth rate slow down, we're still seeing month-to-month increases on the broadband side," Nielsen//NetRatings senior analyst Carolyn Clark told the E-Commerce Times ...

The jury found that the government failed to prove that ElcomSoft willfully violated Adobe's copyright. Adobe did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the E-Commerce Times. Although ElcomSoft sold the tool as a "password retriever," Adobe claimed it was a tool...

"There will be some more spending, but it's not going to knock anybody's socks off," Yankee Group chief research officer Brad Hecht told the E-Commerce Times. "There is no technological innovation that everyone is clamoring to get. Without that, you'll get incremental spending to maximize what companies have spent the past five years accumulating."

"The push toward outsourcing makes sense in this environment," IDC research director Ken Presti told the E-Commerce Times, noting that both companies may gain additional exposure in new areas through the deal, with SBC introduced to Cisco's enterprise customers and Cisco becoming more accessible to small and mid-size firms. "But the sensitive nature of the networks will create a marketing hurdle for the companies to overcome in terms of making customers comfortable with the idea and the process."

While the Internet is not the only marketing channel a business should examine, it definitely should be part of the plan. "It can augment their other marketing efforts," Hollis Thomases, president of Internet marketing firm WebAdvantage.net, told the E-Commerce Times. "Companies may view online the same way they look at buying space on cable TV -- they're looking at other ways (besides traditional media) to break through."

Gateway spokesperson Greg Lund told the E-Commerce Times that although the company has bundled its PCs with other products in the past, this is the first time it has given away a PC as part of a sales offering. The sale, which started last week, does not have an end date, he added, though it is a holiday promotion. Besides being offered online, the deal also is available at Gateway retail stores...

"If it's relevant, timely and from a trusted source, consumers will be glad to receive a marketing message," GartnerG2 research director Denise Garcia told the E-Commerce Times. "Good offers can even turn into viral marketing campaigns on their own. But it's always a tightrope for advertisers. They have to be careful not to push too far."

But analysts say Google is potentially a more formidable competitor for other shopping portals, given its enormous and rapidly expanding popularity as a search destination. At the same time, search engines are becoming more important as Web users gain experience and savvy, Nielsen//NetRatings senior e-commerce analyst Lisa Strand told the E-Commerce Times.

At present, only a handful of IT organizations have won major contracts directly with DHS, largely because a portion of the department's budget for new IT infrastructure spending is frozen until it finalizes its enterprise architectural plan, Gartner vice president French Caldwell told the E-Commerce Times. However, additional major contracts have been inked with various agencies within DHS...

In addition to the services alliance, HP Services spokesperson Brad Bass told the E-Commerce Times that the companies also are at work on a joint venture to be located initially in Japan, with potential to expand beyond that country "We see the two companies as complementary i...

"There's pent-up demand for some things that are not, in the longer term, hot growth areas, but which will benefit from some short-term spending at least, because there's a certain amount of infrastructure that needs to be updated,"Stephen Minton, IDC director of worldwide IT markets and strategies, told the E-Commerce Times...

"Were seeing shoppers willing to spend more time to search for low prices, and thats helping to drive people to places like eBay," Strand told the E-Commerce Times. ...

"We've seen many companies that have achieved a position of success and thenfor one reason or another have slipped back," Bartels told the E-Commerce Times. For example, retail giant Kmart is now operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a long run in the retail market...

Harris Interactive director of e-commerce research Lori Iventosch-James told the E-Commerce Times that compared with previous shopping seasons, price now seems to matter more to shoppers. That price consciousness has helped boost eBay to the top spot among all online shopping...

"Value is really driving a lot of what we're seeing," Jennifer Dulski, director of marketing at Yahoo! Search and Marketplace, told the E-Commerce Times. For example, the Beyblades arena, a competitive game of spinning tops, which costs less than US$10, is already sold out at some merchants. "It's a low-priced toy, and people seem to be gravitating to those," Dulski said...

Rich Riley, vice president and general manager of Yahoo! Small Business, told the E-Commerce Times that the company's goal is to provide access to e-commerce, promotion and distribution opportunities for small businesses "Historically, the landscape has been really confusing i...