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Granted, adopting an Apple solution is more costly initially, Al Gillen, director of infrastructure software research at IDC, told the E-Commerce Times. "Apple typically charges a premium because they feel customers are getting better technology," he noted But in the long run,...

Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li told the E-Commerce Times that Yahoo! has a lot to offer consumers who are searching for a way onto the Web. Its dominance in the portal market makes it a logical candidate to offer online service as well, she said. "Some of what Yahoo! ...

Gartner research, too, shows an increase in the proportion of revenue generated online by small business. "Thirty percent of small businesses with a Web presence and fewer than 20 employees now generate more than 25 percent of their revenue online," Mika Krammer, research director of the small and mid-size business group at Gartner, told the E-Commerce Times.

The problem, Case told the E-Commerce Times, is that even though IT vendors have successfully driven up demand for their products and services, corporations are not yet ready to resume spending on technology. "Though it may be painful to have to wait for spending to pick up, ...

Indeed, the Home Shopping Network, Lane Bryant and Glamour magazine all have signed deals to incorporate virtual model technology, My Virtual Model founder Louise Guay told the E-Commerce Times ...

But according to officials at North Carolina-based Red Hat, the similarity between the two companies' missions ends there. Red Hat product services director Marty Wesley told the E-Commerce Times that the Linux vendor's primary battlefield is the enterprise server market, not the desktop. And its principal foe is not Microsoft's Windows, but rather the Unix operating systems used by a considerable number of enterprises. Those Unix systems include Sun's Solaris, HP's HP-UX, IBM's AIX and SGI's Irix, among others...

Other than the chief technology officer and the engineering staff, "every executive is new," Critical Path chairman and CEO William E. McGlashan, Jr. told the E-Commerce Times. Indeed, since McGlashan joined the company in the spring of 2001, Critical Path has been laying groundwork for a two-pronged turnaround, tackling financial issues as well as streamlining its technological offerings...

"We served as a model," Gulbransen told the E-Commerce Times. "A lot of the other companies in the tax prep field were not actively doing what we were doing, and having the philanthropic effort that we have had." However, starting next January, Intuit has raised the cap on fre...

"For tech companies, the on-demand era could be as disruptive as the birth of the PC," IBM said in a statement sent to the E-Commerce Times. "Business and technology consulting will converge as companies seek help in transforming their organizations. Technology sales will be driven by software based on open standards, rather than operating systems tied to a particular hardware platform. Companies will also begin experimenting with the utility model of computing inside and outside their organizations." ...

"Intel's vision is to have Intel silicon in all mobile devices," Intelspokesperson Christine Vermes told the E-Commerce Times ...

Forrester analyst Carrie A. Johnson told the E-Commerce Times that the largest merchants propped up sales. Amazon.com -- which reported strong sales in a quarter highlighted by the launch of a co-branded Target store and continued free shipping -- and Yahoo, which held a much-hyped one-day sale, led the way.

"If manufacturers are going to sell online, the first priority needs to be making information complete and easy to navigate," Jed Kolko, a senior analyst who focuses on consumer demand for technology at Forrester Research, told the E-Commerce Times Dell and Apple are two compa...

Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association, told the E-Commerce Times that investment firms are becoming more selective as they face reduced prospects for lucrative short-term exit strategies, such as initial public offerings or high-valuation takeovers.

"We had a lot of customers that were challenging us to come up with a form factor that was smaller than our existing small-form-factor chassis," Dell spokesperson Cody Pinkston told the E-Commerce Times Pinkston explained that customers requested a PC with the benefits of an a...

According to Gill Mander, a business analyst at GartnerG2, gains in Europe are being fueled by companies' integration of their mail order and Web presences. As a result, Europeans are using multiple channels, browsing printed catalogs and then ordering online. "We're seeing this happen more and more, especially in the clothing and toy merchandise industries," she told the E-Commerce Times.

A broad range of free PUK software is available on the Internet, such as Panicware's Pop-Up Stopper, Ecom Software's PopUpBuster and Sureshot's Stop-the-Pop. "It's increased in popularity over the last couple of years as pop-up ads have increased," Gartner vice president David Smith told the E-Commerce Times...

"Amazon is the best barometer out there for the online commerce industry," GartnerG2 research director David Schehr told the E-Commerce Times. "As Amazon goes, the industry usually follows." Observers have been waiting eagerly for solid evidence that Amazon's price war with co...

"We believe this is going to appeal to IT managers who have been restricted by proprietary considerations on the server side," Graf told the E-Commerce Times ...

Companies that already have established a brand, of course, are better positioned than newcomers in today's forbidding market and economy. "There are not a lot of companies doing Internet-only; it is much more difficult," Giga Information Group analyst Andrew Bartels told the E-Commerce Times...

"That's almost a perfect match to what Star Wars took in in U.S. ticket sales," IDC analyst Jonathan Gaw told the E-Commerce Times ...