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"We're probably going to continue to see consistent job cutting," CEO John Challenger told the E-Commerce Times. "The assumption that there are no jobs left to eliminate in this sector has been proven wrong month after month." ...

"The market that created AOL and made them the power they were has collapsed; and so AOL is doing the same," Rob Enderle, a research fellow at Giga Information Group, told the E-Commerce Times The main problem is that AOL envisioned the Internet as a walled garden, with its su...

As IDC senior analyst Rob Rosenthal told the E-Commerce Times, "HP and Compaq were always very up-front that potential savings were going to come mainly from staff cuts, and the number they discussed was always high." But interpretation of the staff reductions could be mixed,...

In fact, Ribble told the E-Commerce Times: "We see growth not just in PC sales, but also in providing SMBs end-to-end solutions, consulting and global services. Our notebook configurations are an extension of that." ...

Forrester Research senior analyst Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times that partnerships between travel sites and other online retailers are a logical fit. He cited Amazon's deals with Hotwire and Expedia and eBay's link with Priceline as examples. "It's a nice fit from...

Yankee Group senior analyst Michael Goodman told the E-Commerce Times that although nearly 75 percent of homes with broadband Internet access use their computers to download and play music, the music industry is still undecided about whether digital music is good or bad or how it will use the Web. That indecision leaves questions about the long-term value of Napster.

That shift will occur because notebook performance is up, prices are down, and the desktop market is saturated, IDC analyst David Daoud told the E-Commerce Times. Toshiba is cashing in on increasing demand, he added ...

"SuSE is a hometown player," Al Gillen, research director of systems software atIDC, told the E-Commerce Times. "If youlook at who's distributing Linux, you'll findthere's a certain amount of affinity toward a product that's produced locally. There's acertain amount of nationalistic pride there."

"I think it would be a great deal for USA if they could buy out those companies at those prices, especially Expedia, but I'm not certain whether they'll be able to," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. "If I were an Expedia or Hotels.com sharehold...

"These sites are hot," GartnerG2 research director Geri Spieler told the E-Commerce Times. "They are getting products -- some new, some returned -- and selling them for great prices. It's amazing stuff, like authentic jewelry and consumer electronics." ...

"Our used offerings have become incredibly popular with buyers," Amazon spokesperson Patty Smith told the E-Commerce Times. "We wanted to allow associate sites to earn referral fees on this new feature." Previously, Amazon paid commissions only on sales of new goods, on a slid...

IDC senior analyst Rob Rosenthal told the E-Commerce Times: "I think the novelty has worn off. Now, online shopping is just something people do. It's no longer strange to enter your credit card number into a form, send it off into the ether and have a package show up a few days later."

"They are a publicly traded company. They had to do something to meet" their earlier estimates, Harry Tse, vice president of research at the Yankee Group, told the E-Commerce Times ...

"I don't think the shakeout is over," Forrester research director Laurie Orlov told the E-Commerce Times Orlov noted that a number of fledgling companies will not get the next-round financing they need to stay afloat.

"A lot of the evidence points to the telecommunications industry not starting to recover until 2003," Giga Information Group analyst Lisa Pierce told the E-Commerce Times. "Cisco by itself cannot raise the tide." In its latest SEC filings, Cisco also said it will spend $15 mi...

"With IBM's solutions, we will be able to offer our clients 20 percent faster processing speeds," Bruner told the E-Commerce Times. "We also will be able to implement customized enhancements for our clients much faster than in the past." ...

"It was a pretty hard summer," Epinions CEO Nirav Tolia told the E-Commerce Times. "We bet the company on being able to quickly add what other companies had spent years developing." Fortunately for Epinions, the new feature was ready for release by September, and more than 25...

"Policymakers will have to separate out the spam that [is meant to] deceive and defraud versus [that which is] irritating," John Horrigan, senior research specialist at the Pew Internet & American Life Project, told the E-Commerce Times Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) has introd...

Matt Oppenheim, senior vice president of business and legal affairs for the RIAA, told the E-Commerce Times: "Though claiming fealty to copyrights, Audiogalaxy continues to offer up virtually all of the music we told them should be excluded. The firm's sieve-like filter has been totally ineffective."

"We also feature catalogs that offer industrial, scientific and medical supplies because these types of products aren't necessarily easy to find online," Peters told the E-Commerce Times The service currently is free to both vendors and visitors. Peters declined to comment on ...