After lengthy wrangling over the membership of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., the Senate majority leader, announced April 27 that Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape, had agreed to give up his seat. His place will be taken by Delna Jones, county commissioner of Washington County, Ore.
The Internet industry may still conjure up an image of pimply geeks fooling around in their garages, but the reality is it has become a multibillion-dollar juggernaut Ñ and increasingly, itÕs a political juggernaut as well.
Integrators Form E-Commerce Alliances: Federal Data Corp. of Bethesda, Md., and IPNet Solutions Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., will work together in pursuing federal electronic commerce projects. IPNet develops e-commerce software for Fortune 500. The alliance will allow the company to increase market share by winning government business.
Integrators Form E-Commerce Alliances: Federal Data Corp. of Bethesda, Md., and IPNet Solutions Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., will work together in pursuing federal electronic commerce projects. IPNet develops e-commerce software for Fortune 500. The alliance will allow the company to increase market share by winning government business.
Identifying barriers that are preventing agencies from taking the next step in electronic government is the top goal of Katie Hirning, deputy director for technology for Vice President Al GoreÕs National Partnership for Reinventing Government.
Most people would assume that if they walk into a store and buy a copy of a widely available software application and a book about that application, they would have the same right to give or sell the software and the book to another without obtaining the permission of either publisher.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has declared he will introduce legislation requiring the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce DepartmentÕs National Telecommunications and Information Administration to analyze the factors and issues surrounding broadband access to the Internet with a special emphasis on rural and low income areas.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has declared he will introduce legislation requiring the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce DepartmentÕs National Telecommunications and Information Administration to analyze the factors and issues surrounding broadband access to the Internet with a special emphasis on rural and low income areas.
When Marco Polo returned to his native Venice from China in 1295, he was ridiculed for constantly talking of Òmillions of this and millions of that.Ó But even today it is difficult to speak of China in any smaller terms, especially when one looks at the information technology industry.
The General Services Administration is widening the reach of an online service that allows agencies to e-mail solicitations for task orders and lets contractors respond electronically.
EDS Names Change Management Officer: Electronic Data Systems Corp. chief executive Richard Brown has brought on Troy Todd, one of his Cable & Wireless cronies, as executive vice president of leadership and change management.
Linking its fortunes to market leader Cisco Systems Inc. and other network vendors by specializing exclusively on networking gear and services should give Comstor.net an edge against competitors like Ingram Micro Inc. and Tech Data Corp., a top company official said.
Gates/Arrow Distributing, a division of Arrow Electronics Inc., restructured its government sales division to improve service and get its employees closer to integrators, resellers and manufacturers, according to Tim Collins, Gates/ArrowÕs vice president of strategic sales.
Gates/Arrow Distributing, a division of Arrow Electronics Inc., restructured its government sales division to improve service and get its employees closer to integrators, resellers and manufacturers, according to Tim Collins, Gates/ArrowÕs vice president of strategic sales.
The explosive growth of electronic commerce has caught the attention of U.S. policy-makers, who are grappling with a wide range of issues including enforcement, jurisdiction, taxation, tariffs, national sovereignty, privacy and security.
Tivoli Systems Inc. is sweetening the pot for a small group of systems integrators to better drive sales in the federal market, company officials said.
Electronic Data Systems Corp., which recently laid off about 100 employees in the Washington area, will unveil more cost-cutting measures and possibly a new acquisition strategy when its new chief executive takes center stage later this month, analysts said.
The Small Business Administration is expanding its efforts to get more small disadvantaged businesses certified so they can participate in government contracting programs.
With the impeachment mess over and the legislative season in full swing, numerous IT-related measures are moving through the congressional pipeline. The questions are: How will they fare, and how many are likely to make it into law come September?
Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Plano, Texas, and NCR Corp. of Dayton, Ohio, have formed an alliance to pursue Òbusiness intelligenceÓ work with government and commercial organizations.
