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Hewlett-Packard has officially launched a portfolio of Intel Itanium 2-based systems, products and services. The worldwide rollout comes after nearly seven years of collaboration among HP, Intel and Microsoft. However, Forrester analyst Carl Howe told the E-Commerce Times, "The problem is that no...

Amazon.com is reportedly exploring relationships with clothing retailers, a move that could result in yet another new market for the e-tailing giant. Amazon could launch an online clothing store that features items from Nordstrom and Gap -- which includes Banana Republic and Old Navy -- as early ...

In a move intended to attract Java developers, Microsoft has released a new programming tool that rounds out its .NET software strategy. Visual J# .NET is a development tool designed to be used by Java-language developers building applications and services on the .NET framework. The tool compleme...

In every quarter since the dot-com meltdown began, industry analysts and investment bankers have been predicting a tech comeback. But a seemingly unending string of disappointing earnings reports has forced overly optimistic forecasters to retract forecasts of imminent rebound. "When you hit the ...

Cisco Systems this week completed two acquisitions aimed at augmenting some of its product lines. Gartner analyst Mark Fabbi told the E-Commerce Times that both deals flesh out parts of the networking giant's overall strategy. And analysts predicted that Cisco soon will make additional acquisitio...

Yahoo! has announced a multiyear deal with USWineAuction to bring the wine seller's entire inventory of collectible bottles to Yahoo's auction site. USWineAuction will be the sole seller of wine on Yahoo's U.S. auction platform, and Yahoo! will distribute and promote the company's wines across it...

In the largest product rollout in Hewlett-Packard's history, the company plans to launch more than 50 new imaging and printing products between now and early 2003. HP spent three years and more than $1 billion revamping products in its printing business, which accounts for $20 billion in annual r...

Northwest Airlines has discontinued its relationship with online travel auctioneer Priceline. The airline reportedly is concerned by changes in Priceline's business model, which was recently modified to include a fixed-price option. But analysts said they suspect the real reason may run deeper, si...

In an effort to fight off a recent surge of Intel-based servers running Windows and Linux, Sun Microsystems introduced its long-awaited four-processor "Cherrystone" server. The new machine is a junior model of the V880, an eight-processor server that the company introduced last October to target mac...

In an effort to attract users from the small business arena, eBay has forged a deal with office outsourcer Regus to help businesses find and rent equipped offices. The new service is part of eBay Real Estate, an online marketplace for real estate-related properties and services. Morningstar analy...

Most people think of Web hosting and marketing outlays when they consider launching an e-commerce site, but a laundry list of additional costs are not apparent at first glance: merchant account fees, liability and fraud insurance fees, maintenance fees and transaction fees, and customer service, ...

Cisco Systems has announced plans to move intelligent services from the center to the edge of networks by beefing up security features of its Cisco Catalyst switching portfolio. Switches are devices in networks that filter and forward packets of data between local area network segments. The enhan...

Novell has announced plans to acquire SilverStream Software in a $212 million cash deal designed to strengthen the networking software maker's position in the nascent Web services market. Analysts said the acquisition is a smart move. "Everybody is building their infrastructure to support service...

On Tuesday, HP executives reportedly told analysts that heavy losses in the company's e-business group had convinced it to retire its middleware offerings. Now, though, HP's resolve seems to be wavering, according to news sources. Yankee Group analyst Robert Perry told the E-Commerce Times that H...

EBay has launched a new wireless service that will let auction aficionados bid in real-time when another user places a higher competing bid. The online auctioneer's 46 million users now can receive text message alerts on cell phones and other mobile devices that reflect the minimum bid at the tim...

IBM's personal computing division has introduced several new ThinkPad notebook and NetVista desktop models, featuring Intel Pentium 4 processors and IBM e-business solutions, such as wireless networking, advanced security and application management. The new products can be taken as a sign that th...

The notebook war is heating up as mobile computers continue to steal market share from desktop machines. And in the latest chapter of the ongoing battle for notebook supremacy, Toshiba has toppled Dell in the worldwide market. Toshiba's global market notebook sales rose 19.3 percent in the first ...

Which companies are the new "rising startups" of e-commerce? A new breed of online retailer is making noise by attracting cost-conscious consumers who hope to purchase overstocks at deep discounts. These resellers include such sites as SmartBargains.com, Overstock.com and MoonBuzz.com. "These sit...

In a move to spur members of its affiliate program to sell more used goods, Amazon.com has begun paying affiliate Web sites a 2.5 percent referral fee on the sale of used items. "Amazon does not have to inventory or ship these used items," Yankee Group analyst Paul Ritter told the E-Commerce Time...

IBM has announced a five-year, $194 million agreement to provide electronic payments processor TSYS with hardware, software and other services. This is the largest deal in Columbus, Georgia-based TSYS' history. Under the terms of the deal, new IBM hardware will reduce the number of TSYS servers r...