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Best Buy is also getting more serious about its online opportunities, spokeswoman Joy Harris told the E-Commerce Times. John Walden, former head of Internet grocer Peapod Inc., joined Best Buy's staff this week as president of its e-commerce division with plans to beef up the company's offerings. "We do have a plan [to expand online sales]," Harris said. "We just don't have a timeline [ready] to be made public yet." ...

The alliance provides for HP and BEA to jointly staff e-commerce solution centers throughout the world for helping customers build and deploy EAI and e-commerce solutions. In addition, HP and BEA will provide consulting services through HP Consulting and BEA Professional Services.

However, sites like the Motley Fool and the Raging Bull also include rich original content, produced by a staff of writers and editors. For now, ClearStation only provides links to other financial sites for news and commentary ...

Early indications are not good. AOL is reportedly going to slash Netscape's programming staff, moving many functions onto Sun Microsystems Inc., its marketing partner for server software. But despite the success of Java, Sun is basically a hardware company, not a software company.

Indeed, Rosenblatt and his staff have taken steps to ensure iMall's longevity. The company launched Stuff.com, a second consumer oriented shopping mall currently offering nearly 2.5 million products, according to the company. Rather than taking the company in a completely different direction from its existing iMall.com site, Stuff.com represents an additional consumer intake point for iMall products.

Since Mr. Forbes claims to be the Internet Candidate, maybe his staff will know that many references to his name in this file might draw it to the top of the search engines. Here are some of the questions I might ask him: Mr. Forbes, do you stand with users or America Online ...

Rep. Billy Tauzin, a Louisiana Republican who heads the House subcommittee on telecommunications, recently sounded a warning to the industry. Despite the passage last year of a three-year moratorium on Web sales taxes by Congress, and despite the staffing of a 19-member commission on the subject with friends of the industry (something local governments are fighting in court), he said, taxes are going to happen.

Shopping.com customers can now receive answers to their questions around-the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The company also says that customers can expect faster service now, through the integration of new internal support systems, and the doubling of the site's customer service staff.

Penguin Computing also offers a 24 hour, 7 day-a-week technical support center and on-site technical support staffed by Linux programmers, engineers and systems designers. According to Allison Huynh, vice president of Penguin Computing, "The addition of 24 x 7 and onsite tech...

Wareforce One, with 1997 revenues of $79.6 million, is one of 27 Microsoft Large Account Resellers of Microsoft products. Based in El Segundo, California, the company provides sales-agent staffing services to Apple Computer Inc. and delivers a full range of network-design, computer-maintenance and technical-staffing services.

"We think these results indicate the critical role Web shopping is beginning to play in the U.S. economy," said Jack Staff, Zona director and chief economist. "Last year was the beta testing phase for online holiday shopping -- could consumers find the products they want, ord...