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In this tight economy, data managers no longer have a blank check when it comes to managing their company's enterprise storage, yet data needs continue to expand. How can enterprises do more with less? More to the point, how can companies walk that fine line between spending too much or too little?...

A spike in Sun Microsystems shares has fueled long-simmering speculation that the once-mighty tech firm may be the target of an acquisition by a larger rival. On Friday, however, the company's shares gained 12 percent to close at $3.75. But some analysts said that although a buyout is possible as lo...

Thanks to dutiful sons and daughters, the approach of Mother's Day has become highly visible online, with a profusion of flowers, candy and other tokens of esteem displayed. It is harder to predict, however, which e-tailer will come out ahead in the race to win the affection of online shoppers. Will...

Apple's new iTunes Music Store features flat 99-cent per-song fees and few restrictions on usage once a song is downloaded. By putting itself at the forefront of digital music distribution, Apple could well become a powerhouse in this still-nascent e-commerce space. Will iTunes catapult Apple toward...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed it has been working with attorneys general in 29 states to enforce existing fraud laws against auction scammers. Known as "Operation Bidder Beware," the effort already has resulted in 57 criminal and civil actions. "Having state and federal agencies co...

At the one-year mark of the giant HP-Compaq merger, the combined company appears to be doing better than expected, Forrester analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times, despite recent reports that HP has lost the top spot in the PC marketplace to Dell. But even though the merger gets a mostly cle...

Onetime Internet darling Akamai's stock hit a 52-week high Tuesday. At $2.75 per share, the price is hardly stratospheric. This dreary reality is a far cry from the days when the company first became closely identified with the infrastructure of the Net. However, even though Akamai's sizzle has cool...

At first, no one minded when U.S. tech firms started turning to India, Ireland and other countries for help with their IT workload. Today, however, hundreds of thousands of highly skilled tech workers are scrounging for work, and companies, instead of bringing back jobs outsourced when the U.S. labo...

Despite a lingering hangover for employment in the United States, Monster.com's parent company trimmed its fiscal losses in the first quarter and said it would have posted a profit if not for charges associated with restructuring. TMP Worldwide said it lost $28 million as revenue decreased to $168.9...

It's quite possible that like instant messaging, blogging -- the practice of publishing top-of-mind thoughts to a Web site in chronological order -- will become a productive tool for businesses to gather and organize what smart people figure out daily. But at the rate they're going, blog tools are m...

Optimism that venture funding had ended its three-year freefall late last year was replaced with a cold dose of reality in the first quarter as venture capitalists kept purse strings drawn tight, pushing funding levels to a five-year low. Nationwide, venture investors sunk $3.8 billion into up-and-c...

Spammers, perhaps the most hated denizens of the Internet, are under siege as the U.S. Congress and courts step up the pressure to reduce junk e-mail volume. Private companies are taking action, too: AOL announced on April 15th that it was filing lawsuits against five individual senders of unsolicit...

Setting aside their natural competitive impulses, AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo have announced they will work together to fight the flood of unwanted commercial e-mail cluttering their customers' inboxes. The move comes as the FTC prepares to convene an anti-spam forum in Washington, D.C., and as propose...

On the road to launching a new e-business Web site, all companies budget for obvious costs -- planning, designing, registering and hosting the site -- but if you are not careful, hidden expenses could overwhelm you on the journey. How much does an e-commerce site really cost to launch and maintain? ...

Amazon.com has trimmed its fiscal losses, posted its first non-holiday quarter with more than $1 billion in sales, and raised its revenue forecast for full-year 2003, providing further grist for investors who seem increasingly optimistic about long-battered Internet stocks. The company's loss totale...