Data Management

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Once thought of as two separate worlds, applications and database software are converging…

Designing and implementing a system that uses data to improve your marketing requires a large amount of planning,…

In a move that has implications for ad targeting and reporting, Yahoo! has hired Usama Fayyad, a co-founder…

Access and identity management firm Netegrity has bought Business Layers in a cash and stock deal worth approximately…

This column is the second in a series for data-starved, financially challenged marketers struggling to make decisions without…

In last summer’s Choosing Your Perfect Software Match series, I shared results of my interview with Jupiter Senior…

A few months ago, I wrote a column about the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) attacking alleged…

To demonstrate how private information is at risk on the Internet, a California consumer advocate claims he has…

Federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies issued proposed guidelines Tuesday to require financial institutions to develop programs to…

“Web Firms Choose Profit Over Privacy” was the title of a great article in The Washington Post earlier…

Even consumers with several years of experience online continue to cite security and privacy features as a key…

ASP customers are happy and likely to continue using application outsourcing services, according to a report released today…

This is the final installment of a three-part series on how corporations are breaking up their internal technology…

This is the second of a three-part series on how corporations are breaking up their internal technology monopolies.…

For a period of nine or 10 days, America Online users were unable to post messages to the…

Once, not long ago, though strong technical skills didn’t necessarily guarantee employment, they clearly made a techie a…

Almost two weeks after rolling out a wireless home networking offer for business users, Verizon is going to…

Bad timing seems to be derailing Senate debate over a controversial online privacy bill that would force companies…

Small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses (SMB) are outgrowing simple applications, such as homemade lists and databases, and adopting…

In the push to mobilize business information, a plethora of vendors have come forward saying they can give…

The market for turnkey integrated business suites is about to evaporate. That’s the view of many of a…

After a long-awaited debate, Europe’s legislative body reached a verdict on the future of the New Economy. The…

With the ever-watchful eye of Big Brother becoming more of a reality, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a…

Many ASPs that sell Web-native applications have been around since the early days of the ASP industry. It…

Internet convergence player, SONICblue claimed victory Monday in its battle with the entertainment industry affecting anyone who bought…

I loved my ClickZ colleague Mark Sakalosky‘s article “Customer Data? We Don’t Have Any Customer Data.” Chances are…

With new security threats emerging almost daily, Citizens Financial Group, of Providence, R.I., has expanded its relationship with…

Sen. Ernest Hollings (D.-S.C.) introduced legislation Thursday aimed at beefing up online privacy for consumers that would require…

So many sites have “my” areas, whether they are as robust as a “My Yahoo!” or as simple…

SAN FRANCISCO — The federal government is poised to transform the way it does business through the use…

In the Web world, seven years is the equivalent of several lifetimes. In that time, companies start and…

Officials at IBM’s global services division say they are flying through the upgrade of United Airline’s conversion to…

After less than a year, ADS Financial Services Solutions , a Quincy, Mass., IT consultant and systems integrator…

One of the most time-consuming chores that help desks have to deal with is users who forget their…

Exceeding its expectations, and defying trends in the Application Service Provider (ASP) market, Aspective, a U.K.-based provider of…

webMethods, Inc. , the Fairfax, Va.-based provider of integration software, today announced that Siebel Systems, Inc., , the…

To handle its soaring customer and commercial data volumes in Asia, British Airways (BA) will consolidate these data…

BroadVision Monday says it has inked an OEM deal with the Medical Solutions division of German-based Siemens .…

Securing another customer for its hosted delivery platform, Cupertino, Calif.-based Jamcracker, Inc., today announced a strategic partnership with…

Novell Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL), the Provo, Utah-based provider of eBusiness solutions today announced an agreement with TIBCO Software Inc.…

While nearly every business would claim that the information it gathers about its customers is a mission-critical, strategic…

For days, consumer and privacy advocates have been bracing themselves to deal with the details of the new…

BEA Systems Inc. signed product integration deals with business portal provider Epicentric Inc. and Fundtech Ltd., which sells…

Escher Group, a Cambridge, Mass., provider of peer-to-peer messaging and data management software for post offices, has opened…

In the realm of customer relationship management (CRM) software, partnerships are key. That’s why Palo Alto, Calif.-based Octopus…

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co., Inc. will gain customer service enhancement via Informatica Corporation’s PowerCenter data integration…