Julia King

The Sept. 11 attacks on the United States and continued fears of cyberterrorism are pushing many companies to include more money for security technologies in their 2002 IT budgets, according to the results of a survey conducted last month by Computerworld and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Like most corporate giants, Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) and General Electric Co. used to guard their patents, trademarks and other intellectual property more closely than the crown jewels.

Home Depot Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. are among a group of worldwide manufacturing and retail...

Astronomical numbers are a mainstay in the business-to-business e-commerce arena. Analysts regularly forecast electronic transactions that will...

Public and industry-sponsored business-to-business marketplaces that boast access to thousands of new buyers and sellers are grabbing...

Two years ago, Harold Kutner, group vice-president of worldwide purchasing at General Motors Corp., had never even...

Two years ago, Harold Kutner, group vice-president of worldwide purchasing at General Motors Corp., had never even...

Companies should immediately quit building their own e-commerce applications and instead take up with one or more of the hundreds of business-to-business marketplaces springing up on the Internet.