Siebel Systems Inc. said Monday it will acquire privately-held nQuire Software Inc. and will integrate and ship nQuire’s scaleable analytic server and intelligent Web products with Siebel 7, the next release of its e-business application suite. San Mateo, Calif. and…
Online travel sites today were focused largely on the logistics of handling thousands of customer inquiries as the nation’s airline system began the struggle to return the U.S. transportation system to normal, although it was unclear when flights would resume.…
BEA Systems Inc. signed product integration deals with business portal provider Epicentric Inc. and Fundtech Ltd., which sells e-payment and Internet banking solutions. That was the good news. Financial details were not disclosed for either deal. The bad news? Salomon…
Maytag Corp. has through the decades built a reputation for dependability, partly from building a long line of quality household appliances and partly from the image of the lonely Maytag repairman, the advertising icon who’s on call to fix a…
E-commerce company Global Sports Inc. issued an improved financial forecast today as it signed a deal with Kmart’s Bluelight.com that for the first time will see the company operating e-commerce businesses beyond the sporting goods arena. Bluelight.com signed a deal…
Upgrades in the highly competitive travel space abound as Travelocity.com today deployed a speech-driven customer service application and Hotwire delivered more cities, more hotels, detailed maps and an improved Hotel Ratings Guide. Fort Worth-based Travelocity (NASDAQ:TVLY) rolled out a voice…
Expedia Inc. launched a private label booking solution called Worldwide Travel Exchange (WWTE) and said AA.com, the American Airlines Web site, is the first customer. American will add hotel and car booking services to its site. Financial arrangements were not…
If you want to fool around with online pictures, but don’t want to plunk down a couple of hundred bucks for a digital camera, Wal-Mart has a deal for you — a new disposable camera that includes Wal-Mart’s Pictures Online…
Q. Which came first, free shipping on two or more books from Amazon.com, or free shipping on two more books at Barnes & Noble.com? A. Does it really matter? One nice thing about online competition is that consumers benefit. That’s…
FTD.com signed a multi-year partnership deal with American Airlines to offer both FTD.com and American Airlines customers frequent flier miles for purchases online. Customers will receive 10 American AAdvantage (the airline’s frequent flier program) miles for every dollar spent on…