Category Data Management

Online Privacy Bill Stalls In Senate

Bad timing seems to be derailing Senate debate over a controversial online privacy bill that would force companies to allow their online customers to access personal information kept in corporate databases. The Online Personal Privacy Act, sponsored by Ernest “Fritz”…

SMBs Adopt Automation Apps

Small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses (SMB) are outgrowing simple applications, such as homemade lists and databases, and adopting more sophisticated automation software to manage sales, customers, inventory, and other business processes. Research from Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc. indicates…

Web-Native ASPs Lay Down the Gauntlet

The market for turnkey integrated business suites is about to evaporate. That’s the view of many of a new breed of aggressive, Web-native customer relationship management (CRM) software providers. Business software suite vendors such as Siebel, SAP and PeopleSoft have…

EFF Issues Update on Online Privacy

With the ever-watchful eye of Big Brother becoming more of a reality, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a San Francisco-based civil liberties organization, this week released an updated list on some of the best methods for maintaining online privacy. Scribed…

SONICblue Can Keep Customer Info Private

Internet convergence player, SONICblue claimed victory Monday in its battle with the entertainment industry affecting anyone who bought one of its ReplayTV 4000 units. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper Friday overturned a Los Angeles…

Citizens Banks on EMC

With new security threats emerging almost daily, Citizens Financial Group, of Providence, R.I., has expanded its relationship with EMC , of Hopkinton, Mass., to safeguard customer information. The deal gives Citizens an additional 30 terabytes of EMC Symmetrix Enterprise Storage…