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Top of the News
By a vote of 29 to 8, the US House Judiciary Committee approved the Internet
Non-Discrimination Act, H.R. 3709, a bill extending by five years an
existing moratorium against multiple and discriminatory taxes on sales over
the Internet. Initially providing for a permanent moratorium, the bill was
amended in favor of a moratorium extension to October 2006. The amended bill
also eliminates all taxes on Internet access charges, repealing a
grandfather clause currently existing under Federal law. The bill codifies
two key Majority Policy Proposals included in the Advisory Commission on
Electronic Commerce's Report to Congress. The legislation is next scheduled
to go before the full House of Representatives for consideration.

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Alliances/Joint Ventures 
	 America Online (AOL) and Network Solutions (NSI) reported that AOL was
selected to host the first two new top level name servers for NSI. The AOL
locations in Dulles, Virginia and Mountain View, California, were selected
by NSI to be the initial production deployment sites of the two new top
level domain name servers from a group of twenty ISPs. AOL and NSI also
formed a multi-year, multi-million dollar strategic marketing alliance to
offer NSI's domain name registration and other services through co-branded
sites across AOL brands. A number of VeriSign's services will be promoted
across AOL as well, as part of the agreement. AOL also teamed with Coca-Cola
for a multi-year global strategic alliance to develop online and offline
marketing programs. In addition, AOL and Cendant Mortgage teamed up to
create a co-branded MortgageSave.com site that will offer AOL members
guaranteed-best-price home financing. AOL also expanded its agreement with
The Knot, making The Knot the premier wedding content provider across AOL
International services worldwide through the year 2003. In other news, AOL's
Digital City and VIPdesk.com, launched Digital City's "Ask the Concierge," a
free online concierge service powered by VIPdesk.com that offers personal,
real-time assistance from live, local concierge agents. The service provides
users with information and personal recommendations covering "insider" city
information, hotels and accommodations, restaurants, entertainment, sports
and recreation, and shopping and services. Also, AOL Moviefone added speech
recognition technology developed by Bell Labs, the research and development
arm of Lucent Technologies, to enhance its interactive telephone service,
777-FILM, in New York and New Jersey. Moviefone plans to begin rolling out
speech recognition to more than 35 markets over the course of the next year.
In addition, AOL and Homestore.com reached a five-year content, e-commerce
and distribution alliance valued at more than $200 million. The agreement
creates a home-related channel on AO that will address all aspects of the
home life cycle. Additionally, Homestore.com will become the exclusive
national provider of professional home and moving services in home-related
areas across AOL, AOL.COM, CompuServe, Netscape Netcenter, and Digital City.
Also, AOL appointed B. Keith Fulton as Executive Director of Corporate
Outreach, adding expertise and momentum to AOL's campaign to bridge the
Digital Divide. Mr. Fulton will report to David Eisner, Vice President of
Corporate Relations. Finally, Steve Case, chairman and CEO of AOL, and
Gerald M. Levin, chairman and CEO of Time Warnerreported the management team
and organization of AOL Time Warner, which will take effect when the merger
closes in the fall. Case will become AOL Time Warner's chairman, while Levin
will become the company's CEO. Bob Pittman, AOL's president and COO, will
become AOL Time Warner's co-COO, sharing the post with Dick Parson,
currently Time Warner's president. AOL Time Warner will be organized around
its core growth drivers: subscription services, advertising and commerce,
and content.
	 Hewlett-Packard (HP) and AT&T formed an alliance to develop technology to
enable printing from the AT&T Broadband Interactive TV platform. HP will
provide an ITV compatible printing offering with a specially designed inkjet
printer and will set up an e-commerce site for users to purchase HP printers
from their ITV. In addition, HP and SAS reported that HP will apply SAS
e-intelligence and data mining technology in a variety of its products. HP
also introduced its OpenMail Anywhere/WAP, a wireless application protocol
interface for OpenMail 6.
	 Fujitsu and Winbond formed an agreement through which Winbond will join
	 the Fujitsu-Toshiba collaborative development program for memory devices.
About 30 Winbond engineers will join the companies in the design and trial
production of 1GB DRAM. Also, Fujitsu and Siemens completed successful tests
on the interoperability of the Fujitsu FLASH-192 advanced OC-192 add/drop
multiplexer and Siemens' TransXpress Infinity MTS long-haul optical dense
wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networking platform.
	 Inktomi forged an alliance with Escalate and Vcommerce to deliver
e-commerce infrastructure offerings for portals and destination sites.
Portals using Inktomi Commerce Engine will be able to create branded portal
stores that link directly to manufacturers.

Applications Software 
	 Bull unveiled Release 2.5 of its OpenMaster for Telecom software suite.
	 The new release is designed to offer additional capabilities and increased
integration between service and network management tasks.

ASP 
	 Deloitte Consulting struck a deal with ASP NaviSite to jointly offer and
market application and Web hosting services. Deloitte also reported that it
will collaborate with Baan on an e-fulfillment infrastructure to support
e-business activities of UK-based PC maker and supplier Evesham.com in a
deal valued at 6 million pounds. Based on Baan's e-Fulfillment, the joint
venture is intended to integrate Evesham's sales and delivery processes and
systems across the supply chain.
	 Ernst & Young agreed to implement and market hosted application services
from ASP Corio, which Ernst & Young will supplement with its business
process outsourcing services. The bundled services will include e-commerce,
online procurement, and HRMS, among other offerings.

Chip Technology News 
	 AMD unveiled the Duron processor, specifically designed to prolong the
	 life of users' hardware with its ability to adapt to new and more
sophisticated applications.

Workflow and Document Management 
	 Canon USA released the ColorPASS-Z40 print controller for its mid-high
range color copier/printer line. It features PowerWise architecture with an
Intel Celeron 433 MHz processor, 128MB of RAM, a 8.4GB Hard Drive, and
internal CD-ROM and ZIP drive. A new ColorWise 2 color management system
comes standard on the unit, allowing downloading of ICC and custom profiles
and simulations to match the calibration of monitors, scanners, or other
output devices.

Electronic Business 
	 Advanced Micro Devices, Compaq, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi,
Infineon, NEC, Quantum, Samsung, SCI Systems, Solectron, and Western Digital
agreed to form an independent company that will operate an open high-tech
Net exchange. The founders plan to initially invest $100 million in the hub,
which is expected to offer services such as open sourcing, e-catalogs,
auctions and dynamic pricing, supply planning, and logistics.
	 Alcoa, Allegheny Technologies, Kaiser Aluminum, North American Stainless,
Olin, Reynolds Aluminum Supply, Thyssen, and Vincent Metal Goods/Atlas Ideal
Metals agreed to establish MetalSpectrum, an independent, neutral online
exchange for the $200 billion global specialty metals industry. Slated to go
live in September, the Web site is intended to streamline supply chain
processes for the aluminum, stainless steel, copper, brass, nickel alloys,
and titanium market sectors.
	 American Airlines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Air France,
British Airways, and Delta reported an agreement to form a Web marketplace
to link carriers worldwide with sellers of airline-related goods and
services, such as fuel and fuel services, aircraft components, avionics and
engine components, and maintenance services. The new yet-to-be-named company
will be based in the US.
	 Andersen Consulting and edocs forged a partnership focused on offering
electronic bill payment and presentation services. The offerings are to be
based on edocs' BillDirect suite.
	 CheckFree Holdings reported plans to purchase Bank of America's electronic
billing and payment assets in an agreement valued at $325 million. The deal
would make CheckFree the electronic billing and payment services provider
for Bank of America's customers. In addition, Bank of America would offer
bill presentment services to commercial customers using CheckFree's
e-billing services.
	 B2B manufacturing procurement hub developer fob.com formed a strategic
alliance with global B2B plastics and chemicals Web exchange ChemConnect to
combine technologies. fob.com's chemical exchange, fobchemicals.com and
ChemConnect will collaborate to streamline processes across the supply
chain. JD Edwards reported development of upgrades to its applications for
Manufacturing Project Management, Configuration Management, Automotive
Supply Chain Management, and Active Supply Chain Planning for Discrete
Manufacturing. Enhancement include improved visibility and coordination
capabilities for contract manufacturing; expanded collaborative capabilities
for firms that outsource production; and extended real-time collaborative
planning among customers and suppliers via the Internet.
	 Marriott and Hyatt reported plans to form an independent company that will
operate an online marketplace for the hospitality industry. The exchange, to
be launched later this year, is intended to simplify the procurement of a
range of supplies for participants such as hotel owners, operators, and
industry partners.
	 BroadVision and e-business platform provider New Era of Networks jointly
developed and unveiled the NEON BroadVision Integrator, which includes a
NEON BroadVision Adapter and an eFulfillment Accelerator. The new products
are designed to work in conjunction with NEON's e-Business Integration
Servers and NEONadapter for SAP R/3 to afford increased connectivity with
BroadVision's e-Business offerings and existing SAP ERP systems. The
companies also reported that BroadVision will resell the NEON BroadVision
Integrator. Also, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000, BroadVision
reported revenues of $61.5 million, a 232 percent increase from revenues of
$18.5 million for the year ago quarter. Net income was $10.0 million or
$0.04 earnings per diluted share - following a February 3-for-one stock
split - versus net income of $2.9 million or $0.01 earnings per diluted
share. Gains were attributed primarily to increases in license signings by
new customers.
	 Oracle joined homebuilders Centex, D.R. Horton, Kaufman and Broad Home,
Lennar, and Pulte, and venture capital firm Encore Venture Partners in
creating HomebuildersXchange. The online hub will offer collaboration,
e-commerce, and labor and materials procurement services for homebuilders,
manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and trade contractors.
	 Peoplesoft agreed to acquire Advance Planning Solutions (ASP) for an
undisclosed amount of cash. The move is intended to add ASP's Web-based
analytical applications to broaden budgeting, planning, and forecasting
capabilities in PeopleSoft's Enterprise Performance Modeling product.
PeopleSoft also reported plans for Q3 2000 delivery of PeopleSoft Staffing
Front Office, an Internet offering designed to extend PeopleSoft
Professional Services Automation into the staffing field. It is expected to
provide management of sales and recruiting, and to integrate with a
back-office product, also under development, for "pay/bill" processes that
pay employees and bill customers. In related news, PeopleSoft unveiled
Vantive Mobile FieldService for the Research in Motion Inter@ctive Pager.
Intended to provide real-time data to sales and service professionals from
anywhere in the extended enterprise, the application is also designed to
allow field service organizations to monitor users' in-service availability
and to escalate all service requests that are at risk of not meeting
contractual agreements. Also, PeopleSoft released PeopleSoft eProcurement
2.0, a pure Internet XML-based global e-business application designed to
provide rapid and low-cost access to B2B Trading Exchanges. It features
multi-organization functionality, enhanced workflow, and
multi-currency/multi-language capabilities to support large multinational
organizations with numerous suppliers. In addition, PeopleSoft and Commerce
One reported that global finance firm Credit Suisse First Boston will
implement PeopleSoft eProcurement in an effort to streamline purchasing,
save costs, and increase operational efficiencies. The PeopleSoft product
links to the Commerce One Global Trading Web. Finally, for the first quarter
ended March 31, 2000, PeopleSoft reported revenues of $375.4 million versus
revenues of $350.1 million for the prior year quarter. Net income was $16.8
million or $0.06 earnings per diluted share compared to a net loss of $171.2
million or $0.66 los per diluted share. Gains were attributed chiefly to
increased demand for the company's e-business applications.
	 Polaroid utilized technology from e-business developer Viant to establish
	 a B2B exchange for the delivery of e-commerce and real-time digital
imaging offerings via channel suppliers. The site is scheduled to go live
on June 30. Kevin McKay resigned, effective immediately, as CEO of SAP
	 America. McKay's replacement will be SAP AG Germany managing director
Wolfgang Kemna. McKay's resignation is the latest in a series of top level
executive defections from SAP America, which began with that of then-CEO
and current  CEO Paul Wahl in September 1998. In an effort to retain talent
lost to more lucrative perks from some American firms, SAP implemented a
new performance-based stock option plan in January 2000. In other news, SAP
and Nortel Networks reported a strategic alliance, whereby SAP will embed
Nortel's Clarify eBusiness Applications within mySAP.com and resell the
offerings with the intention of integrating contact centers and enabling
collaborative virtual service communities for mySAP.com. Also, SAP reported
plans to integrate  Visa International's payment and data delivery services
into the mySAP.com suite to streamline procurement processes among
corporate buyers, suppliers, and Visa's member banks. SAP also reported
plans to integrate Nokia's WAP server software with a mySAP.com application
portal for mobile users to enable users to access data from mySAP.com
applications via handheld devices. UPS Capital formed an alliance with
	 electronic bill presentment and payment providers Bottomline Technologies
and Princeton eCom to deliver EBPP offerings targeted at the B2B market.
The offerings are intended to enable businesses to dynamically track the
status of invoices and to adjust payment information based on the status of
their goods.

Financial News 
	 E-business software provider Blue Martini filed with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its common stock.
Price and number of shares to be offered were not disclosed. The company
plans to apply proceeds from the sale toward capital expenditures and debt
repayment.
	 Comdisco reported revenues of $1.01 billion for the second quarter of the
company's fiscal year 2000, up slightly from the $952 million posted in the
second quarter of 1999. Net income was $43 million, or $0.26 per share, up
from a net loss of $56 million, or $0.37 loss per share.
	 EDS reported revenues of $4.5 billion for the first quarter of 2000, an
increase from the $4.3 billion posted in the same quarter of 1999. Net
income was $288.9 million, or $0.60 per share diluted, compared with a loss
of $20.6 million, or $0.04 loss per share diluted. EDS attributed the
increases to gains in contract signings.
	 For the company's third fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2000, Hyperion
reported revenues of $125.8 million, a 24 percent increase from revenues of
$101.6 million for the prior year period. Net income was $6.6 million or
$0.19 earnings per diluted share compared to net income of $2.6 million or
$0.08 earnings per diluted share.
	 For the first quarter 2000, Keane reported revenues of $216.2 million,
	 down from $285.0 million in the same period in 1999. Net income was $5.5
million, or $0.08 per share, versus $30.2 million, or $0.42 per share.
	 Citing fluctuations in the market and the resignations of two executives,
Linuxcare postponed its plans for an IPO. The postponement marks a slight
shift in fortunes for Linux companies, which have had a string of highly
successful public offerings.
	 marchFIRST reported first quarter revenues of $227.4 million, an increase
from the $108.7 million posted in the opening period of 1999. Net income
increased to $27.8 million, or $0.17 per share, from $14.1 million. The
increases reflect the combined results of USWeb/CKS and Whittman-Hart, the
firms that merged to form marchFIRST.
	 IT services firm Metamor reported a revenue increase from $121.7 in the
first quarter of 1999 to $158.4 million in the opening period of 2000. Net
loss for the first quarter of 2000 was $5.7 million, or $0.16 per share
loss, compared with a net income of $4.56 million, or $0.14 per share.
	 Rational reported that its fourth quarter 2000 revenues were $180 million,
compared to revenues of $125 million in the same quarter of 1999. Net income
was $34 million, or $0.35 per share, compared to a net income of $21
million, or $0.23 per share. Fiscal 2000 revenues were $572 million,
compared to revenues of $411 million in fiscal 1999. Net income was $94
million, or $0.99 per share, compared to a net income of $59 million, or
$0.65 per share.
	 For the first quarter ended March 31, 2000, VerticalNet reported revenues
of $27.5 million, a 1320 percent increase over revenues of $1.9 million for
the prior year quarter. Net income was $42.1 million or $0.56 earnings per
share compared to a net loss of $15.3 million or $0.21 loss per share. Gains
were attributed to growth in the company's core vertical businesses.

Internet 
	 Intel introduced NetStructure 7210 XML Accelerator and NetStructure 7280
XML Director, designed to accelerate and intelligently control secure
XML-based Internet transactions. Intel also reported production of its IXP
1200 Network Processor product line, capable of processing three million
packets of data per second.

Legal News 
	 Maryland Governor Parris Glendening signed the controversial Uniform
Computer Information Transaction ACT (UCITA) into law. UCITA, which is up
for approval in each US state, is scheduled to go into effect in Maryland on
October 1, 2000. Virginia previously signed UCITA into law but does not have
immediate plans to put the measure into effect.

Mergers/Acquisitions 
	 NTT Communications agreed to purchase ISP Verio for $5.5 billion in cash.
NTT previously held only a 10 percent stake in Verio. The transaction is
expected to be completed in the third quarter.

Middleware 
	 Hitachi Semiconductor reported that voice compression codecs, telephony
software, and signaling protocol are ported to the Hitachi SuperH SH3-DSP
and SH-4 microprocessors, enabling customers to create a complete VoIP
system for cable modems and residential gateways. With the addition of MGCP,
Hitachi is offering a VoIP reference design based on the SH3-DSP
microprocessor that will be used to speed time-to-market and reduce costs
for developers of integrated voice/data access devices.

Operating Systems 
	 Microsoft unveiled its plans for Whistler, the upgraded version of Windows
2000 due out in mid-2001. The company reported that Whistler would feature
only small changes. The tweaks will include an updated version of the
Internet Explorer browser and minor changes in the graphical interface.
There will be two client versions of Whistler, one targeted at consumers,
the other at users in a corporate network.

PCs AND NCs 
	 Dell reported the availability of the OptiPlex GX200, a desktop PC using
the RAMBUS memory system.
	 IBM introduced VisualAge Application Rules and Application Rules Engine
version 3.0. VisualAge Application Rules is a multifunction developer
workbench for creating presentation, business logic, and data access logic
for Web applications. VisualAge Application Rules Engine is a portable,
Java-based Web application deployment platform designed to allow rules-based
applications to be deployed in a reliable, scalable Java environment. IBM
also released its Netvista computers, designed with fewer cables, smaller
sizes, and networking and security features. In addition, IBM rolled out the
ThinkPad A and ThinkPad T lines, featuring swappable components and built-in
ports for modem and LAN connections. Also, IBM unveiled services designed to
help business professionals build e-business skills. The offerings include
E-Business Immersion Enterprise-wide, E-Business Immersion for Managers and
Executives, Application Development Skills Transition, and Business
Intelligence Skills Transition. In addition, IBM and S1 teamed to offer
e-business products to aid financial organizations in offering Internet
based corporate banking. The companies will jointly market and sell the
S1Corporate Suite and IBM will expand its financial services e-business
practice to include S1 specialists focused on providing consulting,
customization, and integration services. In other developments, IBM and
Lotus reported that they are restructuring their Business Partner
compensation plan for PC and UNIX workstation software. The plan shifts
compensation available to eligible Business Partners who add value in
e-business product sales, targeting Midmarket and small businesses. Finally,
IBM reported that it would lay off about 170 workers due to a change in
technology resulting in fewer required workers for the manufacture of disks
for computer hard drives.

Personnel and Organizational Changes 
	 Compaq reported that it reorganized its Enterprise Solutions and Services
Group. Three ESSG divisions now report directly to Compaq's CEO. Compaq also
combined its Services and Solutions divisions with the worldwide sales
organization.
	 Ricoh reorganized by splitting operations between two units. The Office
Products Group, will have eight separate departments, including Sales,
Marketing Support, Finance, Product Marketing, Original Equipment
Manufacturing, Ricoh Technical Solutions Center, and Savin, a wholly owned
subsidiary. The Office Solutions Group will comprise four departments:
Marketing, Network Solutions Center, Dealer Subsidiaries, and PC
Peripherals. The move is intended to make the company more competitive by
streamlining operations. Also, Ricoh introduced the Aficio 350e and the
Aficio 450e, which feature enhancements such as 20MB RAM, 4 GB Copier HDD
and 600 dpi copy/scanning resolution, and network scanning capability,
including ScanRouter Software and PC faxing capability. The systems are
designed to print at speeds of 35 and 45 pages-per-minute, respectively.
	 Xerox reported creation of Contentguard, a new Web firm offering a
	 software system designed to "lock" digital content distributed over the
Web. The system is intended to prevent unauthorized users from forwarding
or copying content unless they have paid or registered with the content
owner. Microsoft invested in the spin-off and will collaborate on future
development of ContentGuard's Digital Rights Management technology, which is
based on XrML (eXtensible rights Markup Language).

Notebooks and Handhelds 
	 Apple reported it will offer iMovie as a free download for PowerBook and
PowerMac G4 users.
	 Gateway added MGI VideoWave III as standard equipment on its Solo 9300
portable. Gateway also teamed with Verio to offer Web hosting services
targeted at small and mid-sized organizations. The firms agreed to provide
DSL Internet access, shared and dedicated Web hosting, database hosting,
data storage, and e-commerce services bundled with the hosting service.

Security 
	 BorderWare Technologies struck a deal with Trend Micro to integrate
	 Trend's anti-virus scanning into its e-business security software
appliances. This enables virus scanning at the Internet gateway. BorderWare
will initially deploy anti-virus scanning in its Mail Gateway and Document
Gateway products. Cisco Systems released the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall 506
	 for small businesses and small enterprise branch offices. Cisco also
updated its Cisco Secure Policy Manager software for IPsec encryption for
both Cisco Secure PIX firewalls and Cisco IOS routers. In addition, Cisco
released a VPN Module for the Cisco 1700 Series Access Routers that
delivers the security of private networks when using public or shared
infrastructures such as the Internet. The VPN module provides growing
companies and branch offices with a VPN product that reportedly increases
data protection, integrity, and authentication reducing exposure to
security risk. Also, with the completed acquisition of Altiga Networks,
Cisco developed the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator series, providing scalable
aggregation for enterprise-class deployment and central site aggregation of
single user and remote office connections. It also includes an integrated
VPN client, bringing secure, end-to-end encrypted traffic capabilities to
the Concentrator series.


		 Adrienne Edwards
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