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Subject: Faulkner Systems Flash 03/29/00 - (Part 3 of 3)

Internet (Cont'd)
	 Lucent Technologies introduced PhoneBrowser, which enables users to access
the Internet via both wireline or wireless phone. It provides input to Web
sites through verbal commands. Users receive content via recorded audio or
synthesized text-to-speech. PhoneBrowser can access current Web sites that
use HTML. Future versions will work with sites that use the W3C voice markup
language.
	 Lycos unveiled htmlGEAR, a Web site offering easy to use Web add-ons. The
site lets users upgrade their home pages with features such as a guest book
and polling. Lycos presently offers five free add-ons, called Gears: link
tracking, site recommendations, rotating text capabilities, polling, and a
guest book.

Legal News 
	 Akai Musical Instruments and Pioneer New Media Technologies sued EDS,
alleging that the IT services firm contracted them to do work on a NATO
project that turned out not to exist. The companies claim that they
developed technology for EDS at no cost.
	 A New York state commission is probing Microsoft lobbyists about a
company-hosted dinner held in New York City for state legislators. The
company apparently provided the New York Temporary State Commission on
Lobbying with an inaccurate list of attendees for the $2,399 affair, which
was held last November. The commission wants know why it received an
inaccurate list. A spokesperson for Microsoft said the company is
cooperating fully with the commission.
	 The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
dismissed Microware Systems' lawsuit seeking to enjoin Apple from using the
name Mac OS 9 for its current operating system release.
	 Charlie Condon, attorney general for the state of South Carolina, reported
that he has begun investigating whether ad agency DoubleClick is violating
South Carolina's laws by secretly creating online consumer profiles using
cookies. The state joins New York, Michigan, and the Federal Trade
Commission on the growing list of groups probing DoubleClick's privacy
policies.

Mergers/Acquisitions/Divestitures 
	  Computer Associates extended its offer to acquire all outstanding shares
of common stock of Sterling Software until midnight, Eastern standard time,
on Wednesday, March 29, 2000. The extension is required to provide the
United States Department of Justice time to review additional information
and documents requested pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976 in conjunction with CA's ongoing tender offer.
	 Analytical e-commerce software provider E.piphany reported a definitive
agreement to acquire customer relationship management applications maker
Octane Software for $3.18 billion in stock. E.piphany will issue 12.8
million shares of stock to Octane shareholders. The move is intended to
enable E.piphany to provide Web-based integrated offerings that coordinate
and unify all inbound and outbound interactions with customers in real time.
	 Intel entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GIGA A/S, an NKT
company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, in an all-cash transaction
valued at approximately $1.25 billion. Intel's acquisition of GIGA targets
the market segment for high-performance networking chips enabling the rapid
build-out of the fiber-optic infrastructure necessary to support the growth
of the Internet.
	 Medical supply B2B e-commerce services provider Neoforma.com signed a
definitive agreement to acquire physician marketplace B2B e-commerce
procurement company EquipMD in a deal designed to enhance services for
medical and surgical supply purchasing. Neoforma.com will acquire all of the
outstanding capital stock and options of EquipMD for approximately 5.4
million shares of Neoforma.com common stock.
	 PSINet reported the acquisition of three ISPs in Latin America - GlobalNet
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and SSD and Interserver in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. All are privately held companies that focus primarily on the
business marketplace. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed. 
	 PSINet also agreed to acquire Metamor, a provider of business software and
services, for stock valued at $1.9 billion. Metamor shareholders will trade
each share of Metamor stock for 0.9 share of PSINet stock. 
	 Texas Instruments acquired Toccata Technology. This acquisition is
	 expected to enable TI to achieve an all-digital audio offering.
	 Unisys acquired VeriCom, a privately held Norwegian information technology
consulting company. The VeriCom acquisition represents a significant
increase in Unisys' intellectual capital in Norway, and is expected to
position Unisys to capitalize on the growing Norwegian IT services market.
	 Yahoo acquired Arthas.com, a provider of Web-based person-to-person
electronic commerce payments. The company will add Arthas' online
transaction capabilities to its Web site as an open platform payment
service.

Operating Systems 
	 Caldera unveiled its e-Desktop Internet client. The product features a
browser-based administration tool, office applications, and the ability to
function as a MetaFrame client. Caldera is positioning e-Desktop as a
product to introduce business users to Linux.
	 Red Hat released version 6.2 of its Linux operating system designed for
e-commerce servers. In addition, the company unveiled eCos, an embedded
operating system for Internet appliances such as mobile phones and PDAs.

Desktop Systems 
	 Gateway introduced the Gateway GP Series and Gateway Performance desktops
with 850MHz Pentium III processors.

Personnel and Organizational Changes 
	 Ernst & Young formed DareStep, a unit to target the business-to-consumer
e-commerce market. DareStep launched with 150 employees, with plans calling
for expansion. The company offers consulting services and builds e-commerce
sites for customers. 
	 J.D. Edwards disclosed plans to create a new business unit within the
company that will focus on development and sale of B2B offerings based upon
J.D.Edwards' partnership with Ariba, as well as J.D. Edwards' integrated
ActivEra line, including Active Supply Chain, Active Marketplace, and Active
CRM products. The new unit will be headed by senior vice president Michael
Schmitt. 
	 Microsoft reported plans to join with leading financial institutions and
mortgage companies, including Freddie Mac, Bank of America, Chase Manhattan,
and Norwest Mortgage, to establish a new firm, HomeAdvisor Technologies,
intended to facilitate the processing of mortgage loans. Operating through
the HomeAdvisor.com Web site, the offering will automate processes such as
appraisals, underwriting judgments, and credit checks to automate mortgage
and real estate transactions. Microsoft will hold a majority stake in
HomeAdvisor.
	 Prodigy's board of directors named Allen Craft as Prodigy's new Chief
Financial Officer.
	 PSINet's wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, PSINet Limited, reported the
purchase of an indefeasible right of use (IRU) for fiber optic cable from
Worldwide Fiber. The purchase enhances PSINet's dedicated IP network along
multiple routes across Canada, providing a large portion of the business
community with direct access to the US.
	 PSINet reported plans to expand its operations into Egypt. The company
	 said it will investigate opportunities to open a global Web hosting
facility in Cairo, and will seek to use its existing fiber-optic capacity
that terminates in Alexandria, Egypt, in order to extend high-speed Internet
access throughout that country. The company indicated it will either
establish or purchase a domestic ISP in Egypt to serve as a base for future
operations there.
	 SAP established a new subsidiary, SAPMarkets, dedicated to creating and
powering globally interconnected B2B marketplaces on the Internet.
SAPMarkets is intended to consolidate all of the current mySAP.com
Marketplace efforts, as well as SAP global partners, consultants, and sales
staff, to afford technology and cross-company integration assistance to
enable businesses to quickly create marketplaces. SAPMarkets will be
responsible for all existing and new vertical and horizontal marketplaces.
	 After warning that its earnings for the second quarter 2000 would not meet
analyst's estimates, SCO reported that it would reorganize its business by
de-emphasizing its UNIX server operating system business in favor of a focus
on its Tarantella software and Linux.
	 The company formed by the merger of Internet services firms USWeb/CKS and
Whittman-Hart reported that its new name is MarchFirst.

Regulatory News 
	 Avanade, the e-business services joint venture of Microsoft and Anderson
Consulting, was approved by the Federal Trade Commission. The firm, which
will provide e-commerce offerings based on Microsoft's Windows 2000 line,
will open for business April 1.

IT Services 
	 Cap Gemini agreed to jointly offer IP-based telecom services with
Hewlett-Packard. The joint-offering will include Cap Gemini's systems
integration services with HP's switching technology support services.

Standards and Protocols 
	 The ebXML Initiative, a joint effort of the United Nations/CEFACT and
	 OASIS to create a single international e-commerce XML standard, reported
that all eight Project Teams are on an aggressive schedule to deliver
specification components of the ebXML Framework. Components to be submitted
for approval at the May meeting in Brussels, Belgium include: ebXML
Requirements Specification; ebXML Conceptual Architecture Specification;
ebXML Message Structure and Headers Specification; and ebXML Core Components
Specification. Proposed specifications will be submitted for public comment
via the ebXML listserv and the ebXML web site. The initiative is open to
anyone wishing to participate.

Super Computers 
	 IBM reported that it would release a low-end supercomputer that uses the
Linux operating system. Using the free Linux platform is designed to lower
the total cost of the computers, making them accessible to users with
smaller budgets.
	 In addition, IBM introduced seven models of its ThinkPad i Series
	 notebooks specifically designed for individuals and small business users,
and outlined a program to provide small businesses with services similar to
those provided to IBM's large corporate customers. The program extends
IBM's Owner Privileges program beyond its existing one million individual
members to include small business customers.

Vendor Services 
	 Compaq introduced a portfolio of programs, products, and services for the
Service Provider market, aimed at fueling Internet infrastructure growth.
Compaq's financial commitment to the Service Provider market totals over one
billion dollars in the year 2000, including $600 million earmarked for
financing programs from Compaq Financial Services.
	 Hewlett-Packard reported that its WebQoS technology is available for sale
through Value Added Resellers and distributors that are authorized to resell
HP OpenView products. Additionally, HP WebQoS will be fully integrated into
the OpenView Authorized Partner Program.

		 Adrienne Edwards
COMPANY WEB SITES

3Com	http://www.3com.com/
Advisory Commission on e-Commerce 	http://www.ecommercecommission.org/
AltaVista	http://www.altavista.com/
America Online (AOL)	http://www.aol.com/
Andersen Consulting	http://www.ac.com/
AntiOnline	http://www.antionline.com/
Apple	http://www.apple.com/
Ariba	http://www.ariba.com/
Arthas.com	http://www.arthas.com/
Autoweb.com	http://www.autoweb.com/
Avanade	http://www.avanade.com/
Baan	http://www.baan.com/
Bank of America	http://www.bankamerica.com/
BASF	http://www.basf.com/
beenz	http://www.beenz.com/
Bertelsmann	http://www.bertelsmann.com/
Bluetooth	http://www.bluetooth.com/
BMC Software	http://www.bmc.com/
BP Amoco	http://www.bpamoco.com/
BuildNet	http://www.buildnet.com/
Caldera	http://www.caldera.com/
Cap Gemini	http://www.capgemini.com/
Cargill	http://www.cargill.com/
CarsDirect	http://www.carsdirect.com/
Chase Manhattan	http://www.chase.com/
Commerce One	http://www.commerceone.com/
CommerceQuest	http://www.commercequest.com/
Compaq	http://www.compaq.com/
Computer Associates	http://www.cai.com/
Corel	http://www.corel.com/
Covad	http://www.covad.com/
D. Logistics	http://www.dlogistics.com/
Danone Group	http://www.danonegroup.com/
DareStep	http://www.darestep.com/
Data Executives International	http://www.dei.com/
Degussa-Huls AG	http://www.degussa.de/
Deloitte Consulting	http://www.dc.com/
Department of Justice	http://www.usdoj.gov/
Deutsche Bank	http://www.deutschebank.com/
DoubleClick	http://www.doubleclick.com/
E.piphany	http://www.epiphany.com/
EarthLink	http://www.earthlink.com/
eBay	http://www.ebay.com/
ebXML Initiative	http://www.ebXML.org/
EDS		http://www.eds.com/
Epylon.com	http://www.epylon.com/
EquipMD	http://www.equipmd.com/
Ernst & Young	http://www.ey.com/
Federal Trade Commission	http://www.ftc.gov/
Financial Architects	http://www.finarch.com/
FindLaw	http://www.findlaw.com/
Freddie Mac	http://www.freddiemac.com/
Fuji Xerox	http://www.fujixerox.co.jp/
Gateway	http://www.gateway.com/
Goldman Sachs	http://www.goldmansachs.com/
H&R Block	http://www.hrblock.com/
Harbinger	http://www.harbinger.com/
Henkel KGaA	http://www.henkel.com/
Hewlett-Packard (HP)	http://www.hp.com/
Highland Capital Partners	http://www.hcp.com/
Hitachi	http://www.hitachi.co.jp/
Hutchison Port Holdings	http://www.hph.com.hk/
i2 Technologies	http://www.i2.com/
IBM		http://www.ibm.com/
IBM Global Services	http://www.ibm.com/services/
Inktomi	http://www.inktomi.com/
Inprise/Borland	http://www.inprise.com/
Intel		http://www.intel.com/
Interliant	http://www.interliant.com/
Internet Commerce Corporation (ICC)	http://www.icc.net/
J.D. Edwards	http://www.jdedwards.com/
JDA Software	http://www.jdasoftware.com/
JP Systems	http://www.jpsystems.com/
KPMG Consulting 	http://www.kpmgconsulting.com/
Lawson Software	http://www.lawson.com/
Legend Holdings	http://www.legend-holdings.com/
Lucent Technologies	http://www.lucent.com/
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com/
MarchFirst	http://www.marchfirst.com/
Metallgesellschaft AG	http://www.metallgesellschaft.de/
Metamor	http://www.metamor.com/
MicroAge	http://www.microage.com/
Micron Technology	http://www.micron.com/
Microsoft	http://www.microsoft/
Microware Systems	http://www.microware.com/
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter	http://www.msdw.com/
National Semiconductor	http://www.national.com/
Neoforma.com	http://www.neoforma.com/
Nestle	http://www.nestle.com/
Nihon Unisys	http://www.unisys.co.jp/
Nortel Networks	http://www.nortelnetworks.com/
Norwest Mortgage	http://www.norwest.com/
Novell	http://www.novell.com/
OASIS	http://www.oasis-open.org/
Octane Software	http://www.octane.com/
Onyx Software	http://www.onyx.com/
Oracle	http://www.oracle.com/
OracleMobile.com	http://www.oramobile.com/
PACCAR	http://www.paccar.com/
Palm	http://www.palm.com/
PEPEX	http://www.pepex.net/
Personify	http://www.personify.com/
Pivotal	http://www.pivotal.com/
Priceline	http://www.priceline.com/
PricewaterhouseCoopers	http://www.pwcglobal.com/
Prodigy	http://www.prodigy.com/
Progress Software	http://www.progress.com/
PSINet	http://www.psi.net/
Puma	http://www.puma.com/
PurchasePro.com	http://www.purchasepro.com/
Qwest	http://www.qwest.com/
Qwest Cyber.Solutions	http://www.qwestcybersolutions.com/
Rational Software	http://www.rational.com/
Red Hat	http://www.redhat.com/
Royal Dutch/Shell Group	http://www.shell.com/
SAP		http://www.sap.com/
SAS Institute	http://www.sas.com/
SCO	http://www.sco.com/
Segue Software	http://www.segue.com/
Sharp	http://www.sharp.co.jp/
Siebel Systems	http://www.siebel.com/
Siemens	http://www.siemens.de/
Societe Generale	http://www.societegenerale.fr/
StarMedia	http://www.starmedia.com/
Sterling Software	http://www.sterling.com/
SunGard	http://www.sungard.com/
Sybase	http://www.sybase.com/
T1msn	http://www.t1msn.com/
TDK	http://www.tdk.com/
Telmex	http://www.telmex.com.mx/
Texas Instruments	http://www.ti.com/
Toccata Technology	http://www.toccata.dk/
Toshiba	http://www.toshiba.co.jp/
TotalFine Elf Group	http://www.totalfine.com/
Truckxchange.com	http://www.truckxchange.com/
Unisys	http://www.unisys.com/
United Nations/CEFACT	http://www.unece.org/cefact/
USinternetworking	http://www.usi.net/
USWeb/CKS	http://www.uswebcks.com/
VA Linux Systems	http://www.valinux.com/
VeriCom	http://www.vericom.com/
VeriSign	http://www.verisign.com/
webMethods	http://www.webmethods.com/
Xerox	http://www.xerox.com/
XMLSolutions	http://www.xmls.com/
Xspeedium.com	http://www.xspeedium.com/
Yahoo!	http://www.yahoo.com/
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