Stories about: MarchFirst

Most companies store reams of data about their customers. The IT challenge has been how to integrate and massage that information so the business side can respond immediately to changes in sales and customer preferences.

Plans by the executives at Workcover in South Australia to e-enable their organisation have hit the wall, and the project effectively has to be restarted.

Struggling software company Novell Inc. today reported that it will lay off 5 percent of its employees after posting a second-quarter loss that it blamed on write-downs, slower IT spending and the company's transition from selling proprietary networking software to products that link the technology of different vendors.

Traditional companies are having an easier time filling long-empty IT staffing positions as former dot-com employees return to the corporate fold. But corporate IT managers report that not all of those returning are the cream of the crop.

Technology and management consulting firm Accenture Inc. filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday.

After staying mum on its future for the past week, Internet consulting firm MarchFirst Inc. said Monday that it will lay off 30 percent of its workforce, or 1,700 employees, sell many of its assets to Internet holding company Divine Inc., and close its Australian operations in an effort to pay off a US$53 million loan.

Consulting firm MarchFirst Inc. (MRCH) , on its last legs, began laying off employees Thursday after days and weeks of rumors that it would cut up to half its staff and reorganize.

UPDATE: Troubled US internet consulting company marchFIRST has called the administrators into its Australian operation, The Industry Standard has learnt. A spokesman for Arthur Andersen confirmed that it had been appointed as the voluntary administrator.

Struggling Internet professional services firm MarchFirst decimated the ranks of its workforce in an effort to cut costs, announcing around 1000 lay-offs earlier this week.

Is wireless unstoppable? Despite major issues regarding usability, reliability, and security swirling around wireless communications, signs are pointing to a dramatic shift toward wireless for conducting e-business.

It may just be the best of both worlds: the excitement and electricity of attending a football game with thousands of other rabid fans, coupled with the convenience of instant replays and updated scores from around the league.