Stories about: iSyndicate

IBM Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a portal server and portal building applications for businesses.

Corporate IT managers can look for new Web search and navigation tools, content syndication software and managed network services from start-ups that were showcased at a conference for venture capitalists and Internet entrepreneurs held this week.

Last month, internet content aggregator and distributor Screaming Media went public, raising US$60 million. In a rocky market, this rare completion of a content-related IPO raises the question: Is content king again? "Whether it is or it isn't, there's an enormous demand for it," says Andrew Ross, executive VP at Salon.com. "And there's even some willingness to pay for some of it."

If you, like me, are no longer impressed with cool but random information you find online, consider this alternative: Build your own portal.

After three years of tracking the phenomenal growth of electronic business, brick-and-mortar companies are ready to make their Internet move. By now, the e-business drivers at these traditional companies have a good grasp of the problems they'll face when making the transition to a business model driven by Internet dynamics with business partners and customers.

Losing customers daily, his boss threatening to fire him, Jason Monberg gambled his company's future on Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)-a new Java technology. It was the act of a desperate man.