There is a great deal of confusion over the meaning of data warehousing. This article gives definitions and a high-level overview of the field and also provides the bios of its two pioneers.

By some estimates, 95 percent of all dotcoms will fail. What can you do if it looks like your company will be one of them?

"Now, let me ask you a couple of very simple questions. Did you concept-test your web site? Did you brand-test your web site? Did you test your web site's navigation ease and appropriateness? Did you test that visitors understood your web site and its functions, aims, and purpose, both before launching it and after it went live? If your answers to any of these are "no," I have to ask you why!" Read more...

The first great event in the history of e-commerce wasn't the invention of Netscape or the first e-Christmas. According to an E-Commerce Times roundup of the top 10 e-commerce milestones,
it was the 1984 adoption of the ASC X12 standard for electronic data interchange. That much-overlooked event paved the way for better-known milestones -- Netscape's arrival is event No. 2,
and the 1998 holiday shopping season is fourth on the list. Other great moments include the advent of Napster (No. 6) and the denial-of-service attacks that rocked some of the Web's
most popular sites in February (No. 8).

Di-Ann Eisnor is a master at persuading busy people to pay attention to digital brands. Her secret? If you want to move people to the virtual world, move your messages to the physical world.

The collapse of Digital Disrupters may mark the beginning of the great incubator shakeout that pundits have been predicting. But the Chicago-area hatchery's demise also offers lessons to other troubled incubators, thanks to its founder's candor about the mistakes that led him to lose nearly $2 million of his own money.

Red Herring looks at business incubators in light of the Aberdeen Group's ongoing study of the crowded field and its prospects (they say only 30% will succeed).

Note: Older EBF articles are not currently online. I'm not sure if this is temporary or permanent. If you click you will be taken to the Archive.org site to find an archived copy.

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Few in the boardroom would answer this question other than with an unequivocal "Yes" - which is why recent comments by Wendelin Wiedeking of Porsche merit closer attention. His and some other Europeans' attitudes offer a contrast to the very one-sided opinion run across in the U.S. press.

Article discusses a new generation of browsing tools lets you kill ads, change fonts, adjust backgrounds, and generally teach a web page who's boss.

This article examines a wide range of regulatory challenges to the new cyber order, offering the following mini-articles:

EUROPE
Despite Unification, Local Laws Might Take the "E" out of "EU"

ASIA-PACIFIC
In China, Malaysia and Singapore, Freedom and Control Dance a Digital Minuet

UNITED STATES:

A Presidential Campaign Tests the E-business Influence of Silicon Valley and Big Labor

Recently, three different research groups that track venture investing came up with as many different conclusions about the industry. Why? Yes, methodologies differ. But more importantly, each firm defines venture capital differently.

Whether you're sizing up an investment or a new hire, it's not enough to study the financials and the references. As due-diligence expert Barry Rhein will tell you, you've got to read between the lines.

A interesting look at Atlanta's conservative business culture, its affect on VC and new economy business incubation, and its plans for the future.

Businesses are harnessing the technology to spur sales and give workers an edge

You know the sort: They operate deep within big companies, well beneath the cultural radar, and are practically invisible to the top brass. Employing many different styles and strategies, typically waging small battles rather than epic wars, they work slowly to change the rules.

Our series on Outlook training continues with a lesson about archiving and AutoArchiving. This Microsoft Outlook feature works on the "out with the old, in with the new" principle and helps maintain tidy folders.

Excellent article profiles University of North Carolina B-School professor Jim Johnson, who is trying to address pressing social problems.

Every three months, 60 executives responsible for moving their companies into the Internet Economy gather to discuss challenges and frustrations. This group offers a remarkable window into what it takes to transform a big company into a Net company.

This .pdf BRIE working paper provides a basic history, overview and expanded discussion about venture capital.

Article provides an introduction to cache technology, a hot concept these days.

About 40% of Fortune 1000 companies now have chief knowledge officers, yet knowledge management remains focused more on data than knowledge, according to the authors. They examined knowledge management practices and found that traditional IS methodologies can be applied to the field of knowledge management. Their paper defines an integrated approach for those seeking a high-level, academic understanding of knowledge management processes.

Article reviews findings of a report entitled E-Commerce and the CFO: A framework for finance in the new economy, by Andersen Consulting and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) focusing on the impact of e-commerce on corporate finance.

Now that everyone understands the importance of tuning websites to maximize the user experience, the industry is scrambling to figure out how to measure it. This article discusses a new company, WebCriteria, that offers a service which is built on a model describing how users behave on websites. The model is based on usability tests with live surfers, where measurements were made of how different web page features such as load time, number of links, and size and placement of graphics affected surfer behavior.

amusing satirical look at spam email.

Article tracks some of the features and lessons learned from Intranet strategies to manage employee and expert knowledge at Booz-Allen, Arthur Andersen, E&Y and KPMG.