BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 5, 2001 ISSUE
SPECIAL REPORT The Up-and-Comers PUBLIC EXULT Runs human-resources software. With customers like Bank of America, it may have staying power. Stock is at $12, up 18% since its June, 2000, IPO. VERISIGN The king of delivering Web-site security as a service. One of the few ASPs with an operating profit. Stock is at $56, down 78% from its peak, so this could be a buying opportunity. NOT YET PUBLIC LOUDCLOUD Web-browser pioneer Marc Andreessen's startup manages computer and software operations for e-businesses. It has filed to go public. JAMCRACKER Combines products from a handful of software makers into a single offering dished out over the Web. It's a novel approach, but with the first customers announced just five months ago, an IPO is not imminent. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Software Shakeout TABLE: How Software Services Stack Up TABLE: How It Works Smoking Out the Smart Buys TABLE: The Up-and-Comers How to Protect Yourself If Your ASP Goes AWOL TABLE: Survival Tools INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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