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Is OneSource the "One-Stop Shop" for Company Info? Drawing from more than 2,000 public resources and a large internal database, the Web service aims to be the ultimate reference on companies -- especially private tech players
The Star Power That Got Flooz Flying Whoopi Goldberg helped turn the online gift certificates into a brand. Now can Flooz keep the momentum going? JANUARY 9, 2001 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Why Hummingbird Is Soaring: Data Portals The Toronto software company takes wing with its EIPs -- customized private Web networks with powerful search engines JANUARY 2, 2001 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Keeping Far-Flung Staff Legally up to Snuff LRN eases the burden of legal training for corporate employees, and it's one of the few application service providers that aren't disappointing investors DECEMBER 26, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP For Softlock, the Rights Stuff Wasn't Good Enough After disappointing e-book sales, the Web publisher is turning away from digital-rights management to create demand for content instead DECEMBER 19, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Why Homestore.com Isn't Yet Home Free To cement its lead, the online real estate listings service has bought Move.com and started eRealtor. Still, regulators and resurgent rivals could keep it from the winner's circle DECEMBER 12, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Can 800.com Bring Back Its Blue-Ribbon Days? As the threat from brick-and-mortar rivals grows more ominous, the upstart electronics e-tailer has tumbled off the chart in a survey of online customer satisfaction DECEMBER 5, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Grassroots Tries Change at the Top The political activism site hires former Clinton press aide Mike McCurry as CEO as it moves to sell services to trade groups and nonprofits NOVEMBER 28, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Making Disappearing Inc. More Visible Even with nifty software that can force sensitive e-mail to self-destruct, the startup needs to persuade more big companies that its product is worth the trouble NOVEMBER 21, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Clearing a Path through the Tech Logjam For businesses flustered by all the choices, Jamcracker offers cheaper access to a powerful software and round-the-clock tech support. It could grab a big chunk of the ASP market NOVEMBER 14, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Dr. Soros Gives Bluefly a Shot in the Arm Designer-duds e-tailer Bluefly was fading fast when hedge-fund king George Soros played Santa with a $5 million cash infusion. Now everything depends on Christmas NOVEMBER 7, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Customer Software That Tackles All the Tricky Stuff Texas startup Agillion caters to small outfits with its low-cost Web-based programs. Can it tap the potentially huge market potential? OCTOBER 31, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP A Lingua Franca for Net Data? Some big players are betting that XML will be the key language for Web info and that DataChannel will have the edge in that arena OCTOBER 24, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP An Open Sesame for the Whole Web Part of a new niche of "portable identity" services, Catavault's one-password access to the Net could aid e-tailers as well as customers OCTOBER 17, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP What Will Keep Them Dialing Up Dialpad.com The free, easy-to-use Net phone service has signed up millions. Now it needs to lose the static and, some say, diversify revenues OCTOBER 10, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP A New Tune for MusicMatch's Jukebox Its latest software starts taking the company to its goal of providing music on demand -- where it's sure to find plenty of rivals OCTOBER 3, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Can E-Genco Take the Hassle out of E-Tail Returns? If it can, century-old Genco Distribution stands to garner a nice return from its efforts SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Stop & Shop: An Earthbound Grocer Stocks Its Virtual Aisles The Royal Ahold unit's clicks-and-bricks strategy might give it a leg up on Webvan, but then the online-grocery battle is still young SEPTEMBER 19, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP A Sea Change for the Shipping Biz GoCargo is helping to slash ocean transport costs by having shipping companies bid for cargoes at its Web auction site SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 — COMPANY CLOSEUP Will Amazon Move Greenlight into the Fast Lane? The online auto seller's e-tailing partnership could rev up its distinctive direct-sales Web business  View Next Page | 1999 Company Closeup Archive | |
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