Cathleen Moore

IBM in early 2002 will rev up its WebSphere Portal Server, creating tighter links to the WebSphere Application Server and integrating content publishing, search and Web services functionality.

Tapping its vast resources, IBM Corp. early next year plans to rev up its WebSphere Portal Server, creating tighter links to the WebSphere Application Server and integrating content publishing, search and Web services functionality.

IBM plans early in 2002 to unite its relational database wireless synchronization engine with the Lotus Domino Everyplace Server, in a new release of the WebSphere Everyplace Server family of software.

Several big-name organizations such as General Motors, Scotiabank and EMC will soon be hitting the books online, tapping e-learning services and products from vendors Saba Software, SmartForce and KnowledgeNet.

Looking to offer customers a short cut to return on investment for portal deployments, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday rolled out its Microsoft Solution for Intranets, which ties together existing portal, collaboration, and streaming media technologies into an integrated offering for departmental workspaces.

Microsoft Solution for Intranets ties together existing portal, collaboration and streaming media technologies into an integrated offering for departmental workspaces.

IBM Corp. and Vignette Corp. announced last week a pre-bundled package of software and hardware designed to streamline the deployment of e-business infrastructure and reduce cost of ownership.

Jumping on the critical services bandwagon, Xerox Corp. on Monday launched a consulting division aimed at helping users with successful enterprise content, knowledge, and document management system deployments.