When it comes to messaging and collaboration software, most companies turn a blind eye to the teetering stacks of information workers accumulate over weeks, months and even years.
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday that it is offering a Corporate Accounts program to draw businesses, libraries, schools and government buyers to order supplies from the Seattle-based Internet retailer.
Somewhere, an old, wizened baseball scout who never before touched a computer is typing player statistics into his laptop instead of scribbling on hotel notepaper.
Microsoft Corp. will embed its Messenger software in the Windows XP desktop, making the instant messaging (IM) tool now available through MSN readily available on a user's desktop, the software giant announced this week.
Handheld computer maker Palm Inc. plans to lay off an undisclosed number of workers later this month, its second cutback in recent weeks, due partly to an earlier delay in the release of its latest personal digital assistants.