ChannelWeb B2B Tip Sheet: Security Concerns Tarnish Allure of ASPs

Welcome to the ChannelWeb B2B Tip Sheet, which offers bits of advice and news items which are available through ChannelWeb, the B2B network for solution providers.

Three Out Of Ten ASPs Cheat Data security concerns are tarnishing the allure of ASPs. One consultant says that when he investigated 30 application hosting providers, 9 of them were selling their customers' data. And yet they all had privacy policies in place they were violating. For a closer look at the problem, click here.

Dominate An E-business Space

Dominating an e-business space consists of: mastering the concept of market selection; gaining the ability to assess and segment your market; and knowing which markets you do not want to target. To read the full story by Theresa Lina, CEO of Lina Group Inc., a consulting firm that works with B2B services and management consulting companies focused on the New Economy. To read more about dominating an e-business space, click here.

Overcoming The Top Dotcom Pitfall

Internet services firm Primix Solutions is launching an e-branding service to help its clients make their e-business strategies more effective. Frank Mainero, the company's chief branding officer, says "The essence of e-business is in interaction, and that involves relationships. The heart of every interaction is a brand." Mainero says the e-branding strategy will help Primix clients improve customer relationships and loyalty, which he says is the main pitfall of many dotcoms. click here.

Learn From The Best

See how the top 125 e-business professional service companies are challenging the way automation is delivered and helping customers participate in the digital e-business revolution. It's all in a special VARBusiness report. Read the report by

clicking here.

Big Two Team To Offer Platform For E-Transactions

IBM and Vignette have teamed up to integrate IBM's WebSphere CommerceSuite and Application Server with Vignette's V/5 e-business software architecture. The result will be an integrated e-business transaction platform that will include applications that allow customers to create and extend relationships with customers, partners and suppliers over the Web. click here.

Peter Bochner is the director of community for ChannelWeb. If you have any ideas, advice or tips, send him an e-mail at pbochner@cmp.com or call him at 781-839-1288.