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• Small-Scale Projects Dominate CIOs' Wish Lists.

  - 2003-08-01

  A study released in June by Giga Research, an operating unit of Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc., provides insights into specific spending areas that CIOs presently value. The study, "Improving Business and IT Efficiency," culled insights from 10 CIOs...

  Tags: CIO, Giga Information Group Inc., hardware, INTERNET, Outsourcing, Portals, software, Strategy

• Giga Information Group Teams With NetRatings for Strategic Web Site Analysis

  - 2003-04-01

  Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and MILPITAS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 5, 2000 Agreement adds Nielsen//NetRatings usage data to Giga's Web Site ScoreCard service for most comprehensive Web site analysis available Giga Information Group (NASDAQ: GIGX) and NetRatings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRT) today announced an agreement whereby Giga will include...

  Tags: Company, Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, MARKETING, NetRatings Inc., Nielsen//NetRatings, team, Web

• Cambridge, Mass., Technology Research Firm to Purchase Tech Advising Firm.

  - 2003-01-22

  By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 22--Forrester Research Inc., the Cambridge technology research firm, said yesterday it reached a deal to buy Kendall Square neighbor Giga Information Group Inc. for about $60 million in cash. ...

  Tags: FINANCE, Forrester Research Inc., Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, Investment, Strategy, Y2K

• Buyer's economy

  - 2002-10-10

  IT managers' jobs are a little easier, thanks to the economic downturn, because technology sales executives are much more accommodating. Buyers report that the haggling process is now less like a war of attrition, and more like a mutual quest for compromise. "I find sales people are not as...

  Tags: analytics, Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, MARKETING, Portals, Pricing, SOFTWARE, supplier

• WATCHFIRE DEBUTS WEBSITE ANALYSIS/REPORTING MANAGEMENT.

  - 2002-10-01

  Watchfire Corporation, Lexington, Mass., a provider of Website Management software and services, has launched a new service offering WebXM Managed Service, a hosted website analysis and reporting management service. Powered by WatchfireR WebXMTM, this service provides companies with flexible reporting options and packages, giving them...

  Tags: e-business, Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, Watchfire, Web

• Giga Information Group's Top Analysts to Keynote at eBusiness Integration Conference Series

  - 2002-09-05

  Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 5, 2002 Featuring Premier Media Partner CXO Media, Forum Provides Business and IT leaders With Practical Solutions and Advice on E-Business Integration Challenges Giga Information Group, Inc. (OTC BB: GIGX) and BrainStorm Group Inc., have joined forces to co-produce the...

  Tags: conference, e-business, E-business/E-commerce, Giga Information Group Inc., integration, INTERNET

• Watchfire Announces Managed Service Offering for Website Content Analysis.

  - 2002-08-22

  LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSSETTS, Aug 22, 2002 Giga Information Group Inc. to Utilize WebXMTM Managed Service as Part of its Web Site ScoreCard ServiceTM Watchfire Corporation, a provider of Website Management software and services, today launched a new service offering, WebXM Managed Service,...

  Tags: e-business, Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, Watchfire, Web

• Impossible choice

  - 2002-08-19

  In June 2002, network managers and IT chiefs from across Europe gathered in a Stockholm hotel to discuss the imminent fall of KPNQwest, the latest telecommunications carrier to be buried under an avalanche of debt. As users debated the implications of a sudden loss of service, one industry executive stood...

  Tags: bankruptcy, Europe, Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, network, NETWORKING, SLA, supplier, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Web, WorldCom Inc.

• Impossible choice

  - 2002-08-10

  In June 2002, network managers and IT chiefs from across Europe gathered in a Stockholm hotel to discuss the imminent fall of KPNQwest, the latest telecommunications carrier to be buried under an avalanche of debt. As users debated the implications of a sudden loss of service, one industry executive stood...

  Tags: bankruptcy, Europe, Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, network, NETWORKING, SLA, supplier, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Web, WorldCom Inc.

• Giga Information Group to Hold Investor Conference Call On July 18

  - 2002-07-09

  Business/Technology Editors Giga Information Group, Inc. (OTC BB: GIGX) today announced that it has scheduled an investor conference call for 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, July 18, 2002, to discuss its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2002. The investor call will be accessible...

  Tags: FINANCE, Giga Information Group Inc., INTERNET, Outsourcing