========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 5, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Proofpoint FREE REPORT: OUTBOUND EMAIL SECURITY AND CONTENT COMPLIANCE Everyone is familiar with inbound e-mail threats such as spam and viruses, but little attention has been paid to the risks posed by outbound email. Learn how IT execs are meeting these challenges in this free report from Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1337-19-40-6723-147924-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Yes, Virginia, There Is A New Kiosk 1. News: Holiday Online Sales Projected to Jump 20 Percent 2. News: Visa Wraps Up Database Security in Time for the Holidays 3. News: Survey Finds Gap Between Supply-Chain Tech, Business Strategy 4. News: Oracle Makes 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer 5. News: CA Releases Open-Source Windows Version of Ingres Database ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Yes, Virginia, There Is A New Kiosk While mostly being used to scan bar codes for prices, new types of self-service kiosks have the potential to help customers check off items on long shopping lists. Read more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1337-19-40-6723-147927-1 Visit eWEEK.com's Holiday Shopping Special Report http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1337-19-40-6723-147930-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Holiday Online Sales Projected to Jump 20 Percent Forrester Research is projecting that online holiday sales this year will hit $13.2 billion, which represents a 20 percent increase compared with last year. Find out more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1337-19-40-6723-147933-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Visa Wraps Up Database Security in Time for the Holidays Database security vendor Application Security has entered a two-year partnership with Visa International to ensure that the world's largest credit card issuer is on the cutting edge of protecting its databases. Find out how this protection works. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1337-19-40-6723-147936-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Survey Finds Gap Between Supply-Chain Tech, Business Strategy High-tech vendors and retailers are at the top of the list when it comes to the progressiveness of their supply-chain initiatives, while the forestry and mining industries are near the bottom. Find out why. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1337-19-40-6723-147939-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Oracle Makes 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer After much speculation that it would raise its bid yet again, Oracle has announced its latest offer for PeopleSoft: $24 per share, up from $21 per share, or $7.7 billion. Read about Oracle's latest offer. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1337-19-40-6723-147942-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: CA Releases Open-Source Windows Version of Ingres Database Computer Associates will release a Windows version of Ingres r3, the newly open-sourced database that the company hopes will worm its way into the heart of the enterprise. 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