The business model of the week is building, hosting and securing Web sites for companies. Xacta knife . Just as naturally, Xacta has its eye on private-sector riches. Of course, with the high values Wall Street is giving to Net firms, many dot-coms may decide Xacta's price is too high.
Great minds think alike.
Last month, Marc Andreessen grabbed headlines with the introduction of Loudcloud, a Sunnyvale, Calif., company that hosts and maintains business Web sites. Close on the heels of the announcement came the launch of a company with a similar strategy. This can save companies the trouble of rounding up all the software themselves and lets Xuma get a site up and running quickly. That's a rarity in any business. Privacy Policy Stock data provided by Stockpoint and its data suppliers.