Clint Boulton

When you ask consumers if their PCs are protected by antivirus applications lurking on the system in search of malicious code, some of the more technically knowledgeable people will tell you confidently that they are protected by Norton or McAfee, or one of any number of security applications on the market today. But pose the […]

Already a firm under great duress from slowdowns in advertising spending, MyPoints.com’s Chief Operating Officer Chaz Berman stepped down Friday to pursue other interests. Berman is the second executive to leave the direct marketing firm. Claiming he lacked the experience to manage “high-growth” companies, Chief Executive Officer Steve Markowitz resigned November 2 and has not […]

Syndicated e-commerce provider Nexchange Corp. late last night sent an e-mail to customers notifying them that it will be packing in its business over the next few weeks, InternetNews.com has learned. Nexchange co-founder Joe Michaels told InternetNews.com Friday his firm was closing its doors because it could not find sufficient funding. Michaels declined to say […]

British Telecom’s applications service provider unit teamed with Plumtree Software Thursday to develop applications and services fronted by a Plumtree-based corporate portal and hosted by BT Ignite. The ASP suite, hosted by BT’s broadband and Internet Protocol business, looks to offer customers, medium to large business and governments personalized messaging applications, directory services and collaboration […]

In an expanded relationship of two household brands, RealNetworks Inc. put its head together with portal NBC Internet Inc. to house NBCi/Real.com Guide in RealPlayer. Financial terms were not disclosed. Those who download RealPlayer beginning Thursday will be able to make the guide their preferred home page, granting access to news, information and multimedia content […]

After a severe market beating late Tuesday, switch and router specialist Foundry Networks Inc. secured a breather Wednesday when it signed on Lucent Technologies Inc. to resell its entire family of ServerIron Web switches. Financial terms were not made public. In the co-branding deal, Lucent’s Internet Content Delivery and Distribution (iCDD) division will man the […]

IntraNet Solutions Inc. Wednesday found another customer for its leading Xpedio Content Management Solution system when corporate housing developer Oakwood Worldwide picked the suite for its intranet. The deal, for which financial details were not made public, allows Oakwood’s 3,500 employees to publish their business content, including property photographs and destination information, from any source […]

Media network Red Herring Communications Tuesday chose Plumtree Software Corp. from a pool of corporate portal specialists to fortify its company-wide intranet. Plumtree will license its brand of corporate portal to provide a single Web interface to the applications and information that Red Herring’s workers use daily, including Oracle ERP, Microsoft Exchange and various legacy […]

In addition to laying off almost half of its employees, incubator VirtualFund.com Inc. said it fired Chief Executive Officer and President Melvin Masters in a detailed public statement issued late Tuesday. In a stay-afloat maneuver that coincided with the termination of 91 of 212 workers, VirtualFund.com said Masters was found insubordinate and breached fiduciary duties […]

Microsoft fans looking to scope out the next version of Windows can do so on online resource center DevX.com Inc beginning Monday. Dubbed Whistler, the pending version of the popular operating system can be given a test drive at the new Whistler-Savvy Developer Center where articles, discussion groups led by experts, downloads and more are […]

Terminal operator Tideworks Technology Monday said it has spawned a new global intranet powered by Eprise Corp.’s Participant Server. Tideworks Technology, a division of marine terminal operator Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), provides software solutions to cargo terminal operators worldwide and needed the portal as its key information conduit for 1,200 employees throughout the world. […]

E-mail provider Crayfish Co., Ltd. Friday grabbed a 47 percent stake in Intranets K.K., the Japanese arm of popular free intranet provider Intranets.com. The deal is worth 600 million yen. Crayfish will purchase 1,500 ordinary shares currently owned by Hikari Tsushin and 2,500 ordinary shares that will be newly issued by Intranets Japan. The purchase […]