Clint Boulton

Avaya, the enterprise network spinoff of giant Lucent Technologies Inc., Monday witnessed a busy morning — it began trading independently on the New York Stock Exchange and introduced a suite of integrated communications software, hardware and services. Looking to fulfill market demand for hosted solutions, Avaya, which sells phone systems and software to help businesses […]

Plumtree Software Monday unveiled the fourth version of its corporate portal with a special bonus — a new, patent-pending Massively Parallel Portal Engine that processes requests for information from a wide variety of computers in parallel. The result is that customers will benefit from added scalability and performance. Plumtree Corporate Portal 4.0 powers a network […]

Netzee Inc. Monday took aim at the mid- to large-sized financial institution market by scooping up John H. Harland Co.’s Internet banking and bill payment businesses for about $16.8 million. Netzee swapped 4.4 million shares of Netzee common stock for the financial software maker. Harland, which loaned Netzee $5 million, will have a 17 percent […]

No progress was made in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco Monday in Napster Inc.’s legal battle with the U.S. recording industry. The three-judge panel of the made no immediate decision on a request by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for a ban on Napster, all of which means the popular […]

One day after Apple Computer Corp. said its fourth quarter earnings will be substantially below expectations due to weaker sales in the past month, the stock market took its toll on the PC industry with a vengeance. Upon opening, Apple shares traded down $25.25, or 47 percent, at 28.25, and dipped even further by midday, […]

Two days after being pegged as darlings by analysts, 3Com Corp. Thursday stormed the Gigabit Ethernet over copper market with high-performance server network connections. The network equipment maker claims the high bandwidth connectivity products will increase network performance — by as much as 100 times — using inexpensive CAT 5 copper wiring. Gigabit Ethernet Server […]

Just a couple days after 3Com announced better-than-expected fiscal results for the first quarter, Chief Executive Officer Eric Benhamou stepped down after fulfilling a 10-year gig with the evolving network equipment maker. Benhamou turned the reins over to President and Chief Operating Officer Bruce Claflin, whose appointment will kick in January 1, 2001. Benhamou will […]

Apple Thursday is expected to report that its fourth quarter earnings will be substantially below expectations due to slower than expected sales in the past month. The firm said it expects to report revenues between $1.85 and $1.90 billion and earnings per diluted share, excluding investment gains, between $.30 and $.33 when actual results are […]

Those who never heard of MobilePlanet will now — the wireless product reseller was tapped by four technology giants to create a complete wireless solution for IBM’s popular notebooks. IBM, Intel, Motorola and Psion chipped in devices to create a solution specifically for IBM ThinkPad A and T series users to grab wireless access. The […]

Continuing its streak of product innovation fanfare, IntraNet Solutions Inc. (INRS) Wednesday introduced new technology from their recently-acquired information exchange for Web developers to clamor over. Courtesy of Inso Corp.’s Information Exchange Division, which INRS snapped up last July, Outside In® Version 6.1 lets those in the industry convert and access unstructured business content by […]

One week after ICG Communications Inc.’s executive foundation crumbled, the CLEC appointed Randall E. Curran as chief executive officer of ICG, making him the third skipper to try his hand at running the company this year. Curran, who most recently served as chairman, president and CEO of Thermadyne Holdings Corp., succeeds Carl E. Vogel, who […]

A month and a half after Adobe Systems Inc. sued it for patent infringement, Macromedia Inc. Wednesday fired back at its assailant in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Macromedia filed counterclaims for the infringement of several Macromedia patents. This action was taken in direct response to Adobe’s lawsuit against Macromedia for […]