Clint Boulton

Monster.com Monday moved to extend its position as an online career resource leader by acquiring privately-held Simpatix Inc., an e-recruiting Application Service Provider. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Monster.com, the flagship firm of recruitment giant TMP Worldwide, inked the deal on the strength of Simpatix’s technology, which provides HR professionals and hiring managers […]

CMGI Inc.-owned Engage Inc. moved to bolster its advertising network Monday by grabbing privately-held MediaBridge Technologies Inc. for $268 million in stock. To acquire the cross media promotional solution provider, Engage will issue approximately 14.5 million shares of Engage common stock to MediaBridge’s shareholders. MediaBridge makes it possible for traditional media firms to bring their […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. enjoyed a busy week in which two major events gave the giant company cause to celebrate. First, the firm kicked off its fifth JavaOne Developer Conference Monday in which it showed off its latest wireless technology products and signed up more than 500 companies to work with its Java 2 platform. And […]

Search engine giant Inktomi Corp. made a major move in the enterprise market Thursday with its purchase of search software specialist Ultraseek Corp. for $344.7 million in cash and stock. Inktomi will acquire all of Ultraseek in exchange for $3.5 million in cash and Inktomi common stock worth $341.2 million. Of the total consideration, $317.5 […]

3Com Corp. turned back the clock Wednesday, teaming with Accton Technology Corp. and NatSteel Electronics to finalize the spin-off of a dial-up modem firm. Called U.S. Robotics, which was the name of the modem firm bought three years ago, the new firm will assume 3Com’s dial-up modem product lines and business, including U.S. Robotics and […]

Visual content provider Internet Pictures Corp. Wednesday bought imaging service providers TBI imaging Inc. and Opticom Inc. in stock deals worth $10 million. iPIX will acquire all of TBI imaging as well as technology from Opticom that helps real estate professionals put content online. The merger is expected to close in the second quarter of […]

Handheld computer maker Palm Inc. Tuesday grabbed privately-held Actual Software Corp. in another move to catch the attention of mobile wireless users. The deal, for which Palm yielded $4 million worth of cash and stock, will close in the fourth quarter. Already a leading provider of e-mail solutions for the Palm operating system, Actual will […]

BarnesandNoble.com Tuesday led a $36 million financing round in digital publishing marketplace MightyWords. BarnesandNoble.com pumped $20 million into former Fatbrain.com subsidiary MightyWords, with $10 million coming from venture capital firm Vulcan Ventures Inc. The remaining $6 million comes from unnamed investors. Fatbrain.com will retain a percentage ownership in MightyWords, which will now operate as an […]

Addressing the increasingly popular online payment niche, Net security specialist VeriSign Inc. teamed with American Express Co. and Ariba Inc. Monday to deliver the first card payment processing utility for online B2B transactions. B2B e-commerce giant Ariba will add VeriSign’s B2B payment connectivity services with the Ariba Commerce Services Network to process American Express payments. […]

Aiming to help engineers and architects with their building projects, Bidcom Inc. Monday bought Net collaboration services specialist Cubus Corp. Financial terms were not disclosed. Bidcom offers a number of online-based procurement services for the construction industry. Bidcom President and Chief Executive Officer Doug Sabella said the purchase would allow his firm to offer clientele […]

As if the actions of the three major parties involved in the maligned Napster issue don’t feed the public enough ammunition, college students, artists, and the recording industry are being egged on — albeit, inadvertently, by outside sources. Last week, Reciprocal published the findings of a study by SoundScan unit VNU Entertainment Marketing Solutions. The […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. Thursday introduced e-utilica, a solution for service providers that may be included in their intranet. e-utilica will enable application service providers to offer technical design customers instant access to applications and compute capacity, helping them to streamline design collaboration. With e-utilica, ASPs can provide customers access to applications with scalable capacity to power […]