Clint Boulton

Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday took a time out from its Net firm shopping spree to introduce the Internet Communications Software Group. Primed to lead Cisco’s software strategy, the group delivers software platforms that enable enterprises, service providers and application vendors to improve the functionality of converged voice and data networks. Included in the new strategy […]

Following the lead of several Net industry giants, eBay Inc. Monday launched its own mobile Internet strategy. The online auctioneer unveiled eBay Anywhere, a new mobile strategy geared to make eBay accessible from WAP mobile phones, handheld computers and personal digital assistants. To help ensure its presence in the mobile field, eBay has enlisted together […]

Yale University Thursday selected TimeVision Inc. OrgPublisher for Intranets to chart their employees using corporate intranets. Yale University uses OrgPublisher for Intranets to track its facilities employees — workers in the engineering, finance, administration and information systems departments. Yale Network Administrator Mike Fanara chose OrgPublisher for Intranets because of its ease of use, he said. […]

Open Market Inc. Thursday rolled out a new product it hopes will lure clients to less expensive caching for personalized Web sites. Called the Satellite Server, the application lowers the cost of a business’ Net content delivery infrastructure and accelerates the performance of its site, which is expected to lead to a significant increase in […]

Yahoo! Inc. Thursday rolled out the second phase of its strategy to make its content widely accessible to mobile users. Yahoo! has added wireless access to its yellow pages, driving directions, people search and wireless directory with search and bookmark options on the go. Geared for users of mobile phones and handheld devices, the launch […]

Genuity Inc. Wednesday rolled out its new nationwide business-grade digital subscriber line service. Genuity’s Enterprise DSL Internet Access Service is the first service to offer companies a reliable single-source for DSL services that includes activation and provisioning, customer support and billing. In the past, enterprises would negotiate with DSL providers to build national, B2B extranets […]

Akamai Technologies and F5 Networks Inc. Wednesday paired their technologies to create a product that routes users to the closest available content on the Akamai network. Called the “Akamaizer,” it will be made available as an add-in software module to F5’s BIG-IP Controller and as a standalone appliance. Akamai and F5 , a Net traffic […]

ShowCase Corp. Tuesday released its ShowCase Xpedio Web Content Management solution to the public. The ShowCase Xpedio solution is bolstered by ShowCase’s licensing agreement with IntraNet Solutions Inc. ShowCase includes both Intranet Solutions’ Xpedio Web content management system and integration with ShowCase’s STRATEGY data warehousing and business intelligence suite. ShowCase Xpedio offers access to business […]

Norwegian browser developer Opera Software AS Tuesday moved to cash in on the wireless Internet by offering the keys to mainstream browser users. The company unveiled support for the WAP and WML standards, to be included in its latest browser, Opera for Windows 4.0 Beta 4. WAP, or Wireless Application Protocol, gives access to sites […]

Wit Capital Group Monday acquired investment banking firm E*OFFERING for about $328 million in stock. E*OFFERING shareholders will receive approximately 32 million shares of Wit Capital Group, representing approximately 25 percent of Wit Capital’s fully diluted shares. E*TRADE Group, General Atlantic and SOFTBANK will collectively own more than 25 million shares of Wit Capital Group […]

America Online Inc. expanded its e-commerce offerings Monday by teaming with leading automotive retailer AutoNation Inc. to co-brand an online car store. In the multi-year alliance, the terms of which were not disclosed, AutoNation and its licensees will be the exclusive retailers of new and used vehicles to AOL members who purchase a car or […]

Considering the current hot dot-com climate, it comes as no surprise that college graduates are exposed to a wealth of opportunity. But, according to a study conducted by career resource site WetFeet.com, some college graduates are ignoring the Internet boom, opting for more “traditional” employment. WetFeet.com Co-Founder Steve Pollock said a new nationwide survey of […]