Clint Boulton

Cisco Systems grabbed up another optical networking firm Friday, purchasing privately-held Qeyton Systems of Sweden for $800 million in stock. The deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, marks the second Friday in a row that Cisco has grabbed a technology firm amid its optical networking expansion. Last Friday, Cisco bought […]

Net security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Thursday expanded its relationship with IBM Corp. to support IBM’s new RS/6000 enterprise servers: models M80, H80 and F80. The new IBM family of servers adds to the range of scalable IBM platforms for Check Point’s security solutions. IBM’s new M80 UNIX midrange server with copper chips […]

Portal giant Yahoo! Inc. Thursday expanded its consumer services with the rollout of Web hosting and domain registration sites. Yahoo! Website Services is geared to provide people with the tools and flexibility they need to build, host and maintain their online presence in an efficient and secure environment. The property also allows one-click access to […]

OneMediaPlace — formerly Adauction.com — this week secured $67 million in private investment financing led by CMGI @Ventures. Media firms PRIMEDIA , Liberty Media , and the French investor Artemis were the benefactors for the advertising marketplace. CMGI @Ventures first infused OneMediaPlace with $25 million in April. Funding will be used to develop OneMediaPlace as […]

A federal judge has sided with Microsoft Corp. in the latest round of its ongoing Java license dispute with Sun Microsystems Inc. U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte agreed to Microsoft’s request for summary judgment, effectively dismissing Sun’s copyright claims. The decision comes after an April decision in which Whyte rejected select portions of Sun’s interpretation […]

IntraNet Solutions Inc. Monday launched an add-on to its Xpedio Content Management System that features a a publishing module for assembling complex publications from a variety of managed content. Xpedio Merge features facilitates dynamic assembly and personalization of complex publications that allows multiple authors to use components managed in the Xpedio Content Server to create […]

Macromedia Inc. Monday rolled out the first authoring software that allows developers to visually create and edit data-driven Web applications on multiple server platforms. Macromedia’s (MACR) Dreamweaver UltraDev can accelerate delivery of projects ranging from dynamically generated pages and forms, to enterprise class solutions such as e-commerce stores, inventory management systems and database applications for […]

The past year at iVillage.com has been hectic to say the least. In its finest year since its inception in 1995, the women’s media network sounded its trumpet by going public. The New Yorker published a stylish feature about its content and the personalities behind it. The hysteria over iVillage.com (IVIL) reached its zenith when […]

Cisco Systems Inc. resumed its torrid buying spree Friday by grabbing content switch provider ArrowPoint Communications Inc. in a stock deal worth about $5.7 billion. Cisco will exchange 2.1218 shares of Cisco common stock for every outstanding share and option of ArrowPoint Communications. The acquisition is expected to be completed in Cisco’s fiscal fourth quarter. […]

AltaVista Co. Thursday made a move it hopes will raise its profile in the crowded search engine market. The company unveiled a new site that features a number of technological advancements. The CMGI Inc. (CMGI) majority-owned firm launched Raging Search, a search site designed for exerpeinced Internet users that provides faster results. Raging Search complements […]

Content delivery solution specialist NextPage Wednesday launched a software application that gives corporations the ability to access information from Internet sites, intranets and document repositories as if the content existed in a single location. Using LiveEnterprise, professionals can search, navigate, categorize and personalize information from disparate content sources in real time. Once retrieved, the documents […]

Instant camera giant Polaroid Corp. Wednesday became the latest firm to launch a B2B marketplace. The site, launched with technology and resources from digital business builder Viant Corp., will offer business and professional users an online experience that focuses on delivering real-time imaging solutions and e-commerce through channel providers. For the perennial photography giant, the […]