Dan Muse

Does the thought of your microwave oven talking to your PDA or your home security system feeding info to your notebook PC sound a bit farfetched to you? If it does, you don’t work for IBM’s Pervasive Computing Division. Saying “it’s time” for the concept of the connected home to become a reality, Mark Morneault, […]

Market research firm IDC sees big money in Web services, predicting the total market for software, services and hardware sales derived from Web services will reach $34 billion by 2007. However, in a recent report it offers a bit of caution to those caught up in the Web services craze. The market research firm reports […]

Calling its September purchase of rival enterprise ASP Qwest Cyber.Solutions, “a great win for us,” Corio president and CEO George Kadifa reported that the veteran ASP is “making significant progress” toward reaching EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) profitability in 2003. The comments came yesterday during a conference call in which Corio reported […]

Human resources services and payroll processing have always been ripe candidates for outsourcing. Now, with the advent of Web-based application services, those tasks are even more natural choices to move off-site. Ultimate Software , a Weston, Fla.-based independent software vendor (ISV) that specializes in workforce management, has been changing with the times since it began […]

Looking to bring end-to-end application integration to mid-size companies, NetLedger today announced NetSuite, a Web-based service designed to automate front-office and back-office functions. NetLedger, according to the company’s president Zach Nelson, defines mid-size as companies with 500 or fewer employees. The objective of NetSuite is to provide automated business process integration for enterprise resource planning […]

Aiming to help CPAs and accounting departments customize their offerings, Intacct Corp., an ASP that offers professional accounting services, today announced the release of three new management consoles. According to Los Gatos, Calif.-based Intacct, the E-Practice Console is designed for public accounting firms. The Multi-Entity Console is designed for companies that want to control the […]

Surebridge Inc., a Lexington, Mass.-based ASP, yesterday announced that it will develop and host marketing and e-commerce services for PUMA AG, a global footwear, apparel and accessories company. Surebridge reports that it has completed development enhancements to PUMA’s Internet storefront designed to allow the company to scale its operation to support the significant increase of […]

In keeping with the trend to publish application programming interfaces (APIs) in anticipation of Web services integration, Vocus, an ASP that specializes in public relations automation, today announced the release of its API. According to the Lanham, Md.-based company, its API is built using Microsoft XML Web services and the Microsoft .NET Framework. The Web […]

In its largest implementation of hosted Microsoft Exchange 2000 to date, USA.Net today announced it will implement an upgrade for more than 30,000 United Airlines pilots and flight attendants. United Airlines had been using USA.Net Performance Messaging, a proprietary Web-based e-mail service. The goal of the upgrade is to provide United Airlines employees with a […]

In a move designed to help service providers and telecoms offer low-cost, hosted messaging to their consumer and small business customers, Apptix today announced the launch of High Volume Messaging (HVM). The Sterling, Va.-based private-label ASP said that it developed HVM to help service providers quickly and profitably roll out high-volume messaging services based on […]

Open Harbor, a San Carlos, Calif.-based, independent software vendor (ISV) and ASP today announced that DHL Worldwide Express will use its Web-based, real-time global trade management service to power its Worldwide Clearance System (WCS). Open Harbor describes the deal as “a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract” in which DHL will implement Open Harbor 4.0 (also announced […]

Upshot Corp., a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of Web-based customer relationship management (CRM) services, yesterday announced Upshot Alerts, a feature designed to alert company sales reps and executives about critical changes in the status of a deal or account. The announcement was made the the DEMOmobile 2002 conference held this week in San Diego. Upshot […]