Dan Muse

In a move designed to offer broader market-driven services, Atomz, a San Francisco-based provider of Web-based search and content management applications, today announced what it labels its On-Demand Web Site Solutions. The services will include three offerings: Atomz Commerce, Atomz Enterprise and Atomz Media & Entertainment and will offer search, content management, promotions, e-marketing and […]

The life of a hosting service provider (HSP) can be a tough, low-margin existence. These days, HSPs are finding themselves looking for a competitive edge in what has been become largely a commodity service. To help provide that edge, Ensim Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company that specializes in hosting automation software, today announced new versions […]

Do business owners and executives know more about what’s going on in Hollywood and Washington, D.C. than they do about what’s happening in their businesses? Sound far-fetched? Maybe a bit, but it’s true that from a technology point of view sometimes it seems easier to track Britney and Bush than it is to keep tabs […]

Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications, today announced availability of what it describes as “the first ever large-scale Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) commercial offering in North America.” The company began gearing up for the rollout in June when it announced a pre-commercial IPv6 service through five POPs in the San Francisco, Los Angeles and […]

Customer relationship management (CRM) software has been around for years and has become a staple of many large businesses. Yet small and midsize businesses (SMBs) have not been quick to adopt CRM. SAP AG , a Newtown Square, Penn.-based division of the software giant, thinks it knows why. CRM has been been sold to SMBs […]

Looking to fill out its server line with an offering aimed at large enterprises running transaction-intensive applications, IBM today announced the eServer xSeries 455, which is based on Intel’s 64-bit Itanium 2 processor. Designed, according to Big Blue, with scalability in mind, the xSeries 455 uses IBM’s Enterprise X-Architecture (EXA), which takes advantage of what […]

When it comes to finding products that improve efficiency and lower operating costs, few groups are as eager as hosting service providers (HSPs). In a market known for its low margins, the capability to consolidate tasks and servers can make the difference between profits and loss. Looking to help HSPs better tap their human and […]

The future of digital content is a memory card about the size of a postage stamp, according to research conducted by Aberdeen Group for the Internet Home Alliance. The Boston-based research firm and cross-industry network of companies — which boasts a roster of members ranging from Cisco and Microsoft to Sears and Whirlpool — will […]

There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but, by golly, there is free customer relationship management (CRM) software. Starting yesterday, you can sign up for the gratis service at FreeCRM.com. The catch is that after the first of the year you will have to put up with advertisements. For the rest of […]

Providing your customers with fast, reliable and personalized service is becoming a hallmark of good business practices in today’s information-rich, Internet-enabled world. Thanks to customer relationship management (CRM) software it’s getting increasingly easy to have detailed info on all aspects of your customer relationships — from favorite baseball team to payment history — at your […]

With server space a commodity item, hosting service providers (HSPs) are constantly looking for ways to offer value-added services. In an effort to help its HSP customers offer premium services, Ensim Corp, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based hosting automation software provider, today announced Ensim Power Tools. The add-on to Ensim’s WEBppliance is designed to allow HSPs to […]

With the increase in the number of employees and contractors contributing from home-based offices, checking in from the road, or logging in at remote sites, the need to offer off-site access is increasing for businesses of all sizes. Setting up a virtual private network (or VPN) is an effective solution. But not every company has […]