David Aponovich

Vitech America Inc., a Miami company that is one of Brazil’s leading PC manufacturers, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it tries to avoid a court order that it repay $41 million in loans to Gateway . Vitech said the reorganization filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Florida is an attempt to remain […]

Five of the biggest Hollywood studios have partnered to launch a video-on-demand service that will allow consumers to access their vast collections of movies via a broadband Internet connection. The partnership involves Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios and Warner Bros., and represents Hollywood’s first large-scale effort to use the Internet to deliver […]

IBM vaulted to the lead in the U.S. server wars during the second quarter of 2001, gaining more than nine points of market share while rivals Sun Microsystems and Dell each lost share, according to an analyst report. The report on server sales from Gartner Dataquest shows that IBM’s share in the second quarter jumped […]

Web content delivery firm Akamai Technologies has signed a deal to help the world’s largest theme park operator, Six Flags Inc., boost its online infrastructure and performance. Six Flags has deployed Akamai’s EdgeSuite service to improve the speed and reliability of its Web site. The deal coincides with Six Flags’ 40th anniversary celebration; the company […]

Digital media distributor Loudeye Technologies Inc. has named company executive David Weld to be its president and chief operating officer. Weld will oversee day-to-day operations at the Seattle firm. Weld was promoted from senior vice president and general manager of Loudeye’s digital media services group. He will report to CEO John T. Baker, who also […]

Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments and Internet media delivery giant RealNetworks announced they’ve broadened their alliance to offer an integrated streaming audio and video solution for a range of devices powered by TI’s high-end digital signal processors. Under the deal announced Monday, TI will embed RealAudio and RealVideo in its TMS320C6000 DSP platform of high-end digital […]

As recently as 1998, Zurich U.S. Insurance, a property-casualty insurance giant based in Schaumberg, Ill., routinely engaged in tedious data gathering exercises that, by today’s Web standards, seem arcane. Every month Zurich would produce for each major corporate client a compact disc of the past month’s claims (workplace injuries, accidents, etc.), then package, stamp, and […]

Internet services provider Genuity has forged a deal to add EMC Corp.’s data storage equipment to Black Rocket, its network-services platform launched last year with a $20 million marketing campaign. The technology and marketing alliance calls for Genuity, of Burlington, Mass., and EMC, of Hopkinton, Mass., to work together on product integration and development while […]

Creditors of Vitts Networks, a Manchester, N.H., voice and data service provider operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, want a judge to force the company to close on April 9. The request was made Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, the Union Leader newspaper of Manchester reported. A ruling will be made at a […]

Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, and competitor Ericsson have signed separate deals to use software from IBM’s Lotus Development Corp., of Cambridge, Mass., in their newest Web-enabled wireless phones. Lotus’ Mobile Notes will be deployed in the new Nokia 9210 Communicator, set for release in the U.S. later this year, and Ericsson’s R380 […]

USDataCenters Inc., a Marlborough, Mass., a provider of managed Web- and data-hosting services, has landed $10 million in venture capital to expand its facility. The funding boosts the total venture backing for USDataCenters, founded in 1996, to $17 million. Contributors to the latest round include previous backers BancBoston Capital and Housatonic Partners, along with cable […]

Boston information technology consultancy Keane Inc. is selling its help-desk business unit, including it technical support center in Kirkland to an unspecified “global leader in technical support services.” The unit employs a combined 1,000 people. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Keane said it expects an unspecified gain on the sale, scheduled to close […]