David Aponovich

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 […]

iComs of Nashua, N.H., one of the earliest outsourced providers of order and payment processing for e-commerce sites, has laid off an undisclosed number of workers this week as it continues to focus on its revamped business strategy and becoming profitable. Chairman Cliff Conneighton said most of the cuts came from its engineering deparment, which […]

The executive purge continues at Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, where an accounting scandal has led to an exodus of top managers, including two CEOs in the past six months. The latest to leave: Chairman Roel Pieper, who has resigned in advance of an upcoming court-ordered shareholders meeting to be held by March 1 and […]

Biometrics firm eTrue has launched an online service that uses face and fingerprint recognition technology to let computer users gain access to corporate networks and the Internet. The first customer for eTrue’s biometric authentication service is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which will require employees to use biometrics to log on to the […]

As president of online directory Switchboard Inc., Dean Polnerow believes the days are numbered for the traditional phone book and Yellow Pages. As ads and information migrate online and new devices to access the information roll out, Polnerow foresees the day coming soon when “there will be no reason to reach into the closet for […]

CMGI Inc. continues to shuffle its operating companies, announcing Wednesday that its networking infrastructure unit CMGion acquired AdForce, which is building a management and delivery platform for online ads. For those keeping score at home, this is the second internal transaction since CMGI’s promise last month to create a leaner, more focused company. In the […]

Monster.com, the online job site whose 1999 Super Bowl ad helped build its brand, is putting out a call to all would-be millionaires. The company, the flagship brand of TMP Worldwide will debut a new ad campaign Tuesday during ABC’s wildly successful game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” According to Monster.com, the new […]