Elizabeth Clampet

Looking to accommodate the growing population of intranet users, Infoseek Corp.’s software division Monday announced a partnership with Viador Inc. to develop an intranet portal. Viador will embed Infoseek’s Ultraseek Server 3.0 into its E-Portal Suite 6 enterprise portal software. Users can access both structured and unstructured data sources including relational and multidimensional databases, business […]

While rumored to be on the selling block portal site AltaVista Co. Monday launched a series of new services for visitors and announced $5 million worth of promotions. The company updated its flagship service, AltaVista Search, to offer multimedia searches and said it will refresh its database every 28 days to guarantee relevancy. Twenty-five new […]

Friday’s deadline came and went for Network Solutions without the completion of its shared registration system tests and, as expected, the company extended the deadline to July 16. The testing is designed to prepare the five initial testbed registrars to take over when Network Solutions’ contract runs out next year. As of Friday’s deadline, only […]

E-commerce companies THINK New Ideas, Inc. and AnswerThink Consulting Group, Inc., merged Friday in a stock deal worth $231 million. Both companies offer comprehensive online solutions to businesses. THINK New Ideas shareholders will receive 0.70 shares of AnswerThink common stock for each share of THINK New Ideas common stock. The transaction is expected to close […]

Confirming recent speculation, Lucent Technologies Friday acquired Nexabit Networks in a stock deal worth approximately $900 million. Nexabit, which last week passed on previous buy-out offers, agreed to be bought by Lucent in a deal that will boost the company’s Internet product line and enable it to better compete with market leader Cisco Systems Inc. […]

In a move to enhance online security, Equifax Secure Inc. this week began shipping a digital certificate solution specifically for intranets, extranets and virtual private networks. Using secure sockets layer technology, Equifax Secure eBusiness IDs facilitate data transfers that are encrypted and protected from interception or tampering. Its other features include: Backward compatibility with 95 […]

Business e-mail service provider Critical Path Inc. added more tools to its belt with the acquisition Wednesday of Amplitude Software Corp., a company that produces calendars and scheduling utilities. Amplitude builds Web-based business solutions that address resource sharing and calendaring demands across an enterprise. Its product suite includes EventCenter calendar software, the Reserve shared scheduling […]

Following the lead of the international community to quash cybersquatters, Senator Spencer Abraham, a Michigan Republican, proposed a bill to outlaw the practice. Abraham introduced the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Friday, which would make it illegal to register someone else’s trademarked domain name with the intent of selling it later. While at first a misdemeanor […]

Internet service provider MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Monday launched a division devoted to serving the needs of small business Internet users. MindSpring Biz intends to provide a “one-stop resource” for Internet access, e-commerce applications, Web design and hosting tools to small businesses. “MindSpring Biz provides a starting point for our customers to be successful on the […]

Excite@Home Monday launched Excite Voice Chat which allows individuals to have real-time voice conversations over the Internet. Powered by Lipstream Networks Inc., the free service is found through the Excite portal at voicechat.excite.com. It is based on the text-based instant messaging platform, yet supports voice communications. Excite currently provides five chat rooms, separated into categories […]

Government watchdog groups are asking the U.S. government to hold oversight hearings on the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers. Citizens Against Government Waste, Americans for Tax Reform and Citizens for a Sound Economy all are calling for lawmakers to investigate the ways in which ICANN makes procedural decisions such as proposing fees for […]

Internet service providers studied hard to get high marks in modem speeds and connection rates on the latest report card released by Inverse Network Technology Inc. The industry average modem connection speed improved 34 percent, reaching 3.11 kilobytes per second in May, up from January 1998 results of 2.05 KB per second. The company said […]