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Managed hosting provider Globix Corp. on Monday announced plans to acquire Aptegrity, a managed services provider (MSP) focused on web-based applications. Under the agreement, Globix will acquire substantially all of the assets and assume specific liabilities of Aptegrity. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Aptegrity has the processes and applications expertise to meet the […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a new Web page Thursday devoted to the agency’s actions on environmental and historic preservation. The FCC has specific responsibilities under federal laws such as the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) to evaluate the impact of its rules and regulations on the […]

The rumor mill is buzzing that Apple is getting into the hotspot business. Apparently Apple’s U.K. division had recently posted a job (the listing has since been removed) looking for a hotspot evangelist. The reason most often hypothosized? Intel’s Centrino chip marketing is on its way to making the world believe Intel created wireless access. […]

Interland, a top Web hosting firm for small- and mid-sized businesses, recently completed its inaugural e-commerce study. In the nationwide survey of small businesses with Web sites, the company reveals several interesting trends in e-commerce, as well as general online developments. The study shows that 78 percent of small businesses think their company benefits from […]

The Netcraft Web Server Survey is a survey of Web server software usage on the Internet. Netcraft received responses to its October 2003 survey from 43,700,759 sites. This is 556,385 (about 1.3 percent) more sites than responded in September, and it represents a new peak in the number of responses received. Once again, Apache, Microsoft, […]

Internet security specialist Network Associates on Tuesday announced it would pay $70 million to settle a slew of class action lawsuits alleging stock price inflation. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm, which markets anti-virus and network management software, has entered into an agreement to settle the pending class action suits filed in 2001 and alleging that […]

Supply chain software provider Verticalnet has teamed up with analytics software developer Alphablox Corp. to integrate Alphablox’s InLine Analytics platform into future releases of its Spend Analysis and Supplier Scorecard applications. Verticalnet’s supply management solutions allow analysis of spending and performance data for purchased materials and services. The Spend Analysis and Supplier Scorecard modules extract […]

Two Silicon Valley-based e-commerce consortiums joined forces Tuesday in an effort to advance online businesses on a global scale. Non-profit groups CommerceNet and the Open Network for Commerce Exchange (ONCE) said they will consolidate resources and create a new membership division, the nucleus of which will consist of the existing ONCE organization, its members, programs, […]

Once the pride of Silicon Valley, AVCOM’s assets are being sold off in large chunks. The latest buyer is Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based Technologent. The deal finalized this week includes AVCOM Technologies’ Intellectual customer database and other undisclosed assets. Financial details of the transaction were not revealed. Formerly headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, AVCOM Technologies offered […]

New competition for the many online hotspot directories (including our own HotspotList.com) is out in … paper? Don’t discount it, since it is the Zagat Survey mini-guide of 2003 Wi-Fi Hotspots. It is part of the Sept. 22 issue of The New Yorker, and lists 50 Zagat top-rated hotels and restaurants with hotspots in Chicago, […]

NASA has selected McLean-Va.-based InDyne as the prime contractor for its Kennedy Integrated Communication Services (KICS) contract to support various programs at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Total estimated value of the contract is approximately $190.7 million. Under the contract, InDyne will provide communications services at KSC in support of the space shuttle program, international […]

Two U.S. telecom players announced longterm services deals in Europe this morning. Sprint has renewed a 10-year wide area network pact with SWIFT, a Belgium cooperative providing secure messaging software and services to 7,500 financial institutions in 199 countries. The Overland Park, Kan., company will provide and manage international phone lines to the SWIFT backbone […]