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Broadband Central plans to build 700 wireless Internet access sites in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington in the first phase of a national rollout. The company will install a proprietary 22-inch diameter 802.11 mast in each area. The device uses three antennas and advanced radio transceivers to provide service to subscribers […]

Networking giant Lucent and storage specialist McData will jointly develop offerings for enterprise and service provider data centers. Financial terms of the pact between the Murray Hill, N.J., and Broomfield, Colo., companies were not disclosed. The new product suite combines Lucent’s new OptiStar EdgeSwitch 2.0, an integrated optical Internet Protocol and storage router, with McData’s […]

Ensim Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based hosting automation service provider, today announced Ensim WEBppliance Basic for Linux, which it describes as the first commercial-grade control panel software for Web masters managing their own dedicated Web server. According to Ensim, WEBppliance Basic is designed to minimize the expertise required to manage a dedicated server, enabling shared hosting […]

RightNow Technologies, an ASP that specializes in hosted customer service and support services, yesterday announced the launch of CORE Professional Services initiative. An acronym for Continuous, Optimization, Results and Expertise, CORE is designed to optimize customer service operations. CORE is designed to address customer needs throughout the lifetime of the solution and deliver an increasing […]

Two of Intelius‘s founders said they have successfully defended themselves against a lawsuit by their former employer InfoSpace . The decision was delivered in King County Court in Seattle. InfoSpace was also ordered to pay attorneys fees, according to Intelius. An InfoSpace spokesman was not immediately available for comment. InfoSpace had alleged that Intelius’ CEO […]

Those early adopters in the know have embraced RSS, or Rich Site Summary as a method of gathering and reading syndicated content from blogs and news sites. Now you can add 802.11 Planet to your list of RSS content providers. Our RSS Feed, which allows software newsreaders and aggregators to pull in our regularly updated […]

Telecom equipment maker Lucent has landed $50 million in new contracts to upgrade and integrate voice and data networks at Army bases in North America and Asia. Lucent will provide the Army with services, including planning, design, implementation and operations during the project, as well as maintenance, program management and engineering services after. The Murray […]

Identrus, a consortium of banks that provides non-repudiation services for e-commerce business partners, has named former eFinance executive Karen Wendel as its new chief executive officer. Wendel takes over for Guy Tallent, a former Chase banking executive who was one of the founders of the consortium, which now counts about 60 global banks as members. […]

Cisco Systems today announced 14 new network security products and services in three categories: security management, virtual private network and threat protection. The rollout, which targets customers of all sizes, is part of the San Jose, Calif., company’s effort to safeguard Internet protocol networks with components that are easy to install and maintain. Among the […]

Spectralink of Boulder, Colo., still the worldwide leader in wireless Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony using 802.11-based handset phones (according to Synergy Research Group), today unveiled a new product to let owners of traditional private branch exchange (PBX) phone systems in an enterprise business take advantage of VoIP phones. The $7,950 NetLink PRI Gateway will […]

The U.S. Postal Service is offering its business customers a new online service that allows users to electronically make bill payments. The service is offered in partnership with CheckFree Corp. . Subscribers to USPS Online Payment Services Business Edition can enter invoice information, including adjustments and credits, to be sent along with their bill payments. […]

Terra Lycos today launched a new shopping search site, that combines Lycos’ search technology with BizRate.com comparison shopping tools. Neither the duration of the partnership, nor the financial terms were disclosed. The site will compete with shopping services from other Internet content heavy-hitters including America Online and Yahoo!. Located at bizrate.lycos.com, the service lets consumers […]