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LivePerson, Inc.’s real-time communications solutions will add a Java-based version to its product line, giving Mac, Linux, Unix, and Network Stations a new level of live customer care functionality. The Java-based version of the software merges the benefits of a robust and easy to use interface with full cross platform portability. The support of Java […]

This month sees three changes to our Top 20 lists, making February one of the more tumultuous months so far in the history of the ASPnews Top 20. Shifts in the balance of power among infrastructure providers have led to the departure of two software vendors from our infrastructure list, while there is one change […]

Activate, a subsidiary of Seattle’s Loudeye Technologies Inc. , will Webcast the launch of Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET live from San Francisco at 9 a.m. PST Wednesday. “Activate has contributed to the success of many past Microsoft events,” said Kevin Ledley, group manager for MSDN Online, Microsoft. “They’ve demonstrated an understanding of our needs and […]

Storage vendor Storage Engine, Inc. has reduced its staff by seventeen. According to the company, the reductions relate to a general trend in the data storage industry of reduced orders resulting in losses. Storage Engine said its reductions did not effect Storage Engines Sales and Marketing Departments. The company said its Synchronism product line, as […]

Vixel Corporation , a provider of storage area networking (SAN) solutions, and Chaparral Network Storage, Inc., a provider of storage infrastructure products, have announced the certification of Vixel’s 9000 series 2-Gigabit/second (2Gb/s) Fibre Channel switches with Chaparral’s JFS224 & JFS226 RAID controllers along with the VFS113 & VFS226 Fibre Channel to SCSI Routers. “With the […]

Storability, Inc., a provider of storage management technology and services, today named John Rando as Chairman and Tim Leisman as President and CEO. Leisman replaces Matthew Westover, who will continue to drive strategic opportunities for the company as a founder and member of the board of directors. “This is a natural progression for companies moving […]

Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) has formed a cooperative support agreement with Veritas Software to address the support needs of mutual customers. “StorageTek is dedicated to open environments in terms of both opening direct mutual support channels with partners and promoting the establishment of open systems standards,” said Tim Steadman, StorageTek Director of Corporate Alliances. “Our […]

Former Palm CEO Carl J. Yankowski surfaced Tuesday as executive chairman of GeoPhoenix, the start-up developer of an interface that the company claims will simplify use of handhelds and other devices. The company said Yankowski was hired to help the company commercialize and license the interface. “Carl was able to profitably expand the Palm brand […]

Whether you’re ready or not, Web services is set to make a lot of noise in the developer community, and Microsoft Corp. intends to lead the band with the general release of Visual Studio .NET — the first major piece of its .NET Web services strategy — at VSLive! on Wednesday. Visual Studio .NET is […]

Seattle-based fabless semiconductor company Impinj Inc. recently received the “Most Promising New Technology” award from Washington state’s influential technology association, the WSA. Impinj said Tuesday that the honor is the fourth award for technical and business excellence the company has received since officially launching the company less than six months ago. In December 2001, the […]

Yahoo! Fronts for FTD.com Yahoo! will be promoting online florist FTD.com with one of its rare front-page rich media ads, through a deal that continues the Web portal’s efforts to attract deep-pocketed advertisers with premium inventory. The ad consists of a thin, 40-pixel vertical strip of scrolling text — offering “10 percent off” and “fresh […]

Salesforce.com, a provider of online customer relationship management (CRM) software, announced today that it plans to offer new offline and enterprise versions of its popular sales force automation product. The new products will be called salesforce.com Offline Edition and Enterprise Editions, respectively. The current online product will be renamed Professional Edition and will be marketed […]