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Digex, Inc. , the Laurel, Md.-based managed hosting provider, today announced that Digex has expanded its offerings by adding Akamai’s EdgeSuite solution, an integrated suite of services for the seamless distribution of dynamic content. Digex says it is offering the Akamai EdgeSuite service to its enterprise clients as an integrated function aimed at extending the […]

Glenayre, a unified communications solutions vendor, has chosen Dot Hill’s SANnet as the storage component for its next-generation unified communications platform. “Glenayre’s unified communications platform provides service providers a scalable, reliable solution that makes it easier for their subscribers to manage their voice, fax and e-mail communications,” said Sonny Bettis, chief technology officer for Glenayre. […]

Level 3 Communications Inc. said it has signed multiple agreements to provide Cox Communications with broadband infrastructure services that support the company’s 779,000 residential and business high-speed Internet customers. With the agreements, Cox will be able to to provide high-speed Internet services over its own nationwide Internet Protocol (IP) network, officials said. Specifically, Cox has […]

In addition to demonstrating it’s new retail solution, Blue Martini Software, Inc. announced the results of an e-mail poll of 1,300 registered attendees at the National Retail Federation Show in New York this week. The poll focused on the retailing community’s ability to identify customers at the point of sale, access information about those customers […]

Webvisions, a Singapore-based hosting provider in Asia, today announced that it will deploy storage technology from nSTOR to offer network-based, remotely accessible Network Attached Storage (NAS) and managed Storage Area Networks (SAN) services to customers together with its on-demand storage and data recovery solutions programmes siteStore and siteBackup. As part of Webvisions’ Professional Managed Services […]

Cahners In-Stat/MDR reports that wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) connectivity has changed the public access market in two ways. First, WLAN deployment has shifted focus from residential access to business travelers. And second, wireless service providers are utilizing the subscription-based business model. Amy Cravens, In-Stat/MDR industry analyst, said cell phone use has become principally a […]

Cahners In-Stat/MDR reports that wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) connectivity has changed the public access market in two ways. First, WLAN deployment has shifted focus from residential access to business travelers. And second, wireless service providers are utilizing the subscription-based business model. Amy Cravens, In-Stat/MDR industry analyst, said cell phone use has become principally a […]

By Erin Joyce AT&T and consulting firm Accenture have signed a $2.6 billion outsourcing agreement designed to cut the phone company’s long-distance customer care costs in half and deploy new customer relationship management technologies. Dubbed a “co-sourcing” agreement, the five-year contract calls for AT&T and Accenture to bring their employees together to deploy new customer […]

When the ASP Industry Consortium announced in November that it was being acquired by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) it said it was making the move because it needed help to increase adoption for ASP-delivered products. The 8,000-corporate-member-strong CompTIA, the consortium said, could do just that (see ASP Trade Group Joins CompTIA). It looks […]

BrassRing, the Waltham, Mass.-based provider of Talent Relationship Management (TRM) systems, today announced that it has added new features to BrassRing Enterprise, its ASP and on-site solution. BrassRing says the enhancements allow recruiters to chat live with candidates online, offer a new remote data loading option, and the addition of Spanish, Dutch and Italian options […]

Seattle-based F5 Networks Inc. Tuesday rounded out its family of IP Application Switches with the BIG-IP 2000. The BIG-IP 2000 offers centralized processing, a switch fabric design, and integrated SSL termination. It comes with 16 Fast Ethernet and 2 Gb switch ports to support fast uplinks and multiple servers and devices. It ships with integrated […]

Vancouver, Wash.-based Micro Sharp Technology Inc. Tuesday forged an agreement to market New Edge Networks’ broadband services through its nationwide network of resellers. Under the agreement, Micro Sharp will supply New Edge Networks Services to its Technology reseller network and enhance the implementation of Micro Sharp Technology Netule line of server solutions. “With the rapid […]