InternetNews Staff

By @NY Staff The struggles in the tech media sector hit the high gear this week with news that New York-based CMP Media would immediately shut down its InternetWeek magazine. CMP Media spokesperson Alix Raines told atNewYork the decision to shutter the magazine was a result of the ongoing contraction in the advertising market. “It […]

Seattle-based contact center solutions developer Envision Telephony Inc. teamed with CRM solutions provider Edify Corp., an S1 Corp. company, to provide customers with solutions for expanding their customer service capabilities. The agreement has the companies collaborating on joint marketing and sales opportunities. “The inherent synergy between Envision’s solutions and Edify’s products serves us well in […]

Building on a ten-year alliance with SSP Solutions Inc. , EDS , the Plano, Texas-based provider of strategy, implementation and hosting services, today announced that SSP has signed an agreement with EDS to host, deploy and manage SSP’s Trust Assurance Network (TAN). SSP’s TAN is a network of hardware devices enabling Internet security from server […]

By @NY Staff Empact Closes $10 Million Round; Hires New CEO Looking to exploit the explosion in outsourcing among tech companies, Empact Solutions has closed a $10 million funding round to help it build ASP products that keep tabs on vendors’ service level agreements. Sri Sridharan, a 26-year veteran of the technology industry, has also […]

In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, protecting data through the use of system area networks (SANs) has become one of the most important priorities for U.S. corporations, according to a survey by RBC Capital Markets and the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). Approximately half of the companies with over $1 billion in […]

Monster.com has inked a deal to provide online recruiting tools to professional services giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The pact covers job postings, country specific company profiles, access to Monster’s resume database, and a variety of banner and sponsorship opportunities. Financial terms were not disclosed. “To fulfill our human resource needs, we must reach the technology […]

LaCie announced today that it has expanded its SCSI Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) product line with the new 100GB (native) AIT3 drive. LaCie said its new AIT3 is a high-performance tape drive that stores up to 260GB (compressed). With the addition of the new AIT drive, LaCie now offers AIT +, AIT2 and AIT3 drives […]

Optical-networking products provider Sorrento Networks Corp. said that broadband-cable operator Cox Communications Inc. is deploying Sorrento’s metro and regional optical networking equipment as part of an extensive program to construct its own nationwide high-speed optical network. Sorrento is supplying GigaMux and EPC optical networking equipment as well as TeraManager, Sorrento’s carrier class management system, for […]

Intel in Ad Deal with Sportsline, NFL, Oddcast Chipmaker Intel has signed on to sponsor a Web-based, do-it-yourself highlight reel, powered by Sportsline.com and NFL.com. Using technology designed by rich media firm Oddcast, the Flash-based site offers tools for football fans to mix their own online highlight reel using footage from NFL Film’s archive, which […]

IE-Engine, a provider of software that helps companies pick and manage health care and benefits programs, has raised $6.4 million in first-round financing to enhance its product. The privately held company has joint headquarters in Gloucester, Mass., and Ottawa, Canada. Kodiak Ventures, of Concord, Mass., was lead investor. RBC Capital Partners, a Toronto affiliate of […]

Elogex, an ASP that specializes in collaborative logistics applications for the food, grocery and consumer-good industries, today announced it has added Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc. as a customer. Shaw’s will use the Elogex solution to manage its transportation operations. According to the Charlotte, N.C.-based Elogex, the first phase of the project will be to execute Shaw’s […]

Inrange Technologies announced today it began a controlled introduction at the end of December 2001 for what it said is the industry’s first 256-port fibre channel director. Inrange said the newest model of its IN-VSN FC/9000 family of directors features four times the capacity of other directors or switch products currently shipping. It provides users […]