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By Ryan Naraine Multi-currency transaction processing firm WorldPay on Monday announced the purchase of select assets of ClickPay, an e-commerce software start-up owned by New York-based Professo, Inc.. WorldPay, which has headquarters in Sterling, Va., said the transaction helps its continued global market expansion. Financial terms of the deal were not released. Under the agreement, […]

Tarantella Inc., and Financial Services Dot Com, (FSDC), a UK-based developer of Internet portals for the finance and legal markets, yesterday announced that Tarantella Enterprise 3 web-enabling software has been selected to deliver applications for FSDC’s ASP service. FSDC will use Tarantella software to enable the FSDC portal to become a single information point, in […]

FIRM Inc., a New York, NY-based provider of online information and research management software, yesterday announced it has selected Exenet Technologies to host its ASP production environment. FIRM, a subsidiary of Norweigan-based company, FIRM AS, will use Exenet’s hosting infrastructure to provide improved security, scalability, performance, uptime and stability, service upgrades it says it needs […]

In its second partner pact in as many weeks, content delivery specialist Akamai Technologies has teamed with software giant BEA Systems , to help companies deliver Web-based applications without buying costly infrastructure. Financial terms were not disclosed. The agreement allows BEA’s WebLogic, a platform for e-business applications, to work with Akamai’s EdgeSuite, a service using […]

Communications technology and messaging solutions provider, Critical Path Inc. , today announced it will provide international business law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer with a hosted email service to protects employees from unsolicited junk email and email-borne viruses. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s decision to opt for the hosted email service is part of the firm’s initiative to […]

WebEx Communications, Inc , a provider of interactive communications infrastructure for business meetings on the Web, today announced pharmaceutical retailer, CVS Corp. , as its new customer. CVS is using the WebEx Meeting Center service to create better lines of communication with its nationwide regional, district and store managers. WebEx’s multimedia communications infrastructure supports data, […]

Response Networks, a North Andover, Mass-based provider of service-level management software, announced yesterday that it has secured a fourth round of funding. The company reports that it will receive $4 million now and an additional $1 million by the end of the year. Zesiger Capital Group, a money management firm based in New York City, […]

E-business consulting and integration firm, Centrifusion, and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance announced Monday they will form a partnership and build, market, and service e-commerce infrastructure solutions. Says Dan Dokmanovich, Centrifusion’s CEO, the partnership will expand the depth of each firm’s technical experience and help them stay ahead of competition. “By building proficiency with […]

BakBone Software(TM), a provider of storage management software, today announced a strategic partnership with Nishan Systems, supplier of native IP storage solutions, and Plasmon, manufacturer of automated data storage libraries, to jointly develop, market and support a certified optical archive/retrieval storage solution. According to BakBone, it has certified Nishan’s and Plasmon’s offerings with its UNIX […]

Intersil Corporation, a provider of power management solutions for PCs, file servers and portable information appliances, this week announced the new Endura(TM) ISL6115 and ISL6116 hot plug/swap power controllers. The company said the new controllers are designed to provide economical and reliable power control for power distribution applications including high-end servers and storage systems. “Mission […]

Eurologic(TM) Systems this week announced the next generation of its SCSI network storage systems, the Ultra320 SCSI-ready ULTRAbloc(TM) network storage system. The second product line in Eurologic’s next-generation FLEXIbloc(TM) family of network storage solutions, Eurologic said ULTRAbloc is designed to minimize the risk of migrating to emerging SCSI technologies. Ultra320 SCSI will be the seventh […]

Syncsort Incorporated and StorageTek(R) this week announced that Syncsort’s Backup Express has been certified with StorageTek’s LibraryStation(TM) software. According to the companies, the integration of these two technologies allows customers to easily share large tape libraries, such as StorageTek’s Powderhorn(R) automated cartridge system, between mainframes, UNIX and Windows systems. The companies also said Backup Express […]