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International Design and Construction Online (e-IDC.com), an e-business portal for the architectural, engineering and construction (aec) industry, has signed a three-year contract with SwapDrive, a provider of online storage and file management software and services. Under the agreement, e-IDC.com will offer SwapDrive’s Web-based file storage, viewing, sharing and redlining capabilities to its members who include […]

MetraTech, a Waltham, Mass., maker of Web billing software for services companies, has named Christine J. Cox chief financial officer. Cox comes to MetraTech from CUseeMe Networks, Inc. of Nashua, N.H. After nine months as corporate controller, she advanced to vice president of finance, then CFO and treasurer within a year. During her four years […]

Designed to wet the palette of investors and shareholders alike, New York-based Barnes & Noble.com has recorded guidance for the first quarter ending March 31, 2001 that includes a sales projection falling in the neighborhood of $109 million. The projection is an increase of 23 percent from the corresponding period a year ago. While most […]

Vodafone U.K. Monday became the latest wireless operator to say it had successfully completed a live voice call over its forthcoming third-generation (3G) network. Vodafone launched its GPRS network earlier in April. It said that Monday’s 3G call was completed over the operator’s initial 3G build-out of 30 radio base stations. Vodafone said it expected […]

Switch and Data today announced an agreement with Williams Communications to install high-capacity fiber network connections in 20 markets nationwide, providing increased connectivity options to Switch and Data’s service provider customers. According to Switch and Data, the agreement expands its carrier services portfolio, and enhances its role as in high-demand metro areas. It targets customers […]

HERZLIYA, ISRAEL — CheckM8 said it has introduced a new online advertising technology on Israeli business news website The Marker. CheckM8 says its platform is an “end-to-end” solution that can adjust the location, appearance, movement and size of advertisements on a screen according to user device and behavior. The platform supports any size, shape and […]

Verbatim(R) Corporation today announced it plans on shipping DataLifePlus(R) 4.7GB DVD-Recordable (DVD-R) General Use media in volume this month. According to Verbatim, the media supports the DVD-R for general use drives from Pioneer and the new DVD/CD drives offered with Apple(R) and Compaq(R) computers. Verbatim’s new 4.7GB DVD-R discs will also be compatible with other […]

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced it is strengthening its commitment to the Service Provider community by extending the SunTone(SM) Certification and Branding Program and introducing new initiatives to help companies architect, build, certify and go-to-market with Web-enabled services that meet high industry standards. According to the company, at the company’s SunTone + iForce Service Provider […]

SINAPORE — Singapore Mainboard-listed Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd. has invested US$7.18 million in Thailand-based Logic Company Limited to expand into the Asia Pacific region. Frontline president and chief executive officer Lim Chin Hu said, “This investment in Logic allows us to enter into a strategically important alliance with one of Thailand’s largest IT solutions providers, […]

SINGAPORE — Ericsson Technology Licensing AB, responsible within Ericsson for the development and licensing of the Bluetooth wireless technology, has signed a contract with Korea-based Samsung Electronics to incorporate Bluetooth technology into Samsung’s semiconductor products and devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. The joint licensing agreement is said to expand Ericsson’s global position in […]

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — European B2B is not living up to its erstwhile promise and will only get going by 2003, noted research company Gartner. A year ago European e-marketplaces looked as if they were well on their way to competing with more traditional forms of doing business but they haven’t lived up to […]

Although Microsoft has snubbed Bluetooth in its forthcoming Windows XP desktop operating system, Rappore Technologies Inc. said Monday its new Bluetooth host protocol stack and software developers kit (SDK) eventually will. The company said the stack currently is available for Windows 98, 2000 and Windows CE and is portable to Windows XP and embedded Linux. […]