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Following a slough of personnel and management changes over the past few months, Bellevue-based Infospace seems to be back to work in full swing focusing on their primary business of broadband and wireless. The company announced this morning, that it has inked a deal with CNNSI.com, AOL Time Warner’s sports Web site, the home of […]

Silicon Alley wireless firm Savos, a streaming media play which delivers audio to the mobile devices, has been acquired by GiantBear. Terms were not released. White Plains, New York-based GiantBear said it plans to add the streaming audio technology built by Alley-based Savos to its AudioCub product. The product would allow mobile phone users to […]

Dotster Inc., an Vancouver, Washington-based, ICANN accredited domain name registrar, today launched its Instant Reseller System, a tool for clients to add domain registration services to their Web sites. “With the Instant Reseller System, a complete registration system can be implemented into an existing Web site in just a few simple steps,” said Clint Page, […]

[20 March 2001] – The SA government’s recent disclosure of a new draft telecoms policy has met with the approval of several leading local e-players including M-Web and Kalahari.net. “We welcome the clarity provided by government in this move and are also encouraged that the policy was released on time,” stated M-Webs CEO, Antonie Roux. […]

Storage management software company BakBone Software today announced at the FOSE government IT show that its NetVault backup/ restore software product has been certified by the U.S. government for use in federal agencies. According to BakBone, the Federal budget for information technology (IT) in the fiscal year 2001is estimated to be $39.7 billion, with the […]

CMP Media Inc. Monday said it would fold its TechWeb news service into its Business Technology Group (BTG), where it will serve as a “content packager.” Until the restructuring, TechWeb was a separate division under the BTG with its own site. In the new structure, TechWeb will package for delivery through the BTG’s media brands: […]

Pumatech Inc. said Monday that its Web-based Intellisync.com data synchronization service is now available to the public. The new service is in addition to the company’s synchronization platforms and software for individuals and for the enterprise. The Web-based service provides a centralized sync service for handhelds, Net-enabled phones as well as desktop and laptop computers. […]

Nexsi Systems, a network infrastructure solutions provider, Monday said it inked a deal that is bringing John McFarlane onboard as the San Jose-based company’s CEO. Prior to the deal, McFarlane served as an executive VP at Palo Alto-based networking giant Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW). “A CEO of John’s stature, who is intimately familiar with the […]

Due to the fear that they may be spied upon by US secret services, the German Foreign Office and the German army want to seal all security gaps, according to the current edition of the news magazine Der Spiegel. The German army will no longer use any Microsoft software in computers that are used in […]

[19 March 2001] – Absa and the University of Pretoria recently teamed up to combat the dearth of vital information technology (IT) proficiency and learning in the South African marketplace. Together Absa and the University will seek to pool resources in the areas of education, training, recruitment and IT research projects. Absa has, over the […]

Sun Microsystems, Inc. and VERITAS Software Corporation today announced VERITAS Cluster Server(TM) clustering support for the Sun StorEdge(TM) T3 array. According to the companies, the Sun StorEdge(TM) T3 array is a highly scalable storage system for mission-critical enterprise environments. It is now certified by both Sun and VERITAS to support VERITAS Cluster Server, a scalable […]

While the buzzword “digital divide” seems to have faded from many American’s lips as a greater focus once again has fallen on reconstructing the U.S. economy, the core issue still remains a major problem throughout the world. The Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation, created by Seattle wireless mogul Craig McCaw, took steps to go beyond […]