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In an effort to speed plans to reorganize and implement its new business model, Vancouver, B.C.-based GlobalMedia.com announced a number of changes in management and board composition. Jeff Mandelbaum will step down as the Company’s CEO and will resign from the board, on February 1, 2001, in order to pursue other opportunities. Two investor representatives […]

IBM and Research In Motion (RIM) said Wednesday that they would team to deliver RIM’s BlackBerry devices to IBM’s enterprise customers. The solution is designed to provide companies with the flexibility and convenience to complete a variety of wireless enterprise activities, including reading and sending email, logging on to corporate intranets, updating calendars, and accessing […]

In a bid to kick start the mobile commerce sector, security developer, Entrust, has launched a trial secure certificate service for WAP, allowing secure transactions to be made over wireless connections. The Web services subsidiary of the company, Entrust.net, has made the certificate service available for a trial period of 21 days to service providers […]

In the an earlier article in this space [Beware, Thieves!], we began a two-part examination of the theft of wireless service. The consensus is that while the risk of theft may not be huge, ISPs need to take “moderate and sensible” precautions against it. In this issue, we look at some of those basic precautions […]

CyberSafe Corporation, a provider of e-security solutions and services, has promoted Rick Fox to President and Chief Operating Officer. Fox previously served as CyberSafe Executive Vice President of Operations and CFO. John Rodriguez, CyberSafe Vice President of Finance will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. The new President and COO joined CyberSafe in April […]

[JANUARY 23] JERUSALEM – In Jerusalem’s Har Hotzvim technology park, the streets are filled with the din of bulldozers, signs of a new wave of development. In a season that has been punctuated with news of high tech failures, the construction seems almost anachronistic. Last month, Intel broke ground on a major $10 million expansion […]

[KOREA] Korean Air and Asiana Airlines plan to jointly establish a travel Web site, airline officials said last week. Officials of KAL and Asiana exchanged a Letter of Intent (LOI) to create the tentatively dubbed “Airline Portal,” where users can access comprehensive flight and travel information, including hotel and rental car services, and make online […]

After more than a year-long search process that spanned 300 potential suitors, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Tuesday elected Dr. M. Stuart Lynn to succeed Michael Roberts as president and chief executive officer. Lynn will take over when the board of directors’ March meeting culminates. As for qualifications, Lynn has about 40 […]

Amidst an announcement of revised revenue and net loss guidance for the fourth quarter 2000 and fiscal year 2001, Network Commerce revealed that it would shut down its consumer shopping network, ShopNow.com, during the first quarter of 2001. In addition, the company announced further workforce reductions and other cost-cutting measures. One hundred and forty-five people, […]

The Wall Street Journal reported today that International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) plans to begin offering digital music protection to shield record company music files from would be Web pirates. The Journal reported that Big Blue plans to enhance its electronic media management system, and intends to offer it to record companies and other customers […]

Lee Technologies Group is loaning $2.3 million to ServerVault, Inc., a secure managed hosting services provider based in Dulles, Va. ServerVault will use the credit facility to finance critical power, security, monitoring, and cooling equipment recently purchased for its state-of-the-art data center nearing completion. The credit facility also allows ServerVault to begin provisioning new customers […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] KarstadtQuelle, the department store chain based in Essen, Germany, achieved net sales of 29.7 billion German marks (US $ 14.19 million) in the financial year 2000. This corresponds to an increase of 2.4 percent, the company said on Monday in Essen. According to the information, e-business was more successful than expected. The volume […]