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IntraNet Solutions Inc. Thursday licensed Autonomy Corp.’s technology for use in its Xpedio Content Management System. With this deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, Xpedio customers will be able to deliver personalized content for intranet, extranet and Internet solutions. Autonomy develops software that automatically organizes and categorizes large volumes of information mainly for use […]

RightNow Technologies, a provider of Internet customer service solutions, Thursday unveiled an upgrade to its product line. The RightNow Web 3.2 suite incorporates patent-pending technology designed to make relevant customer support information more accessible to Web site visitors, improve backend management capabilities and tighten integration with help desk and sales force automation systems. The integrated […]

ePod Corp., which offers a platform for converging online advertising and commerce, Thursday struck a marketing deal with advertising solutions provider DoubleClick Inc.. As part of the agreement, DoubleClick will offer the ePod showcase through its network. The ePod showcase is a transactional unit that contains an advertiser’s branded message and targeted products. The product’s […]

New generic top-level domains (gTLDs) could hit the Internet as soon as the end of the year, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers said in a report issued Wednesday. The ICANN board of directors will consider the adoption of a policy to create new gTLDs at its next meeting in Yokohama, Japan on […]

American Online Inc. Thursday denied it’s fired the final salvo in what has been dubbed the “Instant Messaging Wars.” Reports that America Online intends to offer an architectural plan which would allow fully interoperable instant messaging systems with rivals as the means to gain regulatory approval for acquiring Time Warner, Inc. may be overblown. Tricia […]

Concentric Network Corp. Wednesday kicked off the first phase of a global remote dial access solution that can connect users to a local area network, a virtual private network or to the Net. Concentric CorporateDial provides real-time management tools for maintaining a dial network. The basic dial service includes: a secure Web-based management tool allowing […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. Wednesday tossed its hat into the $30 billion plus network storage market. The firm unveiled its new storage systems line-up looking to eliminate technological limitations of rival data storage suppliers. Armed with an open platform scalable server product line-up in the mid-1990s, Sun attacked traditional mainframe market share with an onslaught of […]

Lightningcast Wednesday launched a streaming media advertising network serving both Webcasters and advertisers. To date, the company has inked deals with webcasters CyberRadio.com, DiscJockey.com, eRadioLive and 2000Radio.com. As part of the agreements, Lightningcast will inserts ads into streaming media. “Our technology enables advertisers to reach more than 25 million avid users of streaming media, or […]

Creating Web-based phone sites for ski reports, concert ticket sales, or company telephone directories just got easier. Tellme Networks, Inc. Wednesday moved to bring Internet open standards to telephone networks. The firm developed one of the first open platforms so that businesses and individuals could use its services to create phone sites. The voice-activated phone […]

Kmart’s online venture, BlueLight.com Wednesday tapped e-mail-marketing master LifeMinders, Inc. to deliver the retailer’s signature “Blue Light Specials” over wireless devices. Fran Maier, BlueLight.com vice president of marketing, said the online entity is dedicated to delivering exceptional values to its members in the tradition of Kmart’s famous “Blue Light Specials.” “LifeMinders’ wireless technology allows us […]

Advertising.com pushed its way into the wireless marketplace Wednesday with the release of a new technology that delivers targeted advertising to WAP-enabled devices. The ad delivery technology serves ads as text links, banners or interstitials that pop up for two three seconds as users navigate from page to page. Beyond Interactive Inc., a global interactive […]

IBM unveiled HotMedia 3.0, which incorporates streaming video and 3D imaging. The product enables interactive and visually stimulating effects, resulting in longer stays on the Web site, increased business and significant cost savings, according to Dr. Armando Garcia, vice president IBM Content Management Solutions. The product is a rich media solution based in Java technology […]