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Sell-side electronic commerce software company Intershop Communications Inc. delivered the Intershop Marketplace Toolkit, a set of products and technologies for building, selling onto and enabling electronic marketplaces on the Internet. The company said the toolkit, which supports its “Sell Anywhere” strategy, enables a variety of marketplace-oriented business models including: Sellers, wishing to sell their products […]

Qwest Cyber.Solutions LLC unveiled the QCS Business Partner Program yesterday, with the goal of enabling premier technology solution providers to evolve their business model to include ASP services from Qwest. QCS recognizes that as the ASP model is continually being validated on a daily basis, systems integrators realize the importance of rounding out their offerings […]

Just when it looked as if players in the emerging healthcare ASP market were in the midst of various mergers, news that two separate merger agreements have stalled hit the wire. The TriZetto Group, Inc. yesterday announced that its merger with IMS Health would not come to fruition. Instead, the two companies brought out the […]

HR 1291, otherwise know as the Internet Access Charge Prohibition Act of 2000, passed the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday. While the bill still needs U.S. Senate and White House approvals to become law, the legislative initiative has created a firestorm of controversy due to misinformation purported by online resources. Specifically, the act has […]

Ticketmaster Online–CitySearch said it plans to launch a mobile service on Friday called “Local Intelligence” in 32 cities, covering events at more than 3,750 venues nationwide. Local Intelligence will give mobile users access to a mix of local content, ticketing and reservations anytime, anywhere, on personal digital assistants, phones, pagers and voice portals, the company […]

In a move that could change the systems delivery market in UK and Europe, Planet Online yesterday unveiled its ASP strategy. Following the recent launch of its e-commerce solutions EasyStore and Commerce Architect, Planet Online’s move into the ASP reinforces its position as one of the leading providers of business Internet solutions in the UK. […]

Oracle Corp. Tuesday introduced its new business-to-business supply chain exchange service offering. Dubbed Oracle Exchange, the service bundle is being offered as a complete set of applications in tandem with Oracle technology to allow companies to set up and brand their own supply exchanges. As a result of its business-to-business exchange service debut, Oracle joins […]

Evaluation service provider Runaware Tuesday launched its flagship Web-service designed to provide a live test environment of software applications over the Internet. Typically, consumers had two choices to make when researching a software purchase, either install and test a partial “demo” program, or buy the software and hope it would deliver as expected. Runaware allows […]

Covad Communications Co. announced Tuesday that the American Arbitration Association granted the national digital subscriber line provider $27.2 million in damages stemming from a dispute with Pacific Bell, which it accused of violating the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Arbitrators determined in November 1998 that Pacific Bell, a SCB Communications Inc. subsidiary, had violated the Telecom […]

Online book retailer Barnesandnoble.com has raised the bar on itself and some upstart delivery rivals. In a major marketing push unleashed today, the company began offering Manhattanites same-day delivery on over 800,000 book and music titles. Midtown office workers on their way to work this morning were met by an army of guerilla marketers, handing […]

As Seattle business leaders and collegiate entrepreneurs mingled last night at the UW Business Plan awards dinner, four groups of finalist waited anxiously for the big announcement. When all was said and done, Aptelix.com, a startup from the University of Washington came out on top, earning the judges votes and $25,000. The company created an […]

Health care application service provider TriZetto Group Inc. Tuesday formed a strategic alliance with Presideo Inc., a leading Internet infrastructure services company specializing in digital identity management. Presidio’s authentication services utilizes biometric identifiers that are unique to each individual, such as fingerprints, retinas, voices and facial features to authenticate users. The alliance adds a new […]