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Communications ASP Digital Lava Inc. yesterday announced the availability of HotFoot for Microsoft PowerPoint and HotFoot Host, tools that combine voice and graphics into an interactive and on-demand presentation using Microsoft Windows Media Techniques. HotFoot is an add-in for PowerPoint 97 and 2000 and enables users to easily narrate and edit their slides and then […]

Enterprise solutions provider for labor resource planning jeTech Data Systems, Inc. (Camarillo, Calif.) today announced its name change to eLabor.com. Taken from the 16-year-old firm’s new eLabor.com suite, the new name reflects the company’s broad emphasis on labor resource planning solutions as well as its recent decision to complement its licensed installations with an e-business […]

Citrix Systems, Inc yesterday announced the addition of 41 new ASPs from 11 countries to its iBusiness ASP Program. Citrix Systems. Inc. (CTXS) launched its iBusiness Service Provider Program in September 1999 as the industry’s first pay-as-you-go software licensing model for enabling infrastructure software, Citrix MetaFrame, where payment it based on actual usage of concurrent-user […]

Citing robust demand from global clients for its e-business outsourcing solutions, Xpedior, Inc. Tuesday announced it achieved historic revenues for the first quarter of the year. Xpedior (XPDR) reported nearly doubling its revenues to $51 million and posting sequential growth of 25.7 percent over fourth quarter 1999 results. The figure reflects a $23.2 million increase […]

Assets of the bankrupt Apex Global Internet Services this week were sold to Sweden’s Telia Internet for $30.5 million. Telia Internet is controlled by Swedish telecom giant Telia A.B., which reportedly maintains in excess of $100 million in assets so the transaction is expected to sail through regular federal reviews. Cogent Communications Inc. ran the […]

In what may be the biggest ad campaign so far promoting enterprise-class ASP solutions, Interliant yesterday launched a marketing campaign targeting executive management and IT directors. The campaign, coined “We Sell Sanity”, will harness integrated traditional brand and solution-focused advertising, public relations and direct customer outreach initiatives. Advertisements will appear in national business dailies and […]

Pioneering ASP Corio, Inc. yesterday teamed with professional services powerhouse Ernst & Young LLP to offer its outsourcing services, creating the first industrial strength Business Service Provider (BSP). Corio, Inc and Ernst & Young will offer total enterprise management solutions for a wide range of core business functions such as e-commerce, procurement, manufacturing, customer support, […]

Outsourced e-commerce provider Vcommerce Corp. established a strategic relationship with iBelong Inc., creator of Internet portals for affinity and commercial groups. Together, iBelong and Vcommerce said they will provide a customized storefront for the AFL-CIO’s new Internet community called Workingfamilies.com. Workingfamilies.com is an AFL-CIO initiative that helps make the Internet more accessible and affordable to […]

J.P. Morgan Securities Tuesday signed a deal with Audible Inc. to make its daily research available on the provider of spoken audio services. The service allows consumers to purchase and stream or download J.P. Morgan (JPM)research in audio format, store it as digital files and play it back on PCs and Audible-ready portable digital audio […]

In an effort to distribute data via wireless devices, MicroStrategy Inc. Tuesday agreed to lend its business software to corporate portal firm Plumtree Software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Specifically, the agreement calls for the integration of MicroStrategy (MSTR) InfoCenter portal capabilities into the Plumtree Corporate Portal. The solution allows users to manage […]

MP3.com Inc. and Earjam.com Tuesday entered into an MSP partnership. The alliance involves co-marketing and development activities to integrate and deliver MP3.com’s (MPPP) Music Service Provider content to every Earjam IMP (Internet Music Player). “This agreement enables Earjam.com to integrate our MSP content of over 387,000 songs from over 62,000 artists into its IMP,” said […]

A consortium of 13 leading competitive local exchange carriers and U S WEST Tuesday agreed to share phone lines for simultaneous voice and data traffic on a region-wide basis. The deal marks a broadband pro-competitive milestone as it is the first multi-company region-wide agreement of its kind in the U.S. The agreement is designed to […]