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Vertical ASP DCH Health was first to market last week with PharmaLinx, a universal, standards-based pharmacy administrative system. DCH Health drives transactions, maximizes asset utilization and facilitates communication between all parties in the pharmaceutical market. Chris Blackley, president and chief executive officer, explained to ASP-News that the retail pharmacy market consists of chains, mass merchants […]

OpenReach Inc. Monday rolled out business Internetworking services that will enable small-and-midsize businesses to set up secure networks in minutes. OpenReach services work with any ISP, any access technology and any vendor equipment, eliminating reliance on proprietary vendor hardware and reliance on a single network service provider. The OpenReach service automates everything from device configuration […]

Agiliti, Inc. announced today that it added two new sales partners to the growing list of organizations working with Agiliti to sell and implement rented applications and services to business customers. The new sales partners are The Woodburn Group (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Ciceron Interactive Solutions (Minneapolis, Minn.). In late March, Agiliti announced a […]

In two deals valued at just over $42 million in cash and stock, eMerge Interactive,Inc. Tuesday moved to accelerate national scaling of its chain integration strategy for the U.S. beef industry. eMerge (EMRG) is acquiring the sales and support infrastructure of Louisville, Ky.-based Eastern Livestock Co., and Jordan Cattle Auction of San Saba, Texas. Eastern […]

Portal Software, Inc. yesterday announced customer wins with a focus on the ASP and Internet business services markets. Portal Software, Inc (PRFS) ,a customer management and billing company that provides powerful high-end packages, made a strong move into the ASP/IBS markets with over 20 new customers including Agillion, Inc., Agiliti, Corio, ebaseOne and Encanto Networks. […]

Netivation.com, Inc. announced today that its MedMarket.com division signed contracts with two ASPs for the distribution of Netivation.com’s Practix software, the world’s first Web-based physician’s office management system. “Netivation is the first company to nationally deploy a Web-based, physician’s management system,” Tony Paquin, president and chief executive officer, said. “The early deployment further positions MedMarket.com […]

Intelligroup and Ariba last week came together to expand Ariba’s B2B e-commerce platform offering to small and medium size companies. Prior to this alliance, Ariba, Inc. (ARBA)focused on large companies. Intelligroup, Inc. (ITIG)is a global vertical ASP and creates end-to-end industry-specific solutions for its customers through its ASPPlus Solutions. The agreement between Intelligroup and Ariba […]

Newmediary.com Inc. launched an eponymous Web site designed to be an online marketplace dedicated to Internet-related business services from site design, hosting and e-commerce providers to Web-savvy law firms, PR agencies and consultants. Newmediary.com said it will seek to provide the tools and market intelligence required by buyers and vendors of Internet business services to […]

Product information and buying advice company Productopia and BuyersEdge, a “Request for Products” shopping service, announced a partnership in which BuyersEdge will integrate recommendations from Productopia. Visitors to BuyersEdge will benefit from Productopia’s information and buying advice to help them find the right products before they start the purchase and negotiation process. Financial arrangements between […]

Managed Service Provider StrataSource continues its quest in forming alliances in the ASP, COLO and Web hosting spaces. Earlier this month, StrataSource, Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) inked it latest partnership with ASP FutureLink Corp. (Irvine, Calif.)(FTRL). “We are in the midst of partnering with more ASPs as this whole area is a very important one,” Tom […]

Driveway this week joined forces with free eBusiness service center Bigstep.com to deliver online storage service to small businesses. As part of the agreement, Bigstep.com has built a co-branded service which allows Driveway members to use Bigstep.coms services to create their own company web sites, communicate with customers, take credit card orders, and market their […]

Ecount.com launched an eponymous, spendable personal Web account service, designed to let people send, spend and receive money online instantly and securely. Using established financial services and Web infrastructures, Ecount enables Internet users to conduct secure online transactions through pre-paid personal accounts. Based on a proprietary transaction platform, which also powers the company’s first product, […]