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With the goal of automating the Web hosting industry through true virtual dedicated servers, Sphera Corporation yesterday announced Sphera HostingDirector 2.0. Sphera HostingDirector 2.0 is a software solution offering the ASP, ISP and Web hosting provider communities an end-to-end service automation for deploying new services and applications. The core technology creates a customer-unique virtual server […]

Just weeks after announcing its new distribution model for the ASP market, ASP enabler and eServices provider Agiliti Inc. added three new sales partners. The new sales partners are Andata Technology, Computer Integration Technologies (CIT) and Revolution Consulting. Agiliti Inc. announced its first partnerships in late March with software developers Great Plains and Microsoft Corp., […]

With a major focus on going global, the ASP Industry Consortium will hold its first Global Members Meeting outside of the U.S. on May 2, 2000. “Our goal is to go global and to embrace all of the ASP activity,” Dave Yewell, chair of membership committee, ASP Industry Consortium, said. The upcoming meeting will take […]

Electronic payment company CyberCash Inc. signed partnership deals with Nortel Networks, SAP America Inc. and Sprint. Nortel Networks (NT) selected CyberCash for use in its Commerce Manager, a suite of products for Web-hosting companies that serve Internet merchants. Sprint Corp. (FON) selected CyberCash (CYCH) for transaction processing in its Sprint eCommerce Storefront application. SAP certified […]

The initial public offering of T-Online International whose IPO on the German Neuer Markt was oversubscribed ten-fold, took place Tuesday with an opening price of 28.30 Euro (27.06USD). The initial price listing lies barely over the issue price of 27 Euro (25.82USD), which was fixed at the low end of the price-span in view of […]

Outcast, the online gay magazine, is to ask the European Court of Human Rights to rule that English libel laws breach the right to freedom of expression. The legal challenge follows a spate of web site closures by ISPs which fear libel damages similar to those imposed recently on service provider Demon. Last month, in […]

British Telecom‘s (BT) online ‘Yellow Pages’ business directory is to be floated later this year under the name of ‘Yell,’ paving the way for the unit to be developed as an e-commerce marketplace for small and medium sized enterprises. The announcement follows Thursday’s revelation by BT that it is embarking on its biggest restructuring since […]

Internet stocks were winning in Monday’s mid-day trading. Investors were shopping for deals after the NASDAQ composite posted the worst five day performance in its history last week. By 12:15 Eastern, internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was up 5.52, or 0.88 percent, to 631.80, the Nasdaq Composite had gained 55.42 to 3,376.71, and the Dow Jones […]

The ASP Industry Consortium yesterday announced it will launch an awards scheme that aims to define and recognize best practice among ASPs. The ASP Industry Consortium plans to honor best practices in the ASP field through the first “ASPire Awards.” Hoping to define guidelines and recognize industry members who promote excellence, the ASPire Awards are […]

Documentum last week announced ASPire, its program created to assist ASPs, system integrators and consultants in offering subscription-based applications. Gerry Machi, vice president, application hosting business, told ASP-News that Documentum wanted to allow smaller and mid-size companies to benefit from its 4i-based solutions without completely redesigning its technology. Documentum, Inc(DCTM)currently has five ASPire Solution partners […]

Maximizing the combined services and techniques of Allegrix, Inc. and Tarantella Software, last week Pick Systems repositioned its business model for the Internet. Allegrix, Inc. specializes in providing ISVs with application Web-enabling and brokering services over the Internet. Tarantella, a business enterprise of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCOC) ,is a pivotal part of Allegrix’s […]

Telocity Inc. contends it can successfully offer high-speed residential services without a long-term commitment. Telocity (TLCT) Monday launched a trial of its residential Digital Subscriber Line services for less than $40 a month in select California markets. Unlike other DSL offerings, Telocity’s introductory DSL offer does not require customers to sign a one-year contract for […]