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NetObjects Inc. Thursday licensed its Collage enterprise Web content platform to Hitachi Semiconductor America Inc. Financial details were not disclosed. Collage is an integrated platform that provides a single, continuous view and control over the content management life cycle — from design, collaboration and content contribution through content management and delivery. With the implementation of […]

724 Solutions Inc. Thursday grabbed Net device creator ezlogin.com for $127 million in stock. The Net software developer for financial services providers will acquire all of ezlogin.com’s outstanding shares for 888,934 of its common shares. 724 Solutions (SVNX) will use ezlogin.com’s solution, which leverages data aggregation to create a personalized site for its clients to […]

Ensim Corporation has taken the next step to offer more features to DSL service providers through its flagship deployment platform ServerXchange. Provider of Internet infrastructure products Ensim Corp. will announce next week that ServerXchange now allows DSL service providers to offer high-value, high-margin application services that improve customer loyalty and increase profits without incurring the […]

Have entrepreneurs, analysts, and investors given business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce a bad name? Increasingly, Internet companies are classifying themselves as B2B plays in order to raise private market money (pre-IPO) or to attain sky-high Internet market value (post-IPO). Analysts at large financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs aren’t helping the situation as they support and pump […]

In its third round of funding, Bidland.com raised $15 million, for a total of $22.5 million in 15 months. Third round investors included Robertson Stephens’ affiliates, T.I. Capital and XL Ventures. Bidland.com plans to use the funds for what Douglas Augustine, chief executive officer, president and co-founder, refers to as the company’s top four priorities. […]

Online wedding resource The Knot said it plans to team up with international jeweler and specialty retailer H. Stern to create a new 50/50 joint venture to be named The Knot Brazil. The new company will launch a Portuguese-language wedding site and gift registry in Brazil, where H. Stern’s headquarters are based, targeting the country’s […]

Internet stocks continued their free-fall as investors await first quarter numbers. Business-business (B2B) e-commerce stocks took it on the chin again today after last week’s strong gains. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index dropped 67.72, or 6.41 percent, to 988.95, the Nasdaq Composite plunged 189.22 lower to 4644.67 and the Dow Jones industrial average gained 84.16 to […]

ViaCast Networks announced Wednesday they will work with Loral CyberStar to jointly deliver video over Internet Protocol (IP) communications to all Cisco Systems’ sales and marketing offices. The communications network will allow sales and marketing information to be shared between Cisco’s corporate offices more efficiently, the companies said. It will also be used as a […]

Communications firm @Link Networks Wednesday paid Nortel Networks $225 million for broadband equipment and services. With the deal, Nortel, who will provide a package of data, voice, video and virtual private networks for @Link, will bolster its position as a digital subscriber line leader. The portfolio of Nortel Networks (NT) equipment, which features the Promatory […]

Corio Inc. yesterday became the first ASP certified to offer SAP Accelerated Internet Selling through mySAP.com when the two companies announced a strategic partnership. The new hosted offering integrates Web storefronts and enterprise resource planning applications to create a complete selling solution from front to back office in just weeks. The combination of mySAP.com and […]

Venture capital firm GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC dropped $100 million yesterday to finance the launch of netASPx, a new player in the ASP market. netASPx, founded in May 1999 to provide application service utilities, is targeting middle-market companies to help reduce the financial, technology and project implementation risks that go hand-in-hand with business software applications […]

Group buying Web site operator Accompany changed its name to MobShop Inc., and will reposition the Accompany Get It Together Network of Web community and supplier partners as The MobShop Network. The company said it chose the name MobShop for its suggestion of size, activity and dynamism. The MobShop Network brings consumers together to increase […]