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Internet stocks were unable to keep up with the Nasdaq Thursday following rumors that a settlement may be near in the Microsoft antitrust case. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index finished lower despite the Nasdaq’s rally. The index slipped 1.13, or 0.11 percent, to 1,063.64, the Nasdaq Composite was up 75.86 to 4940.61, and the Dow Jones […]

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard struck an agreement yesterday to jointly market, sell and support Service Provider-in-a-Box (SP-in-a-Box), an Internet-enabling solution for service providers creating applications and services online. The SP-in-a-Box solution will combine Hewlett-Packard’s Web server and storage hardware with Microsoft Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Commercial Internet System. According to the companies, […]

In a race to establish a niche in the rapidly growing ASP market, global software company Cincom yesterday unveiled its own ASP offering. With the intention of serving as a step ladder for small to mid-size organizations to rapidly implement e-business strategies through software and technology infrastructure, Cincom Systems Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) brought to market […]

Pioneer developer of Web-based desktop applications, HalfBrain.com Wednesday brought to market its second product offering, BrainStorm, a graphic presentation program (think PowerPoint) that’s live on the Web and accessible to the public. Employing the company’s user-friendly Web interface, which features drag-and-drop editing and pull-down menus, BrainStorm lets user to create presentations directly as Web pages. […]

This week marked banking-business-solutions provider Bisys Information Solutions’ entrance into the ASP arena. Resting its new line of browser-based “thin client” banking solutions on the ASP platform, the Little Falls, NJ-based Bisys (BSYS) claims to be the first provider of outsourced banking solutions to take this path. The release date for the product line is […]

ASPSecure.com, supplier of Digital Rights Management (DRM) software and services to the application service provider (ASP) market, secured $9 million in its first round of financing earlier this month. The company was launched in September 1999 to address ASP integration and e-business opportunities. According to the company, the money raised will be used to build […]

Online office supplies store Staples.com enhanced its Business Solutions Center to provide a fuller online resource for small business, including a request for quote (RFQ) purchasing option and additional Staples.com-recommended “Click and Buy” partners. Community features include bulletin boards, an advice area and editorial content. “We’re creating a virtual marketplace for small businesses with office […]

Internet stocks continued rising in afternoon trading. Investors were back to B2B following yesterday’s Fed announcement and another high-profile Net acquisition on Wednesday. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index rocketed 41.86, or 4.09 percent higher, to 1,064.77, the Nasdaq Composite jumped 153.07 to 4864.75 and the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 40.64 to 10866.70. The business-to-business (B2B) […]

High-end b-to-b Net solutions provider Asera brings to market Asera eService, its e-business application. California-based business-to-business Internet solutions provider Asera this week launched the Asera eService for net markets, an e-business application that will enable companies to activate their net market site, build market liquidity and generate sustainable competitive advantage. Prior to Asera eService, rapid […]

In another example of traditional media companies using their prodigious advertising inventory to get traction in the Internet business, NBC on Wednesday traded ads and cash for a minority equity stake in Space.com, the start-up founded by former CNN Financial News executive Lou Dobbs. fame. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but it calls […]

Polycom Inc. Wednesday launched its IPriority initiative, designed to enable dynamic media on broadband networks. Leading off is the ViewStation FX H.323, an IP-only video communications system. Polycom’s IPriority initiative is a multi-phase strategy to extend Polycom’s position in broadband IP communications. The IPriority initiative features a broad emphasis in IP-centric voice and video endpoints, […]

As one of the top venture capital firms in the Internet universe, Flatiron Partners is also recognized as the premier VC firm in Silicon Alley. Flatiron was created in 1996 by managing partners, Jerry Colonna and Fred Wilson, and is located in New York’s historic Flatiron district. Although the firm has a heavy presence in […]