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Media giant Bertelsmann is intensifying its commitment in the area of broad band applications over TCP/IP. A further step is high-speed Internet access, which is being realised by the Bertelsmann Internet provider unit Mediaways, together with the Bertelsmann Broadband Group, a team specialized in finding new content delivery solutions. Discussions are currently taking place with […]

Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd (PCCW) Monday suspended trading of its shares, halting the clamoring for its stock which followed the news of a formal approach to potentially merge with Cable & Wireless plc’s Hong Kong unit. The preliminary move to a merger offer took place last week. PCCW now indicates that the possible offer formula […]

Internet issues finished lower on Friday despite several high-profile Internet issues debuting on the public market. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index was off 23.66, or 2.49 percent, to 928.07, the Nasdaq Composite fell 90.25 to 4395.38 and the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 218.42 to 10425.21. WebMethods Inc. (WEBM) rocketed 175-7/16, or 500 percent, to 210-7/16. […]

One of Saudia Arabia’s leading consultancies, the UAE’s Sharjah Public Library, Kuwait Airport and several other Middle Eastern sites have fallen prey to hackers this week. Engineering consultancy firm MBCE witnessed three separate attacks in the last several days, and had still not recovered at the time this article was published. The first attack, which […]

Online direct marketing company FreeShop.com Inc. this week signed a marketing partnership with MapQuest.com Inc. to bring travel information and a wide range of free and trial offers to MapQuest.com’s growing audience. MapQuest visitors will be able to access thousands of brochures, maps and guides from FreeShop’s Worldwide Brochures site, as well as a variety […]

IntraLinks, which provides B2B Net-based services that allow businesses to collaborate and communicate with clients, business partners and advisers, acquired e-commerce consulting and solutions company Savant Technologies. Savant, founded in 1996, has deployed fixed price e-commerce solutions including consulting, software and hardware for companies such as Computer Sciences Corp., De Puy OrthoTech, (a Johnson & […]

AllBusiness.com, a virtual business partner for small and growing businesses, is partnering with the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. The joint venture will help to give entrepreneurs the research capabilities and tools that are instrumental in growing a small business — including business articles, online discussion groups, online training programs, a calendar of small business […]

Privately held e-transaction application developer Cardiff Software Inc. acquired AudienceOne Inc., a 1998 spin-off of Adobe Systems, in an all-stock deal. Financial specifics were not disclosed. AudienceOne markets products that enable companies to create and deliver personalized documents over the Web and through print-on-demand systems. Cardiff will continue to develop and sell the AudienceOne Publisher […]

Internet stocks surged higher from their mid-day levels despite continued media coverage of “hacker attacks” affecting many of the Web’s most heavily populated sites. CMGI announced a strategic acquisition that will compliment and add to its high-profile portfolio of B2C and B2B e-commerce sites. Network Solutions surprised analysts and was rewarded in Thursday’s trading. internet.com’s […]

Online bill presentment software provider Alysis Technologies Thursday inked a new contract with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. to improve the enterprise network it installed for the investment bank in 1997. New upgrades for the system will include enhanced security features and intranet access to the system’s billions of pages of electronically stored customer information. […]

Staples.com made a 10 percent investment in BizBuyer.com and formed a strategic alliance with the company to deliver the latter’s quote request service to Staples.com business customers. The companies will create an e-marketplace on Staples.com where customers can buy and sell business products and services using BizBuyer’s buyer-driven quote request service. Financial details of the […]

Last Thursday, Reporter@Large featured eGain Communications (EGAN) as a company worth a look for Internet stock investors. It appeared to me that there is no reason eGain should be trading at such a substantial discount toKana Communications (KANA). I based the note on eGain’s market position, customer and revenue growth, Web based architecture, scalability and […]