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According to a recent study from French ISP association AFA, there are about 2 million Internet users in the country. If the lastest figure is correct, it represents a 25 percent increase in usage compared to amounts tallied as recently as July. The amount of time spent online has also increased by 21 percent in […]

Aiming for a massive system overhaul, British Telecom Wednesday announced plans to expand its backbone network in the UK. BT claims the renovated system will operate at speeds 60 times faster than the current network, and will have the potential to grow 300 times the size of its current capacity. The number of points of […]

ForeignTV.com and Japan Digital Publishing (JDP) Wednesday announced their intention to establish a new corporation in Japan dedicated to the on-line broadcast of primarily Japanese-language content. ForeignTV.com will be spearheading the design of the site, while Japan Digital Publishing will supply the majority of the content, including music and fashion videos, cultural pieces, interviews, and […]

A group of vendors in the e-business and e-customer applications market teamed up to establish the Customer Profile EXchange (CPEX) working group. CPEX said it will offer a vendor-neutral, open standard for facilitating the privacy-enabled interchange of customer information across disparate enterprise applications and systems. Charter working group members include Andromedia/Macromedia, Calico Commerce, Cogit, Compaq, […]

eGain Communications delivered the eGain Commerce 2000 Platform, which integrates eGain’s suite of e-commerce customer communication solutions — eGain Live, eGain Mail and eGain Campaign, an outbound marketing system due for release in early 2000. The eGain Commerce 2000 Platform provides service, sales and marketing departments with a 360-degree view of all customer communications, the […]

Student-focused membership and media company Student Advantage Inc. signed a two-year, $2 million marketing and distribution agreement with edu.com, an e-commerce site for college students. Student Advantage also made an equity investment in edu.com of approximately $4.5 million. Raymond Sozzi, CEO of Student Advantage, was also elected to edu.com’s board of directors. The relationship capitalizes […]

GoTo.com Tuesday won step two in its logo battle with the Go Network, as a federal judge denied the Walt Disney Co. and Infoseek Corp. a stay of the preliminary injunction issued Friday. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. found that the logos for GoTo.com (GOTO) and the Go Network, a joint […]

Adding to Microsoft Corp.’s legal headaches, Reed Elsevier Inc. Tuesday filed suit against the software giant and Expedia Inc., the travel site controlled by the company. The lawsuit, which was filed under seal at the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, was first disclosed by Expedia in documents filed with the […]

Throw out the “early mover advantage” (EMA) buzz; there is a new concept and its ready to change the very idea and face of e-commerce. I like to call the new concept FSB, short for future synergistic benefits. This phenomenon will take place when traditional bricks and mortar companies are able to leverage their offline […]

Employment network JobOptions signed a placement deal with ISP EarthLink that gives EarthLink members one-click access to the online job network. The “Premiere Partnership” between the two companies makes JobOptions the default career channel on the EarthLink Personal Start Page, the customizable launch page for EarthLink members. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. Through a co-branded […]

iBizMagazine.com, an online resource for small and medium sized businesses developing their initial Internet strategy, launched iBizResources, a directory of vendors offering technology and marketing products and services. Access to iBizResources is free to iBizMagazine.com members. Vendors can list their company, products, and services quickly and at no charge through a registration process on the […]

E-commerce company Ariba, Inc. Monday bought business-to-business trading firm TradingDynamics, Inc. for approximately $400 million worth of stock in an effort to enhance its business-to-business services. TradingDynamics provides services for business customers including auctions, reverse auctions, requests for quotes (RFQ) and exchanges. With the acquisition, Ariba (ARBA) will incorporate TradingDynamics’ services into its Ariba Network […]