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OpenConnect Systems Inc. Monday signed a deal with the state of Washington, which will use its OC://WebConnect enterprise server suite to give social workers direct access to Medicaid information from the state’s intranet site. The agreement is crucial for Washington because it will save an estimated 80 percent in software costs. The server suite will […]

E-commerce technology company C/Base said it has developed a new Web technology that “combines the convenience and manageability of credit cards with the freedom and privacy of cash.” Called ecount, the new technology sets the stage for Webwide personal spending accounts that can be used with all merchants and all users on the Internet, the […]

The rush to upgrade services by e-commerce sites seeking to capitalize on the coming holiday shopping season may leave a number of online shoppers feeling scrooged this Christmas, according to researchers at Computer Economics. “The attraction of the Internet is the convenience of at-home shopping, but many online stores will destroy that sense of convenience […]

OurHouse.com, a start-up aimed at merging “clicks and mortar” in the home improvement market, received a $20 million first round of venture funding from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), Brentwood Venture Capital and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). Brentwood Venture Capital and IVP recently merged to form Redpoint Ventures. OurHouse.com, scheduled to launch this month, said it […]

StoreAge Networking Technologies Ltd. Friday rolled out a new network storage system designed to work across corporate networks. Dubbed Distributed Enterprise Storage, the architecture is based on multiple SAN controllers integrated in open system servers connected via a fibre channel loop or switched fabric. SAN controllers run hierarchies of software modules equipped with RAID manager, […]

E-commerce company ShopNow.com Inc. said its CommerceTrust.com division will become the exclusive back-end transaction processor and e-commerce service provider to escrow.com Inc., in which it has taken an unspecified equity stake. escrow.com is a developer of e-commerce processing and fulfillment for online buyer and seller sites including online auctions, business-to-business sites and business-to-consumer sites. escrow.com […]

Financial giant Citibank launched ClickCredit, a separate line of credit for consumers designed to be used exclusively for online purchases. ClickCredit is backed with rewards, features and services including cash back and airline mileage rewards, transaction security and purchase protection/satisfaction guarantees. Citibank said that as the largest credit card issuer, it “intends to leverage its […]

Direct marketing services company FreeShop.com signed an exclusive contract with BMG Direct, BMG Entertainment North America’s music club division. The deal positions BMG Direct as the exclusive sponsor of the Entertainment category within FreeShop. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. BMG Direct also gets exposure in FreeShop’s e-mail newsletter throughout the year. FreeShop claims more than […]

eDedication.com Inc., a personal communication service and gift center, launched the beta version of its site that allows anyone to dedicate one of more than 700,000 popular hit music clips to someone else. The music dedicated plays within the browser; no plug-ins or other applications are needed. Dedicating a song is as simple as sending […]

SciCode released Webfuel, a new e-commerce package targeted at large online catalog and business to business markets, consisting of a Web-specific programming language, server and other features. Webfuel allows rapid development of e-commerce solutions with complete platform independence and native database connectivity to legacy systems, the company said. The foundation of the software package is […]

A new industry survey found that that 75 percent of online consumers have abandoned shopping carts without completing a purchase in the past three months. The study released by e-commerce rating company BizRate.com and The NPD Group Inc., a consumer panel research firm, was based on 10,000 respondents. When asked why they are abandoning online […]

Online auctioneer FairMarket Inc. Thursday made its first overseas foray. The auction network will launch goFish in Australia in partnership with News Ltd.’s online business unit, News Interactive. However, GoFish will not take part in the recently announced FairMarket Network. FairMarket promised to follow up on the debut with entry into other global markets, through […]