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Aspect Communications Corp. and eGain Communications signed a multimillion dollar, multi-year agreement to deliver eGain’s Email Management System with the Aspect Customer Relationship Portal in an out-of-the-box integrated solution. Aspect and eGain said in a statement that they “are the first companies in the CRM industry to deliver a solution with the breadth and depth […]

Brazilian ISP and portal player Universo Online Friday expanded into Argentina with a local version of the portal, the first of six international Spanish-language sites which the company intends to produce in the next four months. UOL Argentina will incorporate regional and local content through various in-country partnerships. The portal offerings will include news, chat […]

Streaming audio issues are revolutionizing the music business, offering dire threats and great opportunities to major labels and independents alike, as well as challenges to producers and engineers already in their own technical revolution. Audiocafe.com will be hosting Audiocafe at MB-5, an interactive forum discussing controversial issues facing streaming music and the music industry, to […]

In an attempt to steal some of the limelight garnered by Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to make the source code to its Solaris version of the Unix operating system free. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Sun (SUNW) doesn’t plan to give away the Solaris code, but rather will make it available under […]

E-commerce application company Phoenix Summus Corp. signed a letter of intent to acquire i-Transaction.net Ltd., a global processor of e-commerce transactions. Financial terms were not disclosed. i-Transaction.net uses high-bandwidth Internet connections to process financial transactions electronically for companies engaged in e-commerce, credit card and other financial transactions. “i-Transaction.net will allow us to offer a vertically […]

Privately held Essential.com, which bills itself as “the Web’s first Energy and Communications Superstore,” said it has received a $5 million investment from Comdisco Ventures. The company’s online, one-stop shop markets energy, Internet access and telephone service. “Our customer base has been doubling every month, and our partnership with Comdisco Ventures will enable us to […]

Frictionless Commerce Inc., an e-commerce start-up that provides unbiased comparison-shopping services, signed a deal with Brodia, an e-commerce company dedicated to simplifying online shopping. The two companies said they will work together to provide consumers with increased value when shopping online. Brodia will integrate the Frictionless Value-Comparison Engine into the next version of its online […]

Online college bookstore ecampus.com has raised $40 million in new capital after the close of a second round of private financing. President and CEO Steve Stevens said the company has raised $90 million in private funds since the company incorporated on April 16 of this year. Details of the latest round were not disclosed. “The […]

Newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc. together with Liberty Group Publishing Inc., Community Media Group and Horizons Operation purchased a combined 9 percent stake in StockHouse Media Corp. StockHouse is an Internet financial media group with offices in the United States, Canada, Australia and Hong Kong. As part of the financing, StockHouse will receive.$1.5 million Canadian […]

A new industry study forecasts that online retail sales in the United States for 1999 will reach $20.2 billion, and hit $184 billion by 2004. And, consumer adoption of e-commerce will continue to accelerate as 7 million Internet users make their first online purchases this year, says the report from Forrester Research Inc. More than […]

3Dshopping.com said that its 3Dshopping System technology will be used at the e-store of Hertz Furniture Systems, a manufacturer and supplier of office, school and church furniture. Furniture shoppers “will be able to experience the closest thing online to being in the showroom,” Hertz said. Financial arrangements between the companies were not disclosed. The site […]

E-business consulting firm NexGen SI Inc. changed its name to Nexgenix and delivered its new 360 degree e-Relationship solution offering. The new name reflects the company’s mission to deliver next generation e-business solutions that move companies beyond transactive Web sites by creating lasting e-relationships, Nexgenix said. The concept of 360 degree e-Relationships refers to providing […]