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Log-On Data Corp. introduced its X-STOP Internet Content Management Server to Internet service providers Wednesday at ISPCON Spring 99 in Baltimore. The plug and block technology is a powerful filtering system that lets parents choose what their children can view on the Internet. The application monitors and blocks adult-oriented and offensive Web sites, newsgroups, e-mail […]

Seattle Lab’s President L.A. Herberlein this week introduced their Millennium Office Web-based groupware program at ISPCON Spring 99 in Baltimore. Millennium Office is a scalable Windows NT application that provides web-based access to email, address books, calendars, fax services, chat and office forms through a web browser. ISPs can offer web-fronted virtual office services to […]

eBay was named in a federal lawsuit filed this week claiming the online auctioneer allowed libelous statements to be posted on its popular site targeting a Washington, D.C.-based car reseller. Attorneys for James Glynn, regional manager for FedTrust in Popano Beach, Fla., a reseller of seized and forfeited vehicles, said Glynn has suffered major losses […]

Cisco Systems Inc. Wednesday purchased Amteva Technologies Inc., a developer of unified messaging software that enables e-mail, voice mail and fax messages to be sent over an Internet Protocol-based network. Cisco will pay about $170 million in cash and stock for Amteva and expects to take a one-time charge of 2 to 7 cents a […]

Elk Grove Village, IL-based online auction company uBid Inc. posted a first-quarter net loss $3.35 million, compared to a net loss of $895,000 in the same period in 1998. Revenues for the first quarter of 1999 were $34.3 million, up from $2.1 million recorded in the first quarter of 1998. Registered users increased to more […]

Minneapolis-based ESD firm Digital River Inc. posted a first-quarter 1999 net loss of $5.34 million or 27 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.55 million or 16 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier. Sales were $11.7 million in the quarter ended March 31, compared with sales of $2.27 […]

Web directory Looksmart Tuesday premiered RewardMall, an incentive-based online mall for ISPs. RewardMall is a utility targeted toward ISPs looking to offer private-labeled online shopping malls to their subscribers. With RewardMall, consumers can shop at their favorite stores, buy their favorite name brands and earn RewardPoints for every purchase, which are redeemable for valuable merchandise […]

Quakertown, PA-based e-commerce app provider CitX Corp. and CBQ Inc. said they are expect to finalize a merger agreement within days. The merger will add management, technical, and marketing talent to help develop and deploy integrated business-to-business e-commerce solutions and to move the CBQ bid4it b-to-b system into several vertical markets. CBQ’s wholly owned subsidiary, […]

Verio Inc. Tuesday announced it will use managed security services from WatchGuard Technologies Inc. in its new suite of network offerings. Targeted toward firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs), the services are designed to protect small and mid-sized companies from dynamic online risks including hackers and spammers. They are based on WatchGuard’s LiveSecurity for MSS […]

Exodus Communications Tuesday unveiled an Internet service provider program designed to help ISPs curtail Internet infrastructure costs of bandwidth management. “If service providers cannot scale to handle the exponential growth of web site traffic, they will not be able to grow their business.” According to Ellen M. Hancock, Exodus president and chief executive officer. The […]

Novell Inc. and Foundry Networks Tuesday formed a sales and marketing alliance to provide caching solutions for Internet service providers. The two companies are working together to provide ISPs with caching solutions to meet the demands for faster Internet access. The transparent Web caching solution is available immediately and currently being demonstrated live at ISPCON […]

Remote access provider iPass Inc. Tuesday said more than 75 new Internet service providers have recently joined its roaming service. The new partners include regional access providers in India, Malaysia, Japan, Canada, France and the United Kingdom. The company said there are now more than 650 ISPs currently offering iPass remote access services through their […]