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Scotland-based software company DMC Ltd. Monday released WebDev 3.0, its development tool that manages database-driven Web sites. Aimed at companies who incorporate existing database applications with the Web for e-commerce applications, such as showcasing online brochures or creating archives and exhibitions, WebDev allows users to create dynamic Web pages by pulling information from a database. […]

Internet-based training is picking up as an easy medium of learning in India. The speed at which the Web is expanding allows institutions such as the National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) to innovate online courses for their Net varsity. Education is only one of the many fields being transformed by the Net. This is […]

Novell Inc. Monday released its Internet Caching System which is designed to increase the capacity of Intel-based Web servers. Novell claims the product can increase the capacity of an Internet service provider’s equipment by ten-fold as well as dramatically improve the speed and efficiency of content delivery. Novell is also targeting corporations, hoping to deploy […]

The much acclaimed ISP policy is good for network equipment vendors but e-mail service providers continue to be left out in the cold. While much has been written about the vast market the policy opens up for the prospective ISPs, little is known or at least is being discussed about the business opportunities that this […]

Network Solutions Inc. over the weekend quietly debuted a new Web site which it contends will improve customer usage in registering domain names, but has many users crying foul, since the process includes the removal of the InterNIC site. Customers that try to go to Network Solutions’ previous home page or to the InterNIC site […]

Singapore Exhibition Services (SES), a member of The Montgomery Network and a leading organizer of international trade fairs in Singapore, has announced today a new virtual exhibition service starting with the exhibitors of CommunicAsia99. VRComms, the virtual trade exhibition “hall” for CommunicAsia99, is the first virtual exhibition in Singapore with broadband capabilities, according to the […]

Indian companies which have recently hopped onto the cyber-bandwagon are anxiously attempting to outwit mouse-happy employees and prevent misuse of expensive Internet connections. While some organizations like UPharma have decided to restrict Internet access to the R&D department, others like Philips have replaced individual e-mail facilities with group e-mail, which makes personal correspondence awkward. Companies […]

Sunnyvale, CA-based eGain Communications Corp. delivered eGain Email Management System (EMS) 2.0, an expanded version of eGain’s Web-based online customer service solution. The company said its enterprise-class solution, now featuring artificial intelligence, enables businesses to rapidly deploy and scale the system, and manage and respond to large volumes of online customer inquiries. The solution’s integration […]

Fresh off the finalization of its acquisition of Netscape Communications Corp., America Online Inc. reportedly plans to cut up to 30 percent of the browser pioneer’s work force. The report first appeared Friday in TheStreet.com which said AOL could trim 700 of Netscape’s 2,500 employees as early as next week. The story cited unnamed company […]

Westminster, CO-based US Pawn Inc. signed an agreement with Sirco International in Stamford, CT whereby Sirco’s subsidiary, WebQuill Internet Services LLC, will provide development and management services for US Pawn’s new e-commerce and auction sites. When completed, US Pawn said its sites will offer selected items from its 13-store inventory of more than 75,000 items […]

CheckFree, a provider of financial processing and services for e-commerce, and Equifax E-Banking Solutions, a provider of electronic banking software, signed a three-year reseller agreement for electronic billing and payment (EBP). Equifax E-Banking Solutions (formerly Goldleaf Technologies) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Equifax Inc., the large financial information and processing solutions company. Equifax […]

Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet Ltd. of Singapore [NASDAQ: PCNTF] steps up its regional branding strategy with the relaunch of Hong Kong SuperNet as Pacific SuperNet, and plans to gobble up a big piece of the consumer market in Hong Kong. Pacific Internet has been managing Hong Kong SuperNet (now Pacific SuperNet) since 1996 when the Singapore […]