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Engage Technologies, a provider of precision online marketing solutions, and Open Market Inc., a provider of >Internet commerce software, formed a strategic partnership to integrate their technologies. The partnership is made to enable Web sites to offer personalized online retailing ads and promotions to visitors. The companies intend to integrate Engage Technologies’ precision profiling and […]

Public relations agency Middleberg + Associates and webnet-marketing inc., an independent interactive media placement and planning agency, formed a marketing-communications alliance. Under the terms of the alliance, M+A and webnet will offer clients joint marketing services that combine M+A’s public relations and Web promotions and webnet-marketing’s media planning, placement, tracking and analysis services. Financial arrangements […]

Ad-backed e-mail operation Juno Online Services launched Juno Web and Juno Gold, two new service levels “designed to meet the expanding Internet needs of Juno’s subscriber base.” Subscribers can now choose from three levels of service, ranging from basic e- mail to full Internet access. Juno’s basic e-mail service continues to be free; its enhanced […]

London-based Colt Telecom Group plc acquired ImagiNet, the leading independent corporate Internet Service Provider in France. The deal values ImagiNet at 120 million French francs (approximately 12 million pounds), which Colt will pay in the form of shares and 2.1 million francs in cash. ImagiNet will become part of Colt’s existing French subsidiary, COLT Telecommunications […]

Multimedia communications firm Qwest today announced it signed two broadband capacity agreements totaling approximately $85 million. Under terms of the separate agreements, Qwest will provide broadband capacity to Digital Broadcast Network Corp.(DBN), a new multimedia communications company, and FaciliCom International, a global communications provider, by way of its nationwide Macro Capacity Fiber Network. “The superior […]

Lycos, Inc. today officially debuted Lycos Online Powered by AT&T WorldNet, a co-branded online service targeted at users of Lycos’ search and navigation guides. First announced in May, the three-year AT&T-Lycos alliance is similiar to agreements AT&T also signed with Lycos rivals Excite, Inc. and Infoseek. The Lycos Online Powered By AT&T WorldNet service provides […]

Internet Service Provider Frontline Communications Corp. said it entered into a letter of intent to acquire WOWFactor Inc., an ISP and e-commerce company. Margaret McGillin, WOWFactor’s founder and president, will join Frontline as vice president of sales and marketing, but will also maintain her current position. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. WOWFactor […]

The surfCONTROL division of JSB Software Technologies plc gained a U.S. partner in sales and e-commerce leader Sunset Direct, of Austin, Texas. Sunset Direct will be the first major sales and marketing partner for the UK developer of Internet monitoring, management and filtering products. “This partnership will enable us to have an ‘instant’ sales channel […]

Rental resource Allapartments.com today announced an exclusive partnership with HotBot. Under the agreement, HotBot customers will now have access to allapartments.com’s five million national apartment listings. Prospective renters can view individual property brochures with floor plans, photos, maps and driving instructions. Users can also take advantage of resources focusing on renter’s insurance, truck rentals, moving […]

On the heels of complaints from The Federal Trade Commission that suggested it was moving too slowly, The Online Privacy Alliance released an Internet consumer privacy protection proposal that was presented this morning to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection. Earlier today, subcommittee Chairman Robert Pitofsky warned that unless the industry comes […]

The Email Channel, an e-mail delivery company, launched E-responder, a new service designed to help companies deal with e-mail inquiries. E-responder offers companies an outsourced solution to respond to the growing influx of e-mail questions received daily. The service is designed to enable companies implementing Internet e-commerce solutions to take advantage of e- mail’s interactivity […]

Live Picture Inc., an Internet imaging firm in Campbell, CA said that 19 interactive design agencies announced support for the company’s servers, which enable consumers to zoom in and examine products and other articles in detail. The Internet advertising and design firms all said they will support their clients’ choice of Live Picture Image Servers […]