John Lewell

Warever Corp. this week released Legion, an Internet utility that looks up IP addresses, puts them in a hosts file, and categorizes them. The effect, said the vendor, is a significant increase in browsing speed. The software is compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Communicator, as well as online services such as AOL […]

BT has signed a deal with leading U.S. e-business solution provider Commerce One that will result in buyers being able to place and track orders from a range of sellers by accessing one site. The deal brings together BT’s e-business supply-chain expertise with the US co’s electronic procurement software, Commerce Chain Solution. BT said the […]

Sales Vision this week introduced Sales Portal, a suite of Internet-based customer relationship management (CRM) applications that together will create an intuitive portal interface for the enterprise. Sales Portal seamlessly integrates database and Internet-based information, presenting it to all users on the enterprise, including direct sales organizations, partners, customers, and prospects. Sales Portal is designed […]

Symix Systems recently added a Web-enabled business intelligence application to its SyteLine enterprise suite for midsize manufacturers of industrial products. SyteLine Business Intelligence Web lets manufacturers deploy business management data throughout the company using an existing intranet. “Business intelligence provides dynamic, graphical analysis of key business indicators, such as product line growth rates and manufacturing […]

ExperTelligence Inc. added a new airline flights category for its WebData.com site. Internet users can use the site to access current scheduling and fare information from the major airlines utilizing the patent-pending new technology, WD4D, which ExperTelligence developed specifically for WebData.com. WebData.com is a recently launched database portal/destination, which also includes the WebData Network, a […]

Launching a new report entitled “Braving EU Net Regulation,” Forrester Research has criticised the current controls on e-commerce in the EU as “an unclear mix of overlapping, contradictory, and ill-suited laws that stall e-commerce initiatives.” The research firm concludes that there needs to be better co-regulation, with government and business working together to shape rules […]

Macromedia Inc. this week introduced Fireworks 2, the latest version of its Web graphics production environment. Describing it as a major upgrade, the company said that new features enable rapid edits across multiple graphics, ensuring consistent design across a site. Fireworks 2, when combined with Macromedia’s Dreamweaver, makes for a Web publishing solution designed to […]

Ulead Systems has entered the immersive imaging category of the Internet product market with Ulead COOL 360, a tool for creating panoramas from any digitized sequence of photos. At $39.95, the new product has extensive features for creating panoramas for print or the World Wide Web. Among COOL 360’s features is the New Project Wizard, […]

Com21 has opened a European sales headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and said that sales of cable modems in Europe are growing at a fast rate. New business with companies such as Spain’s Cable i Televisio de Catalunya and France’s France Telecom is helping to make Com21 the top cable modem supplier in Europe. “The […]

InfoValue Computing this week began shipping version 4.0 of its flagship product QuickVideo OnDemand for Windows NT environments. QVOD, which is now 100 percent compatible with any IP network and provides users with simultaneous access to high-quality videos. Requiring no special hardware, the latest version features enhanced speed and performance. A component of the vendor’s […]

British Telecom has become the latest entrant into the growing band of ISPs in the UK providing free access to the Internet. Having watched the runaway success of Dixons’ Freeserve, which now claims over a million members, BT has launched BT ClickFree–the first service of its kind to require no user registration. One source of […]

Microsoft Corp. and British Telecom have agreed to develop and deploy a new range of Internet access services for mobile users around the world. The new services will allow users of mobile phones, pagers and handheld or laptop computers to access e-mail, calendaring, and personalized Web content outside North America. UK trials are set to […]