Kevin Newcomb

Chapter 2, a San Francisco, Calif.-based provider of global operating infrastructure for Internet-based business applications, today introduced a company name change and new corporate identity to better reflect the company’s vision and expansion of its service base. The new name – Avasta – comes from the Sanskrit “vasta” meaning “to stand and remain.” “We wanted […]

SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) Monday (Feb 12) announced that its Americas subsidiary, SAP America Inc., is extending its direct hosting offering by delivering key new services and naming Hewlett-Packard Co. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. (NYSE:EDS) as its Preferred Data Center Providers. “We are pleased to further our commitment to our customers by delivering the best […]

ThinAirApps Inc., a pioneer in the development of wireless Internet software applications and tools, announced Monday (Feb 12) that CenterBeam Inc. has selected the ThinAir Server platform by ThinAirApps to provide secure, real-time wireless access to corporate data for CenterBeam’s outsourced IT solutions. New York City-based CenterBeam, which has raised $170 million in funding, provides […]

Jamcracker Inc., a leading provider of enterprise IT and business applications and services, announced Tuesday (Feb 6) that it has 42 customers successfully using its service and an additional 41 customers in various stages of deployment. The company’s major deployments include Asera Inc., CAT Technology, Knowledge Networks Inc., RightWorks Corporation and Yipes Communications Inc. “Our […]

Application infrastructure provider vJungle is making it easy for ASPs to connect with the small business market by releasing a Software Development Kit (SDK) for ASPs, providing integration of their offerings into vJungle’s OpenEX platform for distribution by its channel partners to their small business customers. Benefits to partners integrating their services into OpenEX include […]

UK Business Services Aggregator 7 Global Ltd. announced Tuesday (Feb 6) that it has acquired the business and assets of specialist Microsoft ASP partner HOSTeu Ltd. The acquisition, completed for an undisclosed sum, will accelerate 7’s growth plans by adding key technical resources and customers. Since its launch in 1995, HOSTeu has been a leader […]

The ASP industry is fast migrating to wireless, which will account for more than 15 per cent of the total ASP market in less than a year’s time, according to a new trade group set up to champion the new business model. The inaugural meeting of the ASP Industry Consortium’s newly formed Wireless Sub-Committee heard […]

Global ASP Interliant Inc. Wednesday (Feb 7) announced an agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) under which the two will promote Interliant’s managed service offerings to Sun’s direct sales force as well as through Sun-supported initiatives. This agreement is the result of Interliant’s active engagement in several of Sun’s key iForce Initiatives, including the […]

Communications, financial/accounting and e-commerce offerings remain the most common types of applications being accessed from an ASP, according to the results of the latest customer tracking survey released Thursday (Feb 1). The survey, the fourth in a quarterly series for 2000, was commissioned by the ASP Industry Consortium, an international advocacy group of companies formed […]

Productivity solutions ASP vFirm Systems Inc. Wednesday (Jan 31) announced that it has selected Opendesk Corporation’s web-based Intranet as the core application of its vWebTop ASP offering. “Speed and flexibility were key drivers for us in choosing a provider,” says Tommy Blanchard, VP of Business Development for vFirm. “We needed the speed associated with an […]

Financial services ASP Derivion announced Tuesday (Jan 30) an alliance with ATM Products, an Atlanta-based supplier of merchant processing products, to provide end-to-end e-billing solutions to ATM Products’ growing customer base of regional banks in the Southeast. ATM Products will offer Derivion’s e-billing solution, inetBiller as part of its cache of products and services for […]

Further extending the footprint of its Global Service and Support (GSS) programs, CoSine Communications Inc., (Nasdaq: COSN) Monday (Jan 29) announced a services relationship with IBM Global Services. The relationship will allow CoSine to tap IBM resources to help expand its domestic support programs throughout the U.S., while continuing to develop its own international GSS […]