Kevin Newcomb

Merisel Inc. (Nasdaq:MSEL) Tuesday (Dec 19) announced that its new e-services subsidiary will operate under the name Optisel. The new Commerce Service Provider will offer a complete menu of turnkey e-services to manufacturers and brick-and-mortar retailers interested in growing Internet revenues while avoiding the high cost associated with systems implementation and warehousing. “Businesses cannot afford […]

Adaptive eBusiness solutions provider Asera Inc. and infrastructure software provider TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TIBX) announced today (Dec 20) an agreement to integrate TIBCO.net solutions and TIBCO ActiveEnterprise infrastructure software into Asera’s adaptive eBusiness solution. “The ability to enable real-time distribution of information is a key requirement for successful eBusiness,” said Warren Weiss, president and CEO […]

Microsoft’s Network Solutions Group VP Thomas U. Koll announced plans to leave Microsoft to join Canadian wireless ASP Infowave Software (TSE: IW) as CEO. Koll is currently responsible for Microsoft’s worldwide business with telecommunication companies in the wireline and wireless markets, network equipment providers and ISPs. Koll has been instrumental in developing Microsoft’s vision for […]

E-business technology provider Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) has launched a collaborative open source development site: POSSE, the Progress Open Source Software Exchange, at www.possenet.org. Possenet.org is up and running and offering collaborative access to the latest release, Version 9.1, of its Application Development Environment (ADE) source code. Developers can deploy this ADE source code […]

Continuing its expansion into new sectors of the professional services industry, Portera, a Vertical Service Provider (VSP) of subscription-based business software and outsourced services to the professional services industry, Monday (Dec 18) announced the acquisition of Maxwell Business Systems (MBS), a leading provider of comprehensive time-and-expense, project accounting and back-office financial solutions for government contractors. […]

McAfee.com (Nasdaq:MCAF), the security ASP from the leading anti-virus software maker, will begin offering TeamOn’s online office service to McAfee.com’s more than 650,000 subscribers, the company announced today (Dec 18). Under the partnership agreement, TeamOn.com will offer its online office, which includes web-based company-wide e-mail, document sharing and storage, calendars and contact management, as part […]

Verso Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq NMS: VRSO), a leading full service provider (FSP) of application solutions, today announced that Steven A. Odom, Verso’s current CEO, has been elected chairman of the board of directors effective immediately. Odom will succeed William P. O’Reilly, who has resigned as chairman of the board. Odom will also retain his current […]

JAWZ Inc. (Nasdaq:JAWZ), a leader in secure information management solutions, announced today (Dec 18) that it has been chosen by Funk Software as its new North American Partner to offer and integrate Funk Software’s Steel-Belted Radius servers to JAWZ clients. “We are very pleased to have JAWZ as one of our authorized reseller partners,” said […]

Loudcloud Inc., a leading software infrastructure services provider, today (Dec 18) announced the debut of its Global Response Smart Cloud service, powered by Keynote (Nasdaq:KEYN). The Global Response Smart Cloud service is designed to allow Loudcloud customers to measure and compare the response-time performance of their websites and their competitors’ websites from up to 50 […]

IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM) announced Wednesday (Dec 13) a new offering to deliver a range of business and technical services for the development of high-value corporate portals. As part of the Corporate Portal Offering, IBM consultants work with companies to provide their end users a personal workspace, incorporating not only all necessary office elements, but […]

MimEcom Corp., a leading provider of Application and Infrastructure Management (AIM) services for e-businesses, announced Thursday (Dec 14) the company has changed its name to Totality Corp. “The decision to change our company name was driven by the increasing need to distinguish our offering from the many point solution providers in the market that focus […]

USinternetworking Inc. (Nasdaq: USIX) this week unveiled USiIntegrate, an application integration solution providing integration of best-of-breed applications offered by USi with legacy applications and third-party packages, as well as non-USi hosted applications. USiIntegrate is based on Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) technologies, and combines reusable integration components with customized functionality. Unlike purely pre-configured integration packages, USiIntegrate […]