Kevin Newcomb

Ford Motor Company and Captura Monday (Sept 25) announced a multi-million dollar investment by Ford in Captura to expand its technology to provide a complete corporate expense management solution. The technology will provide a single, unified system for automating all corporate expenses and online e-business transactions. “Ford has been using Captura Expense to automate the […]

Kids need an ASP too, don’t they? Now there’s Clever Island, a new educational subscription-based website for children ages 3 to 8. ALFY Inc., one of the premier websites for young children, designed and implemented Clever Island to provide pre-readers and young learners a fun way to learn fundamental math, reading and computer skills using […]

Qwest Communications International Inc. announced today (Sept 25) that Qwest Cyber.Solutions LLC (QCS) has been awarded a 5-year contract worth $18 million from Redback Networks Inc. , a leading provider of advanced networking solutions. By using QCS’ ASP solution to connect and streamline their internal and external enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) […]

Toolwire today announced that it will make its Design Chain Management (DCM) infrastructure available to companies in the electronics supply chain to empower their own branded offerings of online electronics design solutions. “It’s very difficult for a company to assure that the design process will run smoothly. What we’ve done is aggregate and integrate the […]

Cable & Wireless a-Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK communications giant , will launch Tuesday (Sept 26) as a full-service provider of e-business solutions. The company, formed by a strategic alliance with Compaq in November 1999 and Microsoft in June 2000, will begin by offering its a-Workspace package to small to medium businesses […]

Event411.com Inc., an ASP that provides online meeting planning solutions, today announced that it has acquired MeetUP.com and will incorporate its housing reservation and hotel block management services into the Event411.com suite of meeting planning tools. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The acquisition is the first since Event411.com closed a $16 million […]

InfoCast Corporation announced today that Sun Microsystems, Inc. has made a commitment valued at up to US$10 million to the Toronto e-Enabling ASP. The commitment includes a cash equity component of up to a possible US$2 million, with the first $1 million already granted. The remaining $1 million to be dispersed upon InfoCast meeting certain […]

Yummy Interactive Inc. and AltaVista Company Monday (Sept 18) announced a strategic alliance allowing AltaVista to offer visitors gaming, edutainment and productivity software via an ASP solution. Through the alliance, Yummy Interactive, a new consumer ASP, gains access to AltaVista’s 65 million unique monthly visitors and the ASP position within AltaVista’s technology channel. The Yummy […]

Portera, a leading service provider for professional service organizations, announced Monday it has secured over $35 million in financing from leading investors. To date, the company has raised over $90 million in private financing. “This financing will enable us to continue on our current growth path while maintaining the highest levels of quality and service,” […]

Loudcloud, Inc. Monday previewed a comprehensive set of new infrastructure services, code-named “Instant ASP” and “Global Connect.” These new services are designed to speed global growth and the transition of software companies into application service providers. “For companies to continue to flourish on the Internet, the process of adding new services and global growth needs […]

Systemsfusion, a provider of management software and aggregation services for the hosted application distribution channel, Thursday (Sept 14) announced that it will distribute key Corel software office suites and graphics titles as part of its EDeN network of outsourced applications for ASPs and their business customers. Titles covered under the agreement include WordPerfect Office 2000, […]

Vignette Corp. today announced that the Vignette V/5 eBusiness Application Platform is now available through ASPs. This new distribution model offers small- to mid-size companies access to Vignette solutions, opening new markets for the company. “What it provides for us is the opportunity for our customers to get their hands on a solution with a […]