Kevin Newcomb

Tarantella Inc. and Firstnet Services Ltd., a leading provider of Internet solutions for the business market, have announced that Tarantella Enterprise 3 enterprise network infrastructure software has been selected to deliver Firstnet’s ASP service — a fully outsourced, end-to-end trading solution. Tarantella Enterprise 3 software is designed to help ASPs, data centers and infrastructure providers […]

Troubled ASP pioneer FutureLink Corp. , once a standard-bearer for the emerging ASP industry, announced Tuesday that the company and its U.S. subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. Lake Forest, Calif.-based FutureLink filed voluntary petitions for relief with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The bankruptcy filings exclude […]

Managed services provider (MSP) Loudcloud Inc. Monday unveiled its next generation of Internet operations services, foregoing the bundled approach to offer a mix-and-match option for outsourcing day-to-day Web site management. “Loudcloud’s next generation services are on track with regards to the principal drivers and concerns of the enterprise buyer,” said Bill Martorelli, vice president of […]

MSP SilverBack Technologies Inc. today announced the availability of additional features to its InfoCare IT monitoring solution. New InfoCare BASIC enhancements augment existing monitoring capabilities by providing alert notification and support for frame relay and switch port monitoring. InfoCare PREMIUM features include Microsoft Windows and Exchange monitoring, enhanced server monitoring for HP Unix 11.0 systems […]

In a research report released today, IT analyst firm Aberdeen Group said that it believes ASP will prevail despite market conditions, calling the ASP value proposition “too significant to ignore.” “The ASP market is relatively young and still maturing. It is only natural that in this process business models will change and there will be […]

Infrastructure giant Citrix Systems Inc. Tuesday announced an alliance with eRoom Technology, a provider of digital workplaces for extended enterprise collaboration. Citrix is integrating the eRoom digital workplace with its Citrix XPS portal software, giving customers the option of employing eRoom’s advanced collaborative capabilities directly through their XPS homepage. In addition to the product integration, […]

“Luckily, no one gave us $100 million to buy glass conference rooms.” While many ASPs are lamenting the loss of the days when “ASP” was the hot ticket to quick venture capital, Internet business service provider (BSP) iemagine is welcoming an economic climate where business models are taken seriously, and people are willing to take […]

Infrastructure ISV Xevo Corp. today announced that enterprise ASP USinternetworking Inc. will use the XevoWorks service management platform for provisioning, metering and backup for its hosted Microsoft Exchange 2000 service. XevoWorks is an XML-based service management solution that provides automatic application provisioning, metering and packaging. It is designed for three types of customers: xSPs with […]

Infrastructure ASP Critical Path Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a global provider of messaging and directory infrastructure, announced today that Larry Weber and Jeffrey T. Webber will replace Kevin Harvey and George Zachary on its board of directors. “Both Larry and Jeff contribute the management expertise and deep understanding of the technology industry needed to help drive the […]

Fewer new customers and higher customer churn led managed hosting provider Digex, Inc. to lower its full-year guidance, but Digex execs say the company is poised to meet the needs of today’s technology customers. “We believe we are entering a second generation of computing very quickly. But it is what we have built the company […]

Web-based network service provider Starwire Corp. today announced the re-launch of Christian portal Crosswalk.com using Starwire Interlink content management and infrastructure software. Since its inception, Crosswalk.com had managed its technology infrastructure internally. Recently, Crosswalk.com made the decision to outsource all content management software and Internet infrastructure to Starwire in order to cut costs and focus […]

Application Infrastructure Provider (AIP) Avasta Inc. Monday launched a new remote management services for enterprise applications, Avasta RemoteServ. RemoteServ allows enterprise customers to outsource the day-to-day management services and customer support required to support their own applications or those provided to their customers. The Avasta command construction language and process automation engine provides RemoteServ customers […]