Kevin Newcomb

The ASP Industry Consortium on Thursday announced that it will begin accepting entries for its second annual ASPire Awards to showcase best practices in the ASP industry. Consortium members may submit case studies until August 3, 2001, in one of six categories based on ASP functions. ASPire Awards winners will be announced during an awards […]

IBM (NYSE:IBM) is diving into the Management Service Provider (MSP) market by teaming with NetSolve Inc. (Nasdaq:NTSL), an Austin, Texas-based provider of remote network management services. Under the alliance, IBM Global Services, Big Blue’s consulting arm, will offer NetSolve’s ProWatch suite of managed network services. IBM Global Services integrates IBM services, hardware, software and research […]

Chicago-based ASP iemagine unveiled four new sales applications in its iemprove Webware Suite, for a total of seven sales, sales management and e-commerce tools. New products include iemprove Sales Management, iemprove Contact Management, iemprove Order Entry and iemprove Private Auctions. These join the existing applications in the iemprove Webware Suite, iemprove Quoting, iemprove Auctions and […]

Microsoft Great Plains and Siebel ASP ManagedOps.com is taking the mystery out of comparing in-house IT costs to outsourcing costs with a new cost-analysis tool and three levels of Managed Operations services designed to meet the needs of various mid-sized businesses. “Especially in today’s economy, mid-sized companies are very cost-conscious of IT purchases of any […]

Computer distribution giant Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) this week dipped its toe into the ASP pool with an eight-month pilot program to deliver pre-packaged xSP services through its network of resellers. In November 2000, Ingram Micro announced a strategy and partners for its ASP initiative. Since then, the initiative has expanded to become an […]

Web Services middleware developer Cape Clear Software today announced a $16 million second round of funding. The round includes new investments from venture capital firms Accel Partners and Greylock, with Accel’s Kevin Comolli and Greylock’s Aneel Bhusri joining the company’s Board of Directors. Cape Clear Software develops and markets Web Services products that enable corporations […]

Tiova, an infrastructure provider of a web-based software suite for Professional Service Organizations (PSOs), is putting its solution to new use – easing the pain of merging companies. Drawing on its existing software and services, Tiova’s new QuickMerge service can provide a fully functional business infrastructure to merging organizations in 3-4 weeks, eliminating the typical […]

Professional services organizations can now benefit from one-stop shopping when they’re in the market for professional services automation (PSA) and CRM suites, now that vertical service provider (VSP) Portera’s PSA suite and Salesforce.com’s CRM suite are available as an integrated, subscription-based service. “We believe the future for enterprise software is online delivery,” said John Dillon, […]

Not all colocation companies need to offer high-end managed services to make money, according to a new report by London-based research firm TARIFICA. “Industry professionals have failed to recognize the fundamental distinction between the colocation business model and the data center model,” said Nicola Ainsworth, managing partner at TARIFICA. “Colocation is essentially an infrastructure business, […]

Oracle Corp. today unveiled the Oracle9i Database, the second piece of the puzzle which, along with the Oracle9i Application Server, makes up an integrated platform for Internet-based applications. “This is the last database,” said Oracle Chairman and CEO Lawrence J. Ellison at a launch event today at the company’s Redwood Shores, Calif., headquarters. “The breakthrough […]

Management Service Provider (MSP) InteQ Corp. announced this week that its IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices training course became the first Web-based foundation course in IT Service Management to receive accreditation from the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB). InteQ now offers the course to customers of its InfraServices IT monitoring, management and reporting platform, […]

The NetObjects Matrix platform, announced last week, will support the Apple Macintosh, including support for Apple’s latest operating system, Mac OS X. “Mac OS X combines a powerful UNIX-based foundation with the Mac’s ease-of-use to deliver superior performance, unprecedented stability and powerful Internet features that make the Mac the ideal platform for Web development,” said […]