Mark Berniker

The National Football League has struck a three-year technology services and corporate sponsorship deal with IBM Corp. . As part of the deal, IBM will pay the NFL to be its official information technology partner, and in return, will get extensive advertising and co-branding opportunities. While no financial details of the pact were disclosed, advertising […]

EarthLink Inc. on Tuesday said it is gaining broadband customers, just as it sees growing defections from its dial-up subscriber network. To stem some of the effects of that churn, EarthLink also made another announcement saying it has selected Circuit City for “national retail distribution” of its dial-up business. The Atlanta-based ISP on Tuesday issued […]

NetRatings spread its interests into Europe with the acquisition of NetCrawling S.A., which has developed LemonAd, a European online advertising monitoring service. “We are continuing to build out our product portfolio on a global basis. Advertising and publishers are interested in understanding who’s advertising, where they are advertising and the expenditures of online advertisers. LemonAd’s […]

Pinpoint Inc. reportedly sued Amazon and six other major national retailers for allegedly violating its patents on software that assists online shoppers with their purchasing decisions. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company filed the suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois. In it, Pinpoint claims Amazon and the other companies have […]

DVD software maker InterVideo went public on Thursday as investors cheered the new issues arrival with a 30-percent jump its market value. The Fremont, California-based company raised $39.2 million for the initial public offering, which was underwritten by SG Cowen and Soundview Technology Group. But based on its opening day of trading, it looks like […]

Home networking company Linksys is out with a new portable security adapter designed to improve network security for business travelers and mobile consumers. The company has dubbed the product its first USB-VPN and firewall adapter, which is targeted at its core markets of small office/home office workers and telecommuters looking for improvements in security from […]

Walt Disney Co. is taking a stroll down the aisle by marrying its content with a major broadband Internet service provider: Japan’s NTT. The global media giant said it will market its brands to parents of both young and older children in the Japanese market for a series of premium, entertainment-oriented services. Disney is working […]

In its ongoing war for the market share and mindshare of the enterprise wireless messaging market, Good Technology on Monday announced that Handspring and Cingular will support its newly released GoodLink 2.0 real-time synchronized system designed to work with enterprise platforms like Microsoft Exchange. The announcements come at a critical time for the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based […]

Key technology companies will report financial results next week and so far, indications are that several computer hardware firms will meet or possibly exceed Wall Street’s modest expectations. On Tuesday, Intel will be the first major tech company to report financial results. Intel CEO Craig Barrett was quoted in Friday’s German daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung […]

A new report predicts there will be rapid growth in the global market for Wi-Fi hot spots, or private locations around the world to link to public wireless networks. Allied Business Intelligence, based in Oyster Bay, N.Y., says in its new report on Wi-Fi that hot spots will grow from their current level of 28,000 […]

AT&T is adding another feature to its suite of Virtual Private Network services for businesses: Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and hotels around the globe that provide employees remote access to their enterprise networks. The company said it is deploying secure remote wireless access to its IPSec (Internet Protocol-base security) VPN with wireless connections from 2,000 […]

As cable companies look for ways to hold on to their leading share of the broadband market, telephone companies are slashing prices and offering tiered packages on their rival DSL-based broadband services in order to compete. BellSouth is the latest telco to join the price-cutting fray with a new “DSL Lite” strategy that also deploys […]