Michael Singer

The latest gimmick to get company’s to sign up for URL names, don’t involve names at all. Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign and Redwood City, Calif.-based RealNames launched an initiative back in June 2001 to bring international characters to the table when companies file for URLs. For example, Sumitomo Bank in Japan can use Japanese characters […]

Internet learning and services provider, Docent Thursday says it has acquired gForce Systems, Inc. of Menlo Park for $3 million in cash and 500,000 shares of stock. The Mountain View-based company says the addition of gForce really adds to their suite of services. It’s own Internet-based software platform allows for companies to develop, deliver, manage, […]

The consensus of most Internet sector companies reporting earnings this week is that the September 11 attacks impacted everyone’s bottom line. Case in point is online travel site Travelocity.com , said its third-quarter profit before special items rose slightly over last year, but revenues fell short of previous targets in the wake of the ongoing […]

B2B software developer WebPutty Wednesday says it has named David Chamberlain as its new CEO. Chamberlain supplants James Beldock, who is expected to stay on as chairman and chief technology officer at the San Jose, Calif.-based company. The company says the restructuring plan allows Beldock to focus on overall strategy and its relation to the […]

ExciteAtHome , which said it would not be taking anymore new subscribers last Wednesday, is doing an about face. At the time the bankrupt Redwood City, Calif.-based broadband provider said adding new customers would put even more of a drain on its cash flow and make it hard to serve its existing customers. But Tuesday […]

Reestablishing their longstanding relationship, Palo Alto, Calif.-based networking giant Sun Microsystems Tuesday says it is optimizing its Sun Cluster 3.0 software for mySAP.com e-business applications. The latest agreement means SunPlex clustering environment will offer extra support for users of SAP solutions through the new Sun Cluster 3.0 7/01 HA (High Availability) Agent for SAP products. […]

Managed services provider Loudcloud Tuesday says it has a brand new bag of tricks designed to help other Internet company’s reach their potential. The new Loudcloud Research services focus on three areas: Technology Selection, Research and Integration and Loudcloud Research Labs. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based creation of Netscape co-founder and Mosaic wunderkind Marc Andreessen says it […]

PlaceWare, which specializes in Web conferencing services for Internet-based business communications, Monday says it has secured a patent for one of its protocol technologies. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company says the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted it U.S. Patent No. 6,289,461. The copyright is for PlaceWare’s bi-directional byte stream protocol and covers the method […]

ExciteAtHome , which filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy a little more than a week ago won’t be adding any new subscribers to its high-speed Internet service. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company Wednesday shut off the broadband tap as of noon Pacific Wednesday after it notified its cable partners including Cox Communications , Comcast and AT&T […]

E-business software maker PeopleSoft Tuesday made three different announcements that are expected to expand its offerings in some ground breaking ways. As an appetizer, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based company says it has enhanced its new product framework for developing pure Internet Customer Relationship Management (CRM) industry solutions. The upgrade incorporates the company’s PeopleSoft 8 platform and […]

Personalized e-mail, rewards company Netcentives Tuesday tossed in the towel and said it will reorganize the company under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Outside of a major upheaval for the 130 employees at the company, the news also impacts Netcentive’s subsidiaries, Post Communications and MaxMiles, but apparently not its customers. San Francisco-based Netcentives […]

Web services provider Jamcracker Monday says it is making some major changes to its management line-up. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company says it is promoting Todd Johnson to senior vice president of its Jamcracker platform business and Bruce Hartsough to vice president, engineering and operations. The company is also hiring Samir Bodas as its new vice […]