Michael Singer

Online wine retailer eVineyard Friday says it is acquiring Wine.com including the Wine.com and Wineshopper.com URLs, and other assets of the Napa-based company’s service for an undisclosed amount. With this purchase, Portland-based eVinyard is expected to extend its wine delivery area to legally sell wine in 27 U.S. states and Japan and deliver wine-related merchandise […]

Endymion Systems (ESI), an IT consultant company that specializes in building supply chain systems, Thursday says it is launching a portal designed with the construction and transportation sectors in mind. The Oakland-based company’s new project is called “VIPs” or Virtual Integration Portals. The new practice allows companies to improve and speed up online functions, from […]

Leave it to Silicon Valley to beat television broadcasters at their own game. San Mateo-based Virage (Nasdaq: VRGE), which specializes in online video streaming software, Monday demonstrated its wireless on-demand streaming video service to a high-speed handheld device at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas. Using NHL.com‘s Stanley Cup Playoffs video highlights […]

Two well-known players in the mobile information sector Monday announced an alliance to tap into the growing mobile customer relationship management (mCRM). The hope is that professionals can review contact information, update sales opportunities and be notified of urgent service requests even while they are away from the office San Mateo-based AvantGo (Nasdaq: AVGO) and […]

LONDON — “(This) validates our service to the vast number of users who depend on wireless networks.” It’s a Web portal, but you won’t be able to see it on your PC. Wireless Internet provider Vodafone Friday launched Vizzavi. The wireless Web portal can be used on WAP enabled phones courtesy of a software platform […]

Two Silicon Valley-based companies say they are joining forces to expand the use of popular instant messaging tools to improve customer service. Foster City-based FaceTime Communications and Emeryville-based Ask Jeeves (Nasdaq: ASKJ) Wednesday announced a joint venture to deliver instant messaging-based customer service to its enterprise users. The result will be a combination of self-service […]

Looking to attract corporate customers, Netscape co-founder and Mosaic creator Marc Andreessen’s Loudcloud (Nasdaq: LDCL) is making several announcements this week that the company says will give it a competitive advantage in the Internet outsourcing sector. Executives from the Sunnyvale-based company Tuesday were in New York to launch its “Integration Smart Cloud” as a subscription […]

After two years at the post, Webvan (Nasdaq: WBV) chairman and CEO George Shaheen is leaving the company. The Foster City-based Internet grocery delivery service, Friday announced Shaheen’s departure citing his desire to “pursue personal objectives.” “A different kind of executive is needed to lead the company at this time and as such, it no […]

San Francisco-based CNET Networks (Nasdaq: CNET) Monday said it is buying TechRepublic from technology research firm Gartner (NYSE: IT) for $23 million in cash and stock. TechRepublic is a Web site that focuses on information technology for professionals and the IT sector. CNET is paying just a fraction of what Gartner paid for TechRepublic just […]

Executives at XACCT Technologies, a software solutions company for IP networks, and Palo Alto-based networking giant Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) jointly announced Tuesday a new way to let Internet Data Centers (iDCs) find out more about what customers want out of their networks and services. The goal of the partnership is to enable data centers […]

What was supposed to be a great quarter for Ariba (ARBA) is now turning into a giant headache for the B2B software company and its investors. The Mountain View-based company told investors it is dropping plans to purchase San Jose-based Agile Software (Nasdaq: AGIL) a deal originally valued at $2.55 billion. Agile makes software that […]

Online auction giant eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is close to launching a way for small businesses to tap into its e-commerce services, according to published reports. The project, tentatively called eBay Storefronts, would set up small-business storefront sites that can then tap into eBay services under an umbrella Web site. We’ve been listneing to our sellers […]