Natasha Gray

In a move to help its small to mid-sized business customers, software giant Oracle Corp. , today announced new tools for integration with its Oracle Small Business Suite, powered by NetLedger. The new development tools, already being used by NetLedger partners include smbXML, an eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-based integration technology, designed for the seamless exchange […]

Appshop, Inc.,, the largest independent Oracle ASP, today announced it has secured $15 million in its second round of funding from its new investor 3i, the international venture capital firm. In conjunction with the round that includes previous investors, El Dorado Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Osprey Ventures, RSA Security and Walden TDF, the Fremont, Calif.-based firm […]

Recognizing the growing customer need for instant feedback to e-mail campaign initiatives Digital River, Inc. , the Minneapolis-based provider of e-commerce solutions today announced a partnership with interactive marketing firm Responsys, Inc.. The alliance will combine Digital River’s e-marketing and e-commerce system with Responsys’ e-mail platform, adding Responsys’e-mail tool to its Enterprise Campaign Management (ECM) […]

Managed Service Provider (MSP) Loudcloud Inc. today launched four new managed security services, adding to its existing portfolio. The expanded security offerings will be powered by the Loudcloud’s Opsware automation technology, a technology that the firm says can bolster the security of customers’ Web operations by minimizing human error when deploying, monitoring, and managing systems. […]

SevenSpace, a Chantilly, Va.-based Enterprise Managed Services Provider (MSP), yesterday announced the integration of its services with Los Angeles, Calif.-based StrataSource Inc., the MSP it acquired in September, 2001. The result of the intergration is the launch of a new suite of outsourced applications and infrastructure management offerings to help enterprises maximize returns on IT […]

In a strategic partnership announced today, Critical Path Inc. , the San Francisco, Calif.-based provider of integrated messaging solutions, will integrate its CP Directory Server with the SiteMinder platform, provided by Netegrity Inc. , the Waltham, Mass.-based provider of e-business security software. Together, it is expected that the Netegrity SiteMinder platform and CP Directory Server […]

NaviSite, Inc. , the Andover, Mass.-based managed service and hosting provider, Tuesday announced that it will now track and openly publish operational metrics related to customer service. Through doing so, NaviSite says it hopes to raise the bar for proactive customer care, accountability and effective problem resolution, noting that it’s important that customers outsourcing applications […]

Managed services provider, Loudcloud Inc. today announced that the Office of the e-Envoy (OeE), part of the UK Government’s Cabinet Office, will outsource the Internet operations of ukonline.gov.uk, to the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based firm. Ukonline.gov.uk, an important component of the UK Government’s efforts to electronically deliver all government services, will be hosted using Loudcloud’s suite of […]

Responding to increased customer demand for safeguarding data, Hewlett-Packard Company and Telefonica Data, a subsidiary of the Spanish managed hosting provider, Telefonica S.A. , today announced a joint marketing effort for Telefonica Managed Infrastructure Data Services solutions, which are supported by HP OpenView enterprise management solutions, HP storage and HP hardware platforms. The two companies […]

As America’s avaition industry comes under increasing pressure to reduce operating costs America West Airlines, the nation’s eighth largest air carrier, today annouced it has licensed the Internet-based Custom Procurement Management System (CPMS) from MaterialNet, the Lake Success, N.Y.-based provider of eSourcing solutions. The CPMS is an ASP-based suite of eSourcing tools that include auction, […]

Joining the ranks of companies preparing for the imminent take-off of Web services, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. , the Tokyo-based telecommunications firm, today announced a strategic partnership with Kinzan Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif-provider of Web services technology for the extended enterprise. Like many other firm’s NTT is anticipating that Web Services will become the […]

Speaking at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas yesterday, Larry Ellison, CEO of software giant Oracle Corp., gave a cautious outlook for the company’s Q2 results. During the keynote address, Ellison said that due to the difficult economic climate since Sept. 11, results would fall short of Wall Street’s estimates for the fiscal second […]