Paul Nicholls

Washington Water Power in Spokane signed with CheckFree for Internet-based electronic bill presentment and payment for its 350,000 residential electric and natural gas customers. By using CheckFree’s E-Bill service, the company said customers will be able to receive full- color Washington Water Power bills at no charge–complete with graphics, logos and full billing detail–through the […]

Synthonics Inc. said that Acoustic Research is using its patented Rapid Virtual Reality (RVR) technology, an inexpensive imaging process for creating realistic three-dimensional (3-D) models of any object or environment. Designed by KnowledgeLINK for the Acoustic Research company, the Web site features 3-D replicas of stereo speakers, digital replicas that the buyer can view from […]

GreenTree Nutrition Inc., an online wellness center and vitamin superstore, signed an exclusive three-year partnership with iVillage.com: The Women’s Network. GreenTree’s health and wellness information and discounted nutritional products will be directly accessible to iVillage.com members through the network’s health channel. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. “Working with iVillage underscores our commitment to establishing GreenTree […]

Online auto information site AutoConnect announced an exclusive multi-year agreement with @Home Network to provide automobile content and online products and services to its subscribers. According to the terms of the agreement, AutoConnect will be the anchor tenant in the automotive section of the @Home’s Shopping Channel. Financial terms were not disclosed, and an official […]

Taking a dive into the potentially lucrative electronic commerce pool, Lucent Technologies said today it licensed Netscape Communications Corp.’s CommerceXpert suite of electronic commerce applications and Netscape’s Application Server software. Lucent said the incorporated Netscape products are for its co-developed Lucent ECommerce Solutions, a package offering consulting services, software and e-commerce network security products. Lucent […]

E-commerce and systems management firm Sterling Commerce Inc. released CONNECT:Remote 3.3, the latest version of its remote systems management solution. The version provides a software solution for turning remote PCs into fully managed clients. Systems administrators can now more effectively manage large numbers of remote and mobile systems, resulting in a significant decrease in support […]

Diversinet Corp., a provider of authentication and authorization security for digital communications and e- commerce, said it formed a strategic alliance with accounting, tax and consulting firm Deloitte & Touche. Under terms of the agreement, Diversinet will provide Deloitte & Touche with its Passport Certificate Server product, which issues digital certificates that associate a globally […]

Philip Andreae, a Belgium-based consultant with extensive experience in smart cards and electronic commerce systems, will provide a keynote presentation at the Fall Membership Summit of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association, according to EFTA Executive Director H. Kurt Helwig. The Fall Summit, to be held Sept. 30 at the Ritz Carlton in McLean, VA will […]

VitaSave, an online natural health superstore and resource center, signed a one-year exclusive pact with theglobe.com, making it the exclusive retailer of natural health products in the online community’s Marketplace shopping area. As part of the agreement, theglobe.com, an online community site, created a new “Herbs & Vitamins” category in Marketplace where VitaSave is predominantly […]

Investor’s Choice honorees at the third annual Technologic Partners Internet Outlook conference included: Intellipost Corp. (BonusMail); Brightware; Commerce One; Critical Path; E-Stamp; Financial Engines; Flycast Communications; Internet Travel Network; NetCentives; and Vignette. The companies were voted most likely to succeed in the multi-billion-dollar arena of electronic commerce at the conference held in San Francisco last […]

Engenyous Corp. and Digital River signed an electronic software delivery (ESD) agreement to sell Engenyous’ foreign language and encryption security products online. Separately, Digital River entered an online distribution partnership with NetObjects Inc., developer of a family of Web site building software tools. Through the partnership, NetObjects’ site building software is available for electronic download […]

Infoseek Corp. launched a new auto insurance center made to enable millions of users to shop and select auto insurance coverage from InsWeb, an Internet insurance marketplace. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. Infoseek users going to the Automotive Channel can obtain free auto quotes and select products from InsWeb’s 13 auto insurance partners, including State […]