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Linksys Releases New IPSec VPN Router - 📅 - Linksys (linksys.com), a provider of broadband, wireless and
networking hardware, today announced a new addition to its Instant Broadband
series of routers, the EtherFast Cable/DSL VPN Router with 4-Port Switch
(BEFVP41).



This new Virtual Private Networking router is built on the basic foundation
of the popular EtherFast 4-Port Cable/DSL Router, but with added
functionality such as an embedded IPSec VPN, and triple DES encryption,
authentication and more. This product is ...
Countrywide Insurance Chooses IBM WebSphere Services - 📅 - IBM (ibm.com) announced today that Countrywide Insurance
Services (cwinsurance.com) has adopted IBM WebSphere e-infrastructure
software as its corporate standard to develop and deploy customer Web site,
after evaluating several other application server offerings.



Countrywide is also using WebSphere for numerous intranet and cross-brand
Web sites, and for delivering automatic quotes online for home and life
insurance.

Countrywide's Web sites offer online quotes for ...
DSL.net Secures $15 Million Investment - 📅 - DSL.net, Inc,. a direct provider of high-speed Internet
access, yesterday announced that a consortium of investors led by Columbia
Capital and including Charles River Ventures, Hunt Private Equity Group, and
National Investors Group, has agreed to invest $15 million in DSL.net
convertible redeemable preferred stock.



The new investment, which has been approved by the DSL.net board of
directors, adds to a previously announced $15-20 million financing from
VantagePoint ...
Vianet and CSC Sign Merger Agreement - 📅 - Vianet Technologies, Inc.(vianet.com), a Plano, Texas-based
company, announced yesterday that it has taken a step forward in its
previously announced merger with Comm-Services Corporation (CSC) with the
signing of a definitive legal agreement.



The signing marks the completion of the due diligence process by both
companies and the resolution of the commercial and legal terms of the
merger. Both companies are working towards the completion of the merger
before the end of ...
Choice One Completes Asset Purchase from FairPoint - 📅 - Choice One Communications (choiceonecom.com), an integrated
communications provider, announced that the company has completed the
purchase of certain assets from FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp
(fairpoint.com).



On Nov. 7, 2001, the two companies announced a definitive agreement for the
purchase of certain assets with the purchase price to be paid in both cash
and Choice One common stock. In accordance with the agreement, Choice One
paid cash in the amount of $1.5 ...
D-Link Says Routers Include Built-In Windows Security Solution - 📅 - D-Link (dlink.com), a designer, developer and manufacturer of firewalls and routers, announced that D-Link firewalls already protect users from people trying to break in through the recently announced critical security breaches in Windows. The breaches have been described by Microsoft as an unchecked buffer or buffer overrun vulnerability and a denial of services vulnerability.



The first vulnerability only affects the Windows XP UPnP implementation, and
could enable an ...
Akamai Wins Digital Island Patent Litigation - 📅 - An eight-person jury in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts returned a verdict today that Digital Island, Inc. (digitalisland.com) is infringing a patent asserted by Akamai Technologies, Inc. (akamai.com). The same jury also found that Akamai is not infringing a patent owned by Digital Island.



The verdict, which came at the end of a two-week trial in Boston, was the
result of lawsuits filed by the companies last year. Akamai had sued Digital
Island for infringing two ...
IBM Provides E-Procurement for Towers Perrin - 📅 - IBM (ibm.com) has announced that Towers Perrin (towers.com), a management consulting firm, has selected IBM's Quick Start e-procurement service to automate corporate purchasing operations on the Internet. The utility computing agreement with IBM will enable Towers Perrin to securely link to an online global network of more than 30,000 suppliers, providing immediate procurement efficiencies.



IBM's Quick Start e-procurement service combines the Ariba Buyer software
application ...
Legg Mason Releases 3Q Wireless Industry Scorecard - 📅 - As the wireless industry continues to grow, service providers increasingly will be measured by their operating results, according to a new report by Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated (leggmason.com).



The report, dubbed "The Wireless Industry Scorecard" by Legg Mason analysts
Sean P. Butson, CFA, Craig A. Mallitz, and Tahmin O. Clarke, is a quarterly
publication designed to help investors evaluate wireless carriers'
performance by highlighting operating and financial ...
Tier 1 Report Awards Loudcloud SLA Highest Mean Score Robert B. Marks - 📅 - Tier 1 Research (tier1research.com) awarded Loudcloud's Service Level Agreement (SLA) the highest mean score in a comprehensive report, Loudcloud (loudcloud.com -> hostinger.com) announced last Tuesday.

Titled "How Good is Good Enough: A Look at Service Level Agreements, Objectives, and Guarantees in Internet Infrastructure," the report reviewed the SLAs of twenty companies, including AT&T, Genuity, and Digex. Loudcloud's SLA was given the highest overall mean score in its participating categories, ...