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The webhost industry: week review - 📅 - The Nasdaq began the week on a strong note, posting a three-day rally before heading back in to negative territory on worries about continued corporate losses.

A number of firms related to the Web hosting industry reported their quarterly earnings this week, garnering mixed reactions from investors.

Metropolitan fiber provider Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) reported Wednesday, posting a wider loss than a year earlier because of acquisitions and network expansion, but said ...
Sun Releases New Cluster Platform 280/3 - 📅 - Building on the proven methodology of its successful Cluster Platform 220/1000, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (sun.com) announced yesterday its
next-generation, entry-level Cluster Platform 280/3, which provides
significantly greater memory and storage flexibility. This is the fourth
offering to be added to the family of SunTone Cluster Platforms.



Powered by redundant UltraSPARC III chip-based Sun Fire 280R servers and
highly scalable, mirrored Sun StorEdge T3 arrays, the ...
Global Crossing Signs $700 Million Deal With CSC Robert Marks - 📅 - Communications firm Global Crossing Ltd. (globalcrossing.com) said yesterday it had signed a twelve-year contract with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a major consulting and IT services firm with over 60,000 employees worldwide. The agreement, which is worth $700 million, will see Global Crossing manage CSC's (csc.com) global wide area data and voice network.

One of the reasons for the deal is Global Crossing's fiber optic infrastructure and range of advanced IP services, ...
EDS' PLM Software to Serve as 'Digital Backbone' of Joint Strike Fighter - 📅 - Product Lifecycle Management software from EDS (eds.com) will
play a key role in helping the Lockheed Martin-led team develop the new
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) - by serving as the "digital backbone" for the
landmark project.



EDS' Metaphase software will enable the Lockheed Martin (lockheedmartin.com)
team's virtual global enterprise - its 10,000 person-strong consortium of
BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and an estimated 27 other partners and
suppliers - to create a ...
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Selects Equinix to Enhance Web Operations - 📅 - Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), creator and operator of neutral Internet Business Exchange centers, announced yesterday that
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (washingtonpost.com), The Washington
Post company's new media and electronic publishing subsidiary, has selected
Equinix IBX centers to enhance the performance of washingtonpost.com, one of
the top five general news sites on the Internet.



As a part of the agreement, WPNI will move all washingtonpost.com ...
Patricia Seybold Report Designates Divine as Extended Enterprise Leader - 📅 - divine, inc., (divine.com), an integrated solution provider
focused on the extended enterprise, was profiled in a research report issued
recently by the Patricia Seybold Group (psgroup.com). In the report, Patricia Seybold designates divine as the company defining and primed to lead the extended enterprise category.



The report provides significant insight into divine's extended enterprise
strategy, detailing many of the acquisitions that divine made in 2001 and
explaining ...
Choice One to Acquire Assets from FairPoint - 📅 - Choice One Communications (choiceonecom.com), an integrated
communications provider, yesterday announced the company has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire certain assets from FairPoint Communications
Solutions Corp (fairpoint.com). FairPoint Solutions was created in 1998 to pursue new market opportunities created by the deregulation of the local exchange markets.



The company offers a full suite of voice telecommunications services to
small and medium sized ...
Tucows Inc. pre-registering .NAME domains - 📅 - Tucows Inc. (tucows.com), a leading provider of wholesale domain name registrations, announced that it will begin taking pre-registrations on Wednesday, November 7, 2001, for .NAME, the world's only global generic top-level domain (gTLD) exclusively for personal name registrations.



The registry is offering both personal domain name registrations and
personalized e-mail forwarding. This should significantly increase the
accessibility of personal names for registration by ...
Worldport Hires Former Exodus Communications Exec - 📅 - Web hosting firm Worldport Communications (wrdp.com) said today it had appointed former Exodus Communications executive Darren Metherell to head its new business sales channel in the UK.



Metherell, who has over six years of sales experience in the Internet industry, becomes Worldport's new sales manager.

Meterell was previously sales director at Exodus, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At Exodus, Metherell led the company's regional sales ...
Optiglobe Expands into Mexico - 📅 - OptiGlobe (optiglobe.com), a Latin American provider of web-enabled IT outsourcing and data center services, announced today that it is expanding operations into Mexico City, rounding out its pan-regional presence.



OptiGlobe will offer the Mexican market a comprehensive portfolio of
infrastructure, connectivity, professional, support and managed services.
These services will enable Mexican and multi-national companies to rollout
and operate mission-critical IT systems ...