📅 - Internet service and Web hosting provider EarthLink (earthlink.net👉 Total Reviews: 6 🙌 Average Rating: 2.7 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 1 👎 Bad Reviews: 5 👈 Official Responses: 0) has named Kevin M. Dotts as chief financial officer, replacing the outgoing Lee Adrean. Dotts is currently Atlanta-based EarthLink's vice president of finance and principal accounting officer.
Dotts previously held a number of senior finance positions at General Electric. Since joining EarthLink, Dotts has reported directly to Adrean, working on financial and management reporting, financial planning and analysis and corporate purchasing. "Coming off a tremendous 2003 and equally successful first quarter of 2004, EarthLink is well positioned for continued profitable growth and will be well served by Kevin's extensive financial experience both for almost two years at EarthLink and previously for 15 years at General Electric," says Garry Betty, president and CEO of EarthLink. "As the new CFO, Kevin will remain focused on maintaining our high commitment to financial integrity and helping EarthLink achieve its financial objectives."
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📅 - Cloud and Network Provider Windstream Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Windstream (earthlink.net👉 Total Reviews: 6 🙌 Average Rating: 2.7 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 1 👎 Bad Reviews: 5 👈 Official Responses: 0), a provider of voice and data network communications, cloud hosting, and managed services, has filed for bankruptcy. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy comes after a $310 million court loss against a hedge fund.
Windstream intends to use the court-supervised process to address debt maturities that have been accelerated as a result of the recent decision by Judge Jesse Furman in the Southern District of New York against Windstream Services, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company.
"Following a comprehensive review of our options, including an appeal, the Board of Directors and management team determined that filing for voluntary Chapter 11 protection is a necessary step to addres
📅 - OpenXchange Goes Massively Mobile - A new collaboration has brought open-source, collaboration capability to more than 1.5 billion mobile handsets, providing push email and cloud-based mobile synchronization as a Software as a Service offering. According to a joint announcement this week, Open source software developer Open-Xchange (open-xchange.com) and "mobile 2.0 messaging" provider Funambol (funambol.com) have partnered to provide advanced capabilities to most mobile handsets including the iPhone, the Android platform, and Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices. In June, Open-Xchange retooled its services for iPhone users, but now, these capabilities are extended to virtually all Internet-enabled m
📅 - EarthLink Adds Board Member - Internet service provider EarthLink (earthlink.net👉 Total Reviews: 6 🙌 Average Rating: 2.7 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 1 👎 Bad Reviews: 5 👈 Official Responses: 0) announced it has named M. Wayne Wisehart to its board of directors. He will serve on EarthLink's audit committee, its finance committee and its corporate governance and nominating committee. "Wayne brings a wealth of technology, telecommunications and financial experience to EarthLink and we are excited to have him on board as we continue to focus our company on customer retention and satisfaction while creating shareholder value," says Rolla P. Huff, CEO, president and chairman of the board of directors.From March 2006 until September 2007, Wisehart served as chief financial officer of digital marketing service
📅 - WSCO Petroleum Chooses New Edge - Internet solutions provider New Edge Networks (newedgenetworks.com), an Earthlink (earthlink.net👉 Total Reviews: 6 🙌 Average Rating: 2.7 / 10 👍 Good Reviews: 1 👎 Bad Reviews: 5 👈 Official Responses: 0) subsidiary, announced on Monday that independent convenience store and petroleum operator WSCO Petroleum has selected New Edge Networks to provide its 50 convenience stores and gas stations with a high-speed private network. WSCO Petroleum plans to use the private network for providing stores real-time access to its price book, checking inventory and quickly implementing discounts or price changes. This speeds up daily reporting, eliminates paper faxes and improves accuracy, says New Edge Networks.The private network also enables WSCO Petroleum to reduce its credit ca