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Digital River Acquires Metatec Assets - 📅 - E-commerce outsourcing provider Digital River Inc. (http://www.digitalriver.com) announced on Thursday that it has acquired certain assets and liabilities of the electronic software distribution (ESD) business belonging to Metatec International Inc.



Digital River says it plans to use Metatec's ESD technology platform to offer expanded software distribution and entitlement management capabilities as an integrated part of its e-commerce system. The acquisition, says Digital River, opens ...
F5 Announces Fiscal First Quarter Profit - 📅 - Application management technology developer F5 Networks (F5.com) announced on Wednesday that it has released results for the first fiscal quarter of 2003, identifying net income of $520,000 on revenue of $27.1 million.



The positive income, says F5, is a significant improvement over the company's results for the first quarter of fiscal 2002, when it reported a net loss of $2.1 million on revenue of $27 million.

The company says its return to profitability was a result ...
interland.comInterland Registers to Sell up to 9M Shares - 📅 - Web hosting organization Interland Inc. (Interland.com 👉 Total Reviews: 2
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) reportedly registered to sell up to 9 million shares of its common stock for former shareholders of Trellix Corp.



According to a shelf filing made late Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company was required to register the resale of the shares by a merger agreement.

Interland closed its acquisition of privately-held Web site software developer Trellix earlier this week, for about $12.2 ...
Insight Research Announces Telecom Review - 📅 - Research organization Insight Research (http://www.insight-corp.com) announced on Wednesday that it has released a new report, entitled ?The 2003 Telecom Industry Review: An Anthology of Market Facts and Forecasts.?



While 2002 was a tough year for the telecommunications industry, says Insight, filled with bankruptcies, layoffs and scandal, the report predicts that the global telecom industry will begin a long, slow climb during 2003.

The report examines the underlying reasons ...
Inflow Chosen by Frontier Airlines - 📅 - Managed Web hosting and IT services provider Inflow Inc. (http://www.inflow.com) announced this week that it has been selected by national air carrier Frontier Airlines to provide managed hosting services for Frontier's Web site applications.



Frontier's Web site, says Inflow, generates more than 30 percent of the company's flown revenue. Inflow says it was chosen as the company's managed service provider because of its redundant hosting locations, reliability and security.
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ISPs Must Share Download Info - 📅 - A federal judge ruled this week that Internet service providers must agree to requests by the music industry that they track down users who illegally download music, in a decision that could significantly impact the risk involved in online piracy.



US District Judge John D. Bates agreed that the case was an important test of subpoena powers granted by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and upheld the recording industry's power, under the 1998 law, to compel Internet ...
register.com logoRegister.com Offers E-Mail Marketing - 📅 - Domain name registration and Web presence service provider Register.com Inc. (Register.com 👉 Total Reviews: 5
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) announced on Thursday that it has formed an agreement with e-mail marketing service provider Roving Software to assist small businesses with e-mail marketing campaigns.



Through the agreement, says Register.com, the company's small business customers will be able to build e-mail databases directly from their Web sites. Customers will also be able to design and deliver professional ...
Red Hat Launches Systems Management - 📅 - Open source and Linux provider Red Hat Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) announced on Thursday that it has released its plans for a comprehensive framework as the next step in building an integrated enterprise Linux platform.



According to Red Hat, the latest development in the evolution of the solution is an enterprise systems management framework comprised of Red Hat Network's software delivery and maintenance functions and a newly-developed monitoring and reporting system.

Red Hat ...
SWsoft Completes Infrastructure Deal - 📅 - Hosting automation and enterprise server software provider SWsoft Inc. (http://www.sw-soft.com) announced on Wednesday that it has deployed $1 million of its Linux OS virtualization and hosting software for hosting provider FeaturePrice.



The widespread deployment of SWsoft's Linux Virtuozzo product, says the company, indicate that by the end of 2003, 1 million virtualized instances of Linux will be live on the Internet.

FeaturePrice is using Virtuozzo to create hundreds of ...
superbservers.netSuperb Unveils New Data Center Facility - 📅 - Managed Web hosting solution provider Superb Internet Corporation (Superb.net 👉 Total Reviews: 101
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) announced on Tuesday that it has opened a new carrier class DCA2 network operations center and data facility in Tyson's Corner, McLean, Virginia.



The new Data Center, says Superb, is more than 12,500 square feet and is staffed 24-hours a day by experienced systems and network administrators. The facility features top of the line security, redundant power systems, backup power and fire suppression, ...