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Ensim Appoints Sales and Marketing Executives - 📅 - Hosting automation solutions provider Ensim Corporation (ensim.com) announced on Wednesday that it has added two new executives to its management team.





John Butler has joined the company as vice president of sales, and Andy Kim has been appointed vice president of marketing. Butler and Kim, says Ensim, will continue the company's efforts to bring its automated provisioning, management and delivery solutions for Web hosting, messaging, collaboration, e-commerce and other ...
Ubizen to Present "Every Web Server Needs a Shield" - 📅 - Managed security solution provider Ubizen (ubizen.com) announced on Thursday that, as part of the e-Secure 2.0 Virtual Conference, it will present a security seminar entitled ?Every Web Server Needs a Shield.?





Matt Walnock, senior software developer for Ubizen, will discuss the dangerous gaps left by many of the security devices on the market today and the need for a ?shield? to protect corporate Web servers from worms, viruses and other malicious attacks.

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Red Hat Opens R&D Facility in Massachusetts - 📅 - Linux software specialist Red Hat (redhat.com) said today it had opened an engineering and research and development office in Westford, Massachusetts.



The new facility houses 50 jobs, most of which are centered around engineering. The company said most of the facility's personnel came from Boston-area companies with extensive experience in enterprise-level operating systems and other software.

The facility will be used to develop high-performance computing products, ...
register.com logoRegister.Com to Operate .pro Domain Registry - 📅 - Domain name registrar Register.Com (Register.com 👉 Total Reviews: 5
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) said yesterday it had signed a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to oversee the new .pro domain registry.



The .pro domain registry will only offer domain registration to certified professionals such as accountants, doctors and attorneys. The cost for a single .pro domain name will likely range between $250 to $300.

The domain name will be more expensive due to the costs ...
NTL Files for Bankruptcy - 📅 - British Cable and Internet services firm NTL (ntl.com) said yesterday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of a pre-arranged re-organization plan.



NTL, which operates in Europe but maintains its headquarters based in New York, said neither its operating companies nor customers in the UK, Ireland or continental Europe would be affected by the filing. "Trade creditors, suppliers and employees will continue to be paid in the ordinary course of business," the ...
NHI Unveils 'Out of the Box' Monitoring Solution - 📅 - Network Harmoni Inc. (networkharmoni.com), a San Diego-based provider of network monitoring solutions, today announced the availability of Operation Center 1.0, an "out of the box" solution that monitors network performance and is designed to bridge the gap between Network Operations Centers and Help Desks.



Operation Center application, network, client/server system, security and end-user performance, and reports fault conditions in real-time in order to resolve problems ...
miva.com logo(e-Commerce)3, Miva Partner in Online Check Payment - 📅 - Online payment system developer (e-Commerce)3 (valutech.com) and e-commerce platform provider Miva Corp. (Miva.com -> hostinger.com) announced on Thursday that they have formed a strategic partnership designed to enable Miva Merchant users to accept customer check payments.





(e-Commerce)3, say the companies, has integrated its online check processing system e-ValuCheck with the Miva Merchant storefront development and management system, enabling merchants to process check payments quickly ...
verio.com logoNTT/VERIO Expands Dedicated Web Hosting Offerings - 📅 - Web hosting provider Verio Inc. (Verio.com 👉 Total Reviews: 28
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) announced on Wednesday that it has unveiled its new NTT/VERIO Enterprise Modular Hosting Solutions (EMHS) as the cornerstone of what the company calls significant enhancements to the company's dedicated and enterprise hosting offerings, including new product and service capabilities.





With an existing standardized line of more than 40 complex products and services, says Verio, the company allows businesses to quickly craft ...
SlipStream Data Gets $1.5M in Funding - 📅 - Private capital management firm EdgeStone Capital Partners announced on Tuesday that it has invested $1.5 million in SlipStream Data Inc. (slipstreamdata.com), a technology company, based in Waterloo, Ontario, that has developed software to improve the speed of Internet and network access.





SlipStream's patent-pending technology, says EdgeStone, uses lossless data compression and advanced network and content optimization technologies to create a solution suitable for end ...
VeriCenter Becomes Cash Flow Positive - 📅 - Texas-based enterprise managed services provider VeriCenter (vericenter.com) said today that its business operations became cash flow positive during the first quarter of 2002.



The company said it has delivered seven consecutive quarters of improvement in all major financial metrics, including revenue, EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), and cash flow since opening its data center in June 2000.

"The key to our growth has been the ...