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Brocade Hosts Second Networking Storage Conference - 📅 - Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a Storage Area Networks (SANs) provider, today announced the lineup of exhibitors and sponsors for the second annual industry conference in Las Vegas, June 2-5, 2002. The Networking Storage Event, is designed for IT executives responsible for implementing and managing storage environments who are interested in learning how SANs can simplify and improve their existing and future storage investments.





Educating customers, partners, ...
AppliedTheory Files for Bankruptcy, Sells Hosting, Network Units - 📅 - Managed hosting firm AppliedTheory Corp. (appliedtheory.com) said today it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

In conjunction with the filing, the company said it had agreed to sell its network business to Internet services firm FASTNET Corporation, and that it had entered in to an agreement with Web hosting firm ClearBlue Technologies, Inc. to purchase AppliedTheory's managed hosting business.

AppliedTheory also said it had secured a "tentative commitment" for ...
Digital River Unveils E-rescue Program - 📅 - Digital River, Inc., an e-commerce outsource provider, today launched it E-Rescue Program, targeting businesses with in-house e-commerce operations provided by an e-commerce application provider. Eliminating maintenance and upgrade costs, E-Rescue provides a migration path to Digital River's e-commerce outsourcing model.



Designed to be employed in 60 days, the E-Rescue Program is offered with start-up costs at 50 percent or less of current yearly maintenance and upgrade fees. ...
Cisco Announces Agreement With China Railcom - 📅 - Cisco Systems, an Internet networking provider, today announced that China Railcom has chosen Cisco for the second phase expansion of their Internet backbone network, CRNet. Following the expansion work, CRNet will offer a 10G link connecting Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and 125 other Chinese cities.



Offering a range of integrated services including dial-up and DDN access, as well as VPN, VPDN, IP voice, and video conferencing, CRNet is a high-speed public network. ...
ICANN Answers Auerbach's Allegations - 📅 - As previously reported,
ICANN Director Karl Auerbach has sued ICANN in state court in Los Angeles,
California. The lawsuit grows out of Auerbach's insistence that he has
unfettered discretion to decide how he may use the materials he obtains
as an ICANN Director and whether he must respect their confidentiality.
On 17 April 2002, ICANN submitted its ...
Host Europe Joins The London Internet Exchange - 📅 - Host Europe, a European Web hosting provider, announced today that it is now a full member of The London Internet Exchange (LINX), an alliance of Internet Service Providers enabling the exchange of Internet traffic.



Gaining interconnectivity with other members of the UK?s, Host Europe (hosteurope.com) expects to experience improved systems performance.

Host Europe's partnerships with several key industry players including: Microsoft, NTL, Telewest Broadband and ...
Genuity Achieves Microsoft/Compaq Certification - 📅 - Managed hosting provider Genuity Inc. (genuity.com) announced on Tuesday that it has become the first company to receive the new joint certification from technology providers Microsoft and Compaq. The company received the Microsoft global Gold Application Infrastructure Provider/Compaq SP Signature designation for its operations in support of its Black Rocket Hosting platform.



The Microsoft Gold AIP/Compaq SP Signature certification is based, in part, on the application ...
DSL.net to Offer Nationwide T1 Service Through Allegiance Telecom - 📅 - High-speed ISP and Internet services firm DSL.net said yesterday it had signed an agreement with Allegiance Telecom to offer nationwide T1 service.



Under the agreement, DSL.net said it would now have an expanded footprint through which to offer businesses previously unable to secure broadband connectivity due to geographic limitations, the benefits of T1 Internet access. The company said its new T1 capabilities would be integrated its current T1 product portfolio, and would ...
AppliedTheory to File for Bankruptcy Protection - 📅 - Managed hosting firm AppliedTheory Corp. said in its annual report yesterday that it expected to voluntarily petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

"We have incurred significant losses since our founding and our cash resources and expected revenues from operations are insufficient to meet our existing obligations and our long-term needs for continuing operations," the company said in its filing. "We have been ...
broadwing.com logoBroadwing?s First Quarter Results Show Improvement - 📅 - Broadwing Inc. (broadwing.com -> lumen.com), an integrated communications company, announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2002 on Wednesday. While the company's revenue decreased 4 percent to $537 million, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 2 percent to $247 million.





?We are encouraged by the trends we saw in the first quarter,'' says Rick Ellenberger, Broadwing Inc. chairman-elect and CEO. ?Our core businesses were ...