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KPNQwest Wins Bid To Host German Entertainment Giant - 📅 - KPNQwest NV, the Dutch data communications company announced Wednesday that it has signed a deal to provide video streaming for the Internet operations of German broadcasting giant RTL Group PLC (rtl.de).



While the financial terms of the contract weren't disclosed, KPNQuest (kpnqwest.com) says it will store RTL's video data in a KPNQwest data center in Munich, accessible by fiber optic networks.

KPNQwest spokesman Piers Schreiber said the best indication of the value ...
Global Crossing Appoints New COO - 📅 - After suffering one of the largest bankruptcy filings in history, Global Crossing Ltd., (globalcrossing.com), has re-shuffled its executive team naming Carl Grivner chief operating officer and Anthony Christie as senior vice president of product management effective immediately.



Filling a spot that had been open since October, Global Crossings said today it has also realigned its senior management team under chief executive Tom Casey. David Walsh, former co-chief operating ...
EU Urges Adoption of IPv6 - 📅 - The European Union (europa.eu.int) has asked that
governments and industry work together to accelerate the introduction of
Internet Protocol version 6, or IPv6, reported vnunet.com.



EU Commissioner Erkki Liikanen insisited in its latest communication, "IPv6:
Priorities for Action," that IPv6, a protocol that will create more Internet
addresses, is necessary to cope with the sharp rise in mobile and
Web-enabled devices. Currently, the Web is based on an older version of ...
Conxion Appoints Operations and IT Head - 📅 - Conxion Corporation (conxion.com), a managed hosting
provider, announced yesterday that it has appointed Marc White to the
position of vice president of operations and IT.



"We've added Marc White to lead the charter to optimize Conxion's hosting
services business and leverage our state-of-the art IT infrastructure to
broaden our offerings," said Antonio Salerno, Conxion's chairman and CEO.
"We welcome his background and expertise to further expand our ...
ManagedOps to Support Microsoft CRM Solution - 📅 - ManagedOps (managedops.com), a provider of application
outsourcing services, plans to offer its Managed Operations service for
Microsoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM).



"Microsoft Customer Relationship Management presents a tremendous
opportunity for customers and partners," said Dan Taylor, ManagedOps CEO.
"Small and medium-sized customers want a Microsoft-centric CRM system built
with integration to other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Great ...
Divine And BEA Team to Deliver Joint Solutions - 📅 - divine, inc., a leading provider of solutions for the extended enterprise, today announced that 76 customers have chosen divine's Content Server and the BEA WebLogic Server from BEA Systems, Inc. (bea.com), to manage and transport content for their e-businesses development. Customers including Capital Group, David Jones, General Growth Properties, Inc., Sprint North Supply, and The Washington Post are using the joint divine Content Server and BEA WebLogic solution to build and deliver e- ...
Ensim Helps Rackshack Sell 1,000 Dedicated Servers in 60 Days - 📅 - Ensim Corporation (ensim.com), a provider of hosting automation solutions, said today that its WEBppliance platform helped Web hosting company Rackshack (rackshack.net) sell 1,000 dedicated server plans in 60 days.



According to Ensim, Rackshack relied on WEBppliance's application management architecture to cut the time and cost of server deployment, and passed along those savings to its customers and resellers. Ensim's WEBppliance also offered Rackshack the ability to ...
verisign.com logoVeriSign Bases EMEA Headquarters in Geneva - 📅 - VeriSign, Inc. (verisign.com), a provider of digital trust
services, today announced the establishment of its Europe, Middle East and
Africa headquarters in Geneva. Besides Geneva, VeriSign has offices in
Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, Denmark, UK, and Spain among other
locations.



"We chose Geneva for our EMEA headquarters because of its leading role as a
global center for international trade, banking, and telecommunications,"
said Stratton Sclavos, president and CEO ...
WorldCom and Compaq Join Forces for Hosting, Co-Location - 📅 - WorldCom (worldcom.com) and Compaq Computer Corporation (compaq.com), today
announced an agreement to jointly market and promote global WorldCom Web
hosting and co-location services. As part of this arrangement, WorldCom is
now a Compaq Strategic Service Provider Alliance Partner.



Under the terms of the joint sales and marketing agreement, WorldCom and
Compaq are teaming on sales opportunities, leveraging the combined
capabilities, products and services of both companies ...
National Archives Taps Siemens for Network Upgrade - 📅 - Siemens Enterprise Networks LLC, (siemensenterprise.com) a
subsidiary of Siemens AG and a provider of converged voice and data
solutions, announced today that it has been awarded contracts totaling $7.1
million to upgrade the voice and data networks of the National Archives and
Records Administration (nara.gov).



The National Archives and Records Administration is an independent federal
agency that oversees the management of federal records including
presidential papers ...