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OptiGlobe's So Paulo Operation Reaches Cash Flow Positive Status - 📅 - OptiGlobe, Latin America's premier provider of web-enabled IT outsourcing and data center services, announced that its São Paulo data center has reached cash flow positive status after less than one year in operation.



This milestone represents one of the most successful starts for any
large-scale data center in the world. A $100 million investment, OptiGlobe's
São Paulo facility is 159,000 square feet with redundant power and
electrical systems designed specifically for ...
Springboard Adds Dual OC3 Connections to Data Center - 📅 - Springboard Managed Hosting (springboardhosting.com), a
North Carolina-based, privately held provider of outsourced managed Web
hosting, professional services and data center solutions, announced
yesterday that it has signed telecommunication services agreements with
Sprint (sprint.com) and Cable & Wireless (cw.com).



The agreements provide for the installation of dual OC3 pipes, each of which
will provide 155 Mbps of capacity.

"We"re increasing bandwidth to meet ...
Network World Releases 2001 Best of the Tests Award Winners - 📅 - Network World, Inc. announced yesterday its 2001 Best of the Tests Award winners. Network World's annual Best of the Tests Award winners are top network products that have gone through rigorous, hands-on testing by Network World's Global Test Alliance and independent reviewers.



Winners were selected in 13 product categories: directories, Internet
appliances, Multimedia networking, Network management, Mobile management,
Security, Enterprise servers, Enterprise Switch/Routers, ...
MFN Extends Site Operations Platform to Customer-Owned IDCs - 📅 - Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. (mfn.com), a leading provider of digital communications infrastructure solutions, has expanded its relationship with VERITAS Software Corp. (veritas.com), a leading software storage
company, to provide Internet infrastructure managed services within VERITAS
Software's own data center environment.



The relationship with VERITAS Software demonstrates MFN's ability to
successfully offer the Site Operations Platform (SOP) within an enterprise
data ...
Rivar, OmniCluster Partner to Launch Hosting Technology - 📅 - A new technology relationship between Rivar Technologies (rivar.com), developer of Code: Neo software and OmniCluster Technologies
(omnicluster.com), developer of the SlotServer, full-function server on a PCI card, is enabling Web hosters to expand their existing network capacity and speed.



Rivar will showcase the integrated products at Comdex Fall 2001, Nov. 13-16
in Las Vegas, Booth No. L4922. "The agreement to combine the products
through mutual reseller partners and ...
UltraDNS Adopts NewChannel to Drive Revenue - 📅 - NewChannel Inc. (newchannel.com) announced that UltraDNS Corporation has selected its award-winning eSales Solution to proactively provide online sales assistance to its Web visitors at www.ultradns.com.

With NewChannel, UltraDNS sales representatives are now able to offer
consultative sales assistance to online customers who are researching its
directory services solutions including managed DNS service, URL forwarding,
and e-mail forwarding aervices, which help high traffic sites ...
akamai.com logoDigital Island Claiming Early Victory in Patent Dispute - 📅 - Digital Island (digitalisland.com), announced yesterday that the United States District Court in Massachusetts has issued key rulings that could pave the way for Digital Island to prevail in its patent dispute with Akamai (akamai.com).



The patents cover technologies that Digital Island and Akamai use to provide
Web services for delivering content over the Internet. Both companies are
claiming that the other stole its patented technology.

In its order, the court ...
Juniper to Acquire Pacific Broadband - 📅 - Juniper Networks, Inc. (juniper.net), a provider of Internet
Protocol infrastructure systems, announced yesterday a definitive agreement
to acquire privately-held Pacific Broadband Communications
(pacificbroadband.com) of San Jose, California in a stock transaction totaling approximately $200 million. Pacific Broadband develops standards-based next-generation cable modem termination systems (CMTS). These systems help cable operators deliver advanced IP services including Voice over IP, ...
Excite@Home Files Motion to Sell Media Assets - 📅 - Excite@Home announced that it filed a motion seeking approval to sell certain narrowband assets related to its portal Excite.com.



Excite@Home has entered into an agreement with InfoSpace, Inc.
(infospace.com) to sell certain Excite.com assets for $10 million. The assets include certain domain names, trademarks and user traffic, but do not include physical assets. The agreement also provides for certain transition services to be provided by Excite@Home to InfoSpace. The sale ...
BeyonDSL Launches Wireless Network in Las Vegas - 📅 - Internet Business International Inc. (ibui.net) an Internet
commerce, communications, marketing and financial services company,
announced that BeyonDSL (beyondsl.com), a division of IBUI's LA Internet subsidiary, is implementing a community broadband wireless network in the "Lakes" community of Las Vegas.



"We are weaving a truly mobile broadband canvas for the residents of the
'Lakes,'" stated LA Internet president Ken Reda. "As FCC chairman Michael K.
Powell detailed at ...