NewsHosting news - 02 Nov 2001 - Listing Page: 3581

Microsoft and IBM Unveil New XML Web Services Specification - 📅 Nov 2, 2001 - Continuing their joint work to further the XML Web services family of interoperability specifications, IBM Corp. (ibm.com) and Microsoft
Corp. (microsoft.com) announced yesterday the Web Services Inspection specification.



The WS-Inspection specification defines how an application can discover an
XML Web service description on a Web server, enabling developers to browse
Web servers for XML Web services. WS-Inspection complements the IBM- and
Microsoft-pioneered Universal ...

Progressive Distribution Services Expands Data Center - 📅 Nov 2, 2001 - Progressive Distribution Services, Inc. (prodist.com) announced several enhancements to its data center. Progressive Distribution Services offers a comprehensive range of fulfillment services -- from call center, order processing, and customer service to warehousing distribution,
refunds/returns/exchanges, and database/list management. The company is
based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.



With upgrades to hardware, software and communication systems, the company
improves its Web ...

Divine Acquires Data Return In $33 Million Stock Transaction - 📅 Nov 2, 2001 - Web software and services firm divine Inc. said Friday it had purchased Web hosting firm Data Return for $33 million in stock.

Under the agreement, which was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors at each company, divine will acquire all outstanding shares of Data Return for a fixed exchange rate, with each outstanding share of Data Return converted into 1.9876 shares of divine's common stock.

"Data Return's proven experience, world-class technology and leading-edge ...

The webhost industry: week review - 📅 Nov 2, 2001 - It's been a less-than-stellar week for the Nasdaq, save for a tech rally Thursday after it was revealed that a deal had been reached between Microsoft and the Justice Department. Aside from Thursday's rally, however, the Nasdaq was mired in negative territory most of the week because of anthrax fears, a major project disappointment at Boeing and concern regarding Argentina's debt situation.

In the Web hosting sector, one of the biggest stories of the week didn't occur until Friday ...

Switch and Data and Paix.net Form Strategic Alliance - 📅 Nov 2, 2001 - Switch and Data Facilities Company (switchanddata.com -> equinix.com),
operator of carrier-neutral co-location centers, and Paix.net, Inc., a
subsidiary of Metromedia Fiber Network and a neutral Internet Exchange,
announced yesterday the signing of a strategic alliance that provides
peering and interconnection services to customers of both companies.



This alliance brings together two of the largest vendor-neutral co-location
companies in the U.S. With its established nationwide Class-A ...

Quova and Visa International Sign Partnership Agreement - 📅 Nov 2, 2001 - Quova (quova.com), a leading of Internet intelligence services to online businesses, has announced a global strategic alliance with Visa International (visa.com). The agreement is designed to address the growing need for Internet infrastructure intelligence services and geolocation solutions for e-commerce and risk management applications.



As a supporter of Quova, Visa will look for opportunities to use Quova's
GeoPoint service to benefit Visa and its member banks, partners ...

Reef Introduces Newest Version of E-Business Solution - 📅 Nov 2, 2001 - Reef (reef.com), a global provider of Internet software applications for the management of e-business recently unveiled Reef QuickStart 2.0, the newest version of its popular QuickStart suite of e-business solutions for small and medium-sized business, based on Reef's InternetWare enterprise software.



The Reef QuickStart product line, comprised of QuickStart Website,
QuickStart Intranet and QuickStart Extranet, was launched earlier this year
and was enthusiastically embraced ...

Sierra Wireless and Lucent to Deliver 3G CDMA2000 Mobile Solutions - 📅 Nov 1, 2001 - Sierra Wireless (sierrawireless.com) and Lucent Technologies (lucent.com) announced yesterday an agreement to create next-generation subscriber products for business customers that require high-speed mobile data connections. Solutions such as wireless modem devices, based on the third-generation CDMA2000 1x-EV-DO (1x Evolution-Data Only) standard, are expected to be commercially available in mid 2002.



This high-speed 3G technology will provide data transmission speeds of up ...

U.S. Gov't Selects NeuStar to Manage .US domain - 📅 Nov 1, 2001 - NeuStar, Inc. (neustar.biz), a neutral third party provider of mission-critical services, has been selected by the Department of Commerce (DoC) to manage the authoritative Internet address space for the United States - ".US". The selection was the culmination of a public discussion of the .US domain that began in 1998 and was made after a comprehensive competitive evaluation process. NeuStar was awarded a four-year contract with two optional one-year renewals.



For the first ...

Sun Microsystems Chosen by Shaw Communications to Build Internet Data Center - 📅 Nov 1, 2001 - Shaw Communications (shaw.ca -> easyonnet.com), a large provider of high-speed Internet service in Canada, has once again chosen Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(sun.com) to build a second Internet data center.



Sun was the provider of choice for Shaw's first Internet data center,
successfully launched in August 2001. Shaw's purchase of Sun Enterprise
4500, 6500, 280R, 420R and Netra T1 servers, Sun StorEdge T3 arrays, Sun
StorEdge FC Network Switches, the Solaris 8 Operating Environment, ...