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verisign.com logoVeriSign Introduces Merchant Payment Services Platform for International Service Providers - 📅 - VeriSign, Inc. (verisign.com), a leading provider of digital trust services, introduced a payment services platform that enables internationalservice providers to deliver co-branded online payment services to merchants in international markets. Merchants worldwide will now be able to securely process payments online through VeriSign's trusted payment services infrastructure.



In conjunction with this announcement, nine international service providers
including CIBC, eSign, ...
Worldport Awarded Three Managed Services Contracts - 📅 - Worldport Communications, Inc. (worldport.com), a high-end
European managed service solutions provider, announced yesterday three
business agreements that further extend the range of managed services
delivered to customers.




Telecomputing (telecomputing.com), an ASP company and market leader for the distribution and operation of server-based Windows applications, selected Worldport as a strategic business partner to host and manage its ASP-based platform. Also under the ...
savvis.net logoSavvis Wins $200 Million Contract With MoneyLine, Predicts Breakeven - 📅 - Savvis Communications Corp. (savvis.net 👉 Total Reviews: 3
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-> lumen.com), a global network
services provider, announced that it has secured a $200 million, five-year
agreement with MoneyLine Network, Inc. (moneyline.com) for networking
services.



Savvis also announced that it now projects that it will achieve breakeven
this quarter, sooner than its previous projection of the fourth quarter of
2002. Savvis will manage MoneyLine's entire network, providing networking
services to the 6,000 client ...
IBM Targets SMBs With WebSphere Integrated Server - 📅 - IBM announced a new eServer integrated with WebSphere (ibm.com/websphere) that provides mid-sized customers with simply deployed e-business system.



This pre-integrated hardware and software system helps small and medium
businesses build Web-based solutions while taking advantage of the IBM
eServer iSeries, including extensive ISV support, low total cost of
ownership and popularity (more than 250,000 customers worldwide). In
addition, customers can adopt open ...
KPNQwest to acquire Global TeleSystems, Ebone - 📅 - Global TeleSystems, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive share purchase agreement with KPNQwest (kpnqwest.com).



Under the terms of the agreement, KPNQwest will acquire (i) Global
TeleSystems Europe B.V. (gts.com), which owns and operates Ebone (ebone.com), Europe's leading broadband optical and IP network service provider; and (ii) GTS's Central European operating companies, which are the leading alternative provider of voice and data communications in Central ...
Intersil and Intel to Accelerate Deployment Of Wi-Fi Wireless Solutions - 📅 - Intersil Corporation (intersil.com), a developer of silicon
technology for Wireless Local Area Networks announced that it has teamed
with Intel Corporation (intel.com) to accelerate deployment of current and
future Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) wireless technology and products.



Intel has incorporated Intersil's PRISM 2.5 chip set in the recently
announced Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN products, a suite of products that
can wirelessly transmit voice, data and video content at speeds ...
Small Businesses Say High-Speed Provides Competitive Advantage - 📅 - A survey by Yankee Group (yankeegroup.com) and SBC (sbc.com) shows employees prefer company-provided DSL Internet line at home over casual Fridays and reserved parking. Three in four small businesses say high-speed Internet service has improved business productivity and nearly two in three say it has made them more competitive.



The survey results of Broadband Watch: A Study of the Small Business Market
are based on independent telephone interviews conducted by Yankee Group ...
Mediacom Reaches Agreement with Excite@Home - 📅 - Mediacom Communications Corporation (mediacomcc.com)
announced that Excite@Home (excite.com) has agreed to resume provisioning Mediacom's new high-speed Internet customers. The agreement enables Mediacom to continue adding new high-speed Internet customers in existing markets and introducing this service in new markets.



Mediacom Communications is the 8th largest cable television operator in the
United States, with cable systems passing approximately 2.6 million homes
and ...
Update on November 2001 ICANN Meeting - 📅 - In the past few days, ICANN
has made some new postings in connection with the 12-15
November ICANN meeting in Marina del Rey, which will focus on "Security
and Stability of the Internet Naming and Address Allocation Systems."
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Broadband Wireless Internet Forum Invites Government Participation - 📅 - The Broadband Wireless Internet Forum (bwif.org) is seeking
to involve government officials in the rollout of the next generation of
broadband services. The member companies of BWIF support a
nonline-of-sight,high-speed wireless transmission system that delivers
Internet, streaming video and audio, as well as voice.



"We feel that wireless broadband offers exceptional advantages over wired
and cable systems because it does not require digging up streets and ...