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Worldport Awarded Three Managed Service Contracts - 📅 - Worldport Communications, Inc. (wrdp.com), a European
high-end managed service solutions provider, announced yesterday three
business agreements that further extend the range of managed services
delivered to customers.



Telecomputing, 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 agreement, Worldport will ...
AT&T Canada Releases CRTC Review, Encourages Competition - 📅 - AT&T Canada Inc. (attcanada.com), Canada's largest national broadband services provider and CLEC, yesterday released a statement that it is offering recommendations to the federal regulator to restore balance to the Canadian telecom market that would allow customers to continue to benefit from competition and allow new entrant competitors to compete fairly with the former monopoly telecom providers.



"With nine new telecom companies failing in the past eight months, the
former ...
equinix.com logoGoogle Selects Equinix to Enhance Search Engine Performance - 📅 - Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), creator and operator of
neutral Internet Business Exchange centers, and Google Inc. (google.com), announced yesterday that Google will leverage Equinix IBX centers to enhance the performance of its Internet services. As a part of the agreement, Google will establish a point of presence for its global search engine network in Equinix's Washington, D.C. area and Silicon Valley IBX centers.



Through this agreement, Google will be able to connect its ...
Genuity Completes Acquisition of Integra - 📅 - Genuity Inc. (genuity.com) and Integra S.A., a European provider of managed hosting and e-business solutions, announced that the settlement and delivery procedures for the reopened period of the public exchange offer initiated by Genuity for Integra securities have been completed.



This first-ever-reopened tender offer in France resulted in an additional 11
percent of Integra shares exchanged for Genuity Class A common stock. These
new shares of Genuity Class A common stock ...
dotster.com logo.info Domain Names Now Available for Registration At Dotster Inc. - 📅 - Dotster Inc. (dotster.com 👉 Total Reviews: 40
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), a leading ICANN accredited domain name registrar, announced that .info domain names are now available for real-time registration on the Dotster.com home page.



Launched on January 15, 2000, Dotster has established itself as a major
player among domain name registrars and was one of the first registrars to
offer long-term registrations, discounted pricing, and synonym generation
technology.

Dotster offers its clients superior customer ...
AOL Broadband Launches in Cincinnati, Greensboro - 📅 - America Online (aol.com), announced the launch of its
High-Speed Broadband service over the Time Warner Cable system in Cincinnati
and Greensboro.



AOL High-Speed Broadband combines the advantages of a broadband connection
with the ease-of-use and community atmosphere that have made AOL the world's
most popular online service. With this broadband service, AOL members can
access multimedia content, instant messaging and interactive gaming
seamlessly integrated into the AOL ...
Telus Completes Purchase of PSINet Canada - 📅 - Telus (telus.com) has announced that it successfully
completed the purchase of PSINet's Canadian operations and facilities.



"This transaction is a major step toward achieving our goal of becoming a
leading e-solutions provider in Canada and supports our national data and
Internet Protocol growth strategy," said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO
of Telus. "This acquisition underscores Telus' commitment to be a leading
Internet access and hosting provider in the Canadian ...
Survey Shows Businesses Increasingly Vulnerable to Security Attacks - 📅 - Businesses have become increasingly vulnerable to information security attacks despite an industry-wide boost in security budgets over the last year, according to a new survey by Information Security magazine, sponsored by Predictive Systems (predictive.com) and TruSecure Corporation (trusecure.com).



Viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malware infected 90% of the organizations
surveyed, even though 88% had anti-virus protection in place. This
represents an 11% jump from 2000 ...
Blue Falcon and MeasureCast Partner for P2P Audience Measurement - 📅 - Blue Falcon Networks (bluefalcon.com), a leader in
peer-to-peer streaming media delivery, announced a strategic partnership
with MeasureCast, Inc. (measurecast.com), a third-party streaming audience measurement company with more than 1,000 customer stations.



Blue Falcon will incorporate the MeasureCast Streaming Audience Measurement
Service into its streaming delivery technology as a key offering to its
large Internet broadcasting customers. The partnership enables Blue ...
Penguin Computing and Sangoma to Provide Routing Solutions - 📅 - Penguin Computing Inc. (penguincomputing.com), a developer of Linux-based solutions, and Markham, Ontario's Sangoma Technologies (sangoma.com), a developer of WAN connectivity products, announced last week an agreement to include Sangoma WAN cards in Penguin Computing's routing solutions.



Routing solutions from Penguin Computing supply customers with Sangoma's
integrated, cost-effective wide area networking capabilities while providing
vital WAN interface services including ...