NewsHosting news - 11 Jul 2001 - Listing Page: 3620

Here you find whtop.com daily webhosting news & hosting industry announcements.

Submit web hosting news

KSolutions, Compaq, United Training to Deliver Rapid Implementation of SharePoint - 📅 - Ksolutions (ksolutionsinc.com), Compaq (compaq.com), and United Training (unitedtraining.com) announced Tuesday that they have teamed to offer a five-day rapid implementation of Microsoft's SharePoint Portal Server technology.



The service, called K.SPRINT, unites leaders of the knowledge management, hardware and training industries to help make use of their technology investments in only five days.

Additionally, for small to mid-sized companies or individual ...
FutureSoft Introduces Win2K Support for Connectivity Software - 📅 - FutureSoft Inc (futuresoft.com) has introduced new editions of its host connectivity software, DynaComm Connectivity Series 8 (DCS 8) and DCS 8 Web Server Edition. The new versions, DCS 8.0.0.2, enhance deployment, implementation and management of secure access to host environments from PCs and thin clients, either locally or via the web.



In addition to several specific updates to DCS 8 and the Web Server Edition, a key enhancement in version 8.0.0.2 is broadened installation ...
Broadband Satellite Market Poised for Growth - 📅 - The market for broadband satellite services is still poised for long-term growth, according to a research report released yesterday by Northern Sky Research (northernskyresearch.com).



The report forecasts growth across multiple market segments, provides a complete assessment of potential broadband satellite services and profiles a large number of satellite players positioned for growth.

"While the satellite market is not immune from problems currently faced by the ...
SMARTS to provide Service Assurance for Juniper Networks - 📅 - SMARTS, an automated service assurance company for enterprises and service providers, announced that it has joined the new Juniper Networks (juniper.net) IP OSS Alliance.



This new program will develop network management solutions to seamlessly work with Juniper's Internet backbone routers.

Juniper Networks will be able to use SMARTS? InCharge solutions to automatically manage availability problems in the service delivery infrastructure based on their impacts on ...
Mercantec Unveils Integrated E-Com Solution in Chicago - 📅 - Mercantec (mercantec.com) announced yesterday that it will officially debut Power Commerce, a fully integrated suite of e-commerce solutions for small and medium sized businesses, at Internet World in Chicago, today and tomorrow.



"Success in the online marketplace is a game of survival of the fittest," says Mercantec CEO Tim Noe. "Mercantec Power Commerce empowers SMBs with an arsenal of strategic business marketing tools that they need to achieve a necessary competitive ...
Marsh, AT&T Unveil e-Business Insurance Solution - 📅 - Companies using AT&T's Internet Data Centers and managed Web hosting services are now eligible for e-business insurance from Marsh Inc., with preferred pricing and a streamlined approval process.



Recognizing the importance of e-business revenues to the success of many businesses, Marsh (mmc.com), a leading risk and insurance services firm, together with AT&T (att.com), developed Net Secure to provide a safety net for e-business risks. Marsh will handle all aspects of the ...
Yankee Group Predicts Virtual Elimination of Collocation - 📅 - A new report from the Yankee Group (yankeegroup.com) predicts that hosting has finally begun the drive toward fully managed services, and it believes this will ultimately result in the virtual elimination of collocation services.



The group predicts that vendors will differentiate themselves by specialty (vertical or horizontal), which will result in the industry competing less on communications transport and real estate, and more on management services.

"Hosting has ...
U.S. Military Helps Fund FreeBSD Project - 📅 - NAI Labs (nai.com), the research group of security software company Network Associates, announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense granted $1.2 million to a community project designed to boost security features to FreeBSD, an open-source Unix variant.



"Security can be seen as an investment and a form of insurance," Robert Watson, a FreeBSD Core Team member and research scientist at NAI Labs told CNET. "We're taking a multipronged approach to address a number of parts ...
Sealand: Taking "Offshore Hosting" to A New Level - 📅 - When people think of hosting their data offshore, the first place that often comes to mind is the Caribbean. After all, the sunny countries to the south are warm, close to the United States and typically feature lax policies related to business and privacy.

Moving your servers to the Caribbean doesn't put you above the law, though. Enter HavenCo, a private firm backed by a number of Internet executives with extensive backgrounds in network infrastructure, security and E-commerce. ...
AppliedTheory to Host Intellidyn's Demographic Database - 📅 - Industry leader AppliedTheory (appliedtheory.com), an Internet development and managed hosting partner for hundreds of large corporations, announced yesterday that it will provide dedicated Web hosting for Intellidyn's (intellidyn.com) huge database, which contains demographic and purchasing data on virtually anyone in the United States.



In addition to hosting, AppliedTheory is providing Internet access and a secure firewall that will be available to Intellidyn's customers, ...