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WorldCom Sets Up Vancouver Data Center - 📅 - Data and communications company WorldCom Inc. (worldcom.com) says it has chosen to set up a new Canadian data center in Vancouver, BC because the city has jumped past Ottawa and Calgary to become the country's third-biggest e-business hub.





The data center in downtown Vancouver will be the second-largest of three new data sites the company is building, part of a $25 million Canadian investment by the US-based WorldCom, which generates $40 billion annually in ...
New Worldcom Tracking Stock Hits the Nasdaq - 📅 - Worldcom unveiled its new MCI tracking stock this morning, one day after shareholders approved a proposal to split the company's Internet and long distance operations in to separate stocks.

Prior to the separation, all of Worldcom's operations traded under the ticker symbol WCOM on the Nasdaq. With the split, Worldcom issued stock for the company's MCI Group, which will track the company's phone, paging services and dial-up Internet services. The new stock will trade under the ticker ...
TELUS forms a strategic alliance with Ernst & Young to deliver Hosting and Security Service - 📅 - Canadian telecommunications firm TELUS Enterprise Solutions announced today that the company has formed a strategic alliance with Ernst & Young to offer Internet hosting and security services to TELUS business customers.



With this agreement, TELUS Enterprise Solutions will provide managed Web hosting and Application Service Provider (ASP) services and Ernst & Young will provide a suite of standard and advanced security offerings to enhance TELUS Enterprise Solutions' two new ...
PSINet to Sell Latin American Operations - 📅 - Crumbling communications giant PSINet Inc. announced on Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent with an investment group led by Cori Capital Partners, L.P. and consisting of additional investors, including senior members of PSINet's Latin American management team, according to which the group has offered to purchase PSINet's Latin American operations and facilities in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay.





The proposed purchase is subject to a number of conditions, ...
Merrill Lynch Names Micromuse to 'Tech Upstarts' List - 📅 - Fault management and service assurance software firm Micromuse Inc. (micromuse.com) was named by financial management and advisory firm Merrill Lynch as one of 25 "tech upstart" companies that will set the pace for technology stocks over the next few years.



"We are pleased that Merrill Lynch has identified us as a company with overall strong growth potential," said Greg Brown, Micromuse's Chairman & CEO. "Our Netcool software suite is positioned to address the challenges ...
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Opens Houston Data Center - 📅 - Computer Sciences Corporation (csc.com) announced on Wednesday the opening of its Houston Data Center, a world-class facility offering companies the flexibility to outsource server operations and other information technology services scaled to fit their needs.

The center offers clients high-bandwidth connectivity through the use of a Metropolitan Area Network. The network extends the reach of clients' local area networks by connecting with traditional wide-area networks. ...
Data Return to Manage Sony Playstation Racing Game Web Site - 📅 - Data Return Corporation (datareturn.com), a leading global provider of managed hosting services, has been selected by Forma Communications to manage the promotional Web site for Formula One 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's latest racing game for Playstation.





Forma, the interactive multimedia solutions provider that is producing the promotional game site, recognized Data Return's pedigree in high availability application hosting, and judged it to be best ...
Interliant Offers Hosted Oracle Database Solution - 📅 - Interliant, Inc. (interliant.com), a leading global application service provider, announced on Tuesday that it had made available its INIT Database Hosting solution for Oracle databases, offering users services ranging from license rental to full database administration.





Interliant says its INIT Database Hosting service offers complete Oracle database functionality in a fully managed solution, reducing the total cost of ownership and shortening the assessment and ...
SAVVIS to Help Abranet Launch Network in Brazil - 📅 - SAVVIS Communications Corp. (savvis.com), a global network services provider, announced on Wednesday that Abranet, a consortium of Brazilian ASPs, ISPs and Internet Carriers, has selected SAVVIS to build and operate their first private Network Access Point in Brazil and to provide peering between them.





The installation of this NAP in Sao Paolo will effectively link the consortium of 250 providers, to create Brazil's first true ?network of networks.? This consortium ...
WorldCom Shareholders Expected to OK Plan - 📅 - Communications giant WorldCom (worldcom.com) should have no trouble convincing shareholders to support its new direction, say analysts. They say the company should easily win shareholder approval on Thursday for its plan to separate its stagnating long distance business from its growing data and Internet operations.





WorldCom's plan is designed to shield the valuable data business from the competition and price wars that have pulled down long distance prices and ...