dot.COM articles from June 1999

dot.COM archives from June 1999

ADVERTISING: TMP, DoubleClick Announce Partnership.
June 1, 1999... (www.tmpw.com)TMP Worldwide (1633 Broadway, 33rd Fl., New York, NY 10019; Tel: 212/247-0015; fax: 212/977-4200), a leading provider of global recruitment solutions including the career portal, (www.monster.com)Monster.com, and the world's...

Flycast Introduces AdLab to Maximize ROI.
June 1, 1999... (www.flycast.com)Flycast Communications Corp. (181 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA 94105; Tel: 415/977-1000; 415/977-1009), a provider of web-based direct response advertising solutions, formally introduced...

Free Banner Tool Aids Business Advertising.
June 1, 1999... (www.HyperBanner.net)HyperBanner (10055 Miller Ave., Ste. 201, Cupertino, CA 95014; Tel: 408/873-4114; Fax: 408/873-1441), a global banner exchange company, announced (www.hyperbanner.net/start.dbm#counter) HyperCounter, a promotions...

GoTo.com Gives Direct Control to Advertisers.
June 1, 1999... (www.goto.com)GoTo.com (140 W. Union St., Pasadena, CA 91103; Tel: 626/685-5600; Fax: 626/685-5601), a pioneer of targeted pay-for- performance online advertising, has launched a new suite of tools that enables Web sites to take direct control...

BANKING: More U.S. Households to Be Banking Online.
June 1, 1999... Online banking is fast becoming a convenient functionality in the United States. In 1998, there were already 6.6 million U.S. households banking online, said the U.S. market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC, 5 Speen St.,...

DEALS: theglobe.com Launches New Career Arm.
June 1, 1999... (www.theglobe.com)theglobe.com (31 W. 21st. St., New York, NY 10010; Tel: 212/886-0800; Fax: 212/367-8588), announced an alliance with (www.hotjobs.com) HotJobs.com, the premier employment web site, to...

Yahoo Acquires Online Anywhere.
June 1, 1999... In a further push to boost its presence in the growing wireless data access market, Internet portal (www.yahoo.com)Yahoo Inc. (3420 Central Expwy., Santa Clara, CA 95051; Tel: 408/731-3300; Fax: 408/731-3301) said it has...

FINANCIAL: Amazon.Com Invests $45M in Sotheby's.
June 1, 1999... Internet retailer (www.amazon.com)Amazon.com Inc. (1516 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98101; Tel: 206/622-2335; Fax: 206/622-2405) reported it is investing $45 million in world-renowned auctioneer Sotheby's Holding's Inc. and is...

Countrywide Introduces Mortgage Pay Online.
June 1, 1999... (www.countrywide.com)Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (4500 Park Granada, Calabasas, CA 91302; Tel: 800/435-6276), a leading independent mortgage lender, now offers its customers a flexible way to instantly pay their mortgage. By logging on to...

Hawaiian Electric to Offer Web Billing.
June 1, 1999... (www.checkfree.com)CheckFree and (www.hie.com)Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO, 900 Richards St., Honolulu, HI 96813; Tel: 808/543- 5662; Fax; 808/543-4680) announced an (www.checkfree.com/index- infonews.html)agreement that will enable HECO's...

FOREIGN: 3Com Gears Up for Internet2 in Asia.
June 1, 1999... (www.3com.com)3Com (5400 Bayfront Pl., Santa Clara, CA 95052-8145; Fax: 408/326-5000; Tel: 408/326-5001) is increasing its presence in the Asian region with the establishment of six more regional training centers (RTCs) in select Asian...

European Internet Connections Double.
June 1, 1999... (www.dataquest.com)Dataquest Inc. (251 River Oaks Pkwy., San Jose, CA 95134; Tel: 408/468-8009; Fax: 408/468-8088) reports 10 percent of Western European households were connected last year, up from five percent in 1997. About 36 percent of...

PSINet Purchases Swiss ISP.
June 1, 1999... (www.psinet.com)PSINet (510 Huntmar Park Dr., Herndon, VA 20170; Tel: 7032/904-4100; Fax: 703/904-4200), the largest independent Internetservice provider (ISP) in the US, is moving steadily into Europe. The company has acquired The Internet...

HARDWARE: Lucent Announces New Network Products.
June 1, 1999... (www.lucent.com)Lucent Technologies (600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hills, NJ 07974; Tel: 908/582-8500; Fax: 908/508-2576) a leader in optical networking technology, announced a (www.lucent.com/press/0699/990616.nsa.html) series of advanced optical...

Sun Leader in Survey of Web Brokers.
June 1, 1999... (www.sun.com)Sun Microsystems, Inc. (901 San Antonio Rd., Palo Alto 94303; Tel: 650/960-1300; Fax: 650/969-9131) is the undisputed leader in providing the Web and application server infrastructure used to provide online brokerage services,...

Cabletron Router Supports ADSL Standards.
June 1, 1999... (www.flowpoint.com)FlowPoint Corporation (180 Knowles Dr., Ste 100, Los Gatos, CA 95030; Tel: 408/364-8300; Fax: 408/364-8301), a wholly owned subsidiary of (www.cabletron.com)Cabletron Systems announced that...

INFRASTRUCTURE: FORE, MS Team for Public Network Solutions.
June 1, 1999... (www.fore.com)FORE Systems, Inc. (1000 Fore Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15086- 7502; Tel: 724/742-4444; Fax: 724/742-7777), a global supplier for service providers building the new public network infrastructure, and Microsoft are demonstrating...

Company Drives Move to New Corporate Wan.
June 1, 1999... (www.ennovatenetworks.com) Ennovate Networks, Inc. (330 Codman Hill Rd., Boxboro, MA 01719; Tel: 978/263-2002; Fax: 978/263-1099), a provider of carrier-class IP service products for the new public network, delivered the industry's first...

Companies Team to Offer Optical Internetworking.
June 1, 1999... (www.hitel.com)Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. (3617 Parkway Ln., Norcross, GA 30092; Tel 770/446-8820; Fax: 770/242-1414) announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with (www.nexabit.com) Nexabit Networks, Marlborough, Mass., for the...

MARKET RESEARCH: Survey Assesses Technology Acceptance.
June 1, 1999... Gauging consumers' acceptance and use of various technologies is the focus of a report, published by (www.rockresearch.com) Rockbridge Associates, Inc., titled National Technology Readiness Survey (NTRS). The NTRS reviews the results from a...

Juno Among Top 10 in User Loyalty.
June 1, 1999... (www.juno.com)Juno Online Services, Inc. (1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036; Tel: 212/697-9000; Fax: 212/597-9100) received a top rating in a (www.mediametrix.com/TopRankings/TopRankings.html)Media Metrix Top 10 Digital Media and Web Site...

Online Shopping Most Discussed Topic.
June 1, 1999... In new research by the (www.opinionresearch.com)Opinion Research Corporation International (P.O. box 183, Princeton, NH 03542; Tel: 908/281-5100; Fax: 908/281-5103), Internet shoppers were more likely to tell 12 people about their latest...

Young Surfers to Spend Billions Online.
June 1, 1999... A (www.jup.com/press/releases/1999/0607.html) report by media research firms (www.jup.com)Jupiter Communications (627 Broadway, New York, NY 10012; Tel: 212/780-6060; Fax: 212/780-6075) and (www.nfo.com)NFO Survey Inc. forecasts that kids and...

Web Won't Remain English-Centric.
June 1, 1999... (www.computereconomics.com)Computer Economics (5841 Edison Pl., 2nd Fl., Carlsbad, CA 92008; Tel:760/438-8100) (www.computereconomics.com/new4/pr/pr990610.html)predicts that by 2002 Internet users will be predominantly non-English speaking....

Internet Usage According to Language.
June 1, 1999... Internet Usage According to Language 1999 2001 English Speaking 91,969,151 108,282,662 (percentage) 54% 51% Non-English Speaking 79,094,449 104,480,528 (percentage) 46% 49%...

MEDICAL: Joint Effort Creates Medical Startup.
June 1, 1999... (www.adaclabs.com) ADAC Laboratories (540 Alar Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035; Tel: 908/321-9100; Fax: 908/321-9686) and American Diagnostic Medicine (ADM) announced a (www.adaclabs.com/viewpage.cfm?id=791)joint initiative which will make nuclear...

PORTALS: Study Says Portal Sites Offer Value.
June 1, 1999... "Content packagers," including online portals and other aggregators of information and content, will become a pivotal gateway to winning and retaining the communications customer, according to a major (www.ey.com/news/releases/060199.asp) new...

RETAIL: eBay Site Activity Rebounds from Outage.
June 1, 1999... Overnight Internet audience measurement data provided by (www.nielsenmedia.com)Nielsen//NetRatings, revealed that (www.ebay.com)eBay's (2005 Hamilton Ave., Ste. 350, San Jose, CA 95125; Tel: 908/582-8500; Fax: 908/508-2576) auction...

Study Deflates B-to-B E-Commerce Buzz.
June 1, 1999... Research on the current corporate web site practices of the world's most successful companies will be released by (www.infofarm.com)Shelley Taylor & Associates (514 Brayant St., Ste. 108, Palo Alto, CA 94301; Tel: 650/473-6514; Fax:...

Amazon.com Set for 10 Millionth Customer.
June 1, 1999... Less than four years after opening on the Internet, Amazon.com (1516 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98101; Tel: 206/622-2335; Fax: 206/622-2405) has served its 10 millionth customer. The 10 million number represents an e-commerce watershed...

SECURITY: Companies Join, Deliver 128-bit Encryption.
June 1, 1999... (www.verisign.com)VeriSign, Inc. (1350 Charleston Rd., Mt. View, CA 94043; Tel: 650/961-7500; Fax: 650/961-7300), a provider of Internet Trust Services, and (www.c2.net)C2Net Software, Inc. announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has...

Security Management Server V4.0 Released.
June 1, 1999... (www.lucent.com)Lucent Technologies (600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill, NJ 07974; Tel: 908/582-8500; Fax: 908/508-2576) announced a new version of its (www.lucent.com/security)Lucent Managed Firewall and Security Management Server software that...

SHOPPING BigOnline to Bundle iMALL's Services.
June 1, 1999... iMALL, Inc., a leader in integrated "one-stop" e-commerce services, and (www.bigonline.com)BigOnline, a leader in web site development for members of business and professional affinity groups, announced a

Entrust/PKI Involved in EU's SET Project.
June 1, 1999... (www.entrust.com)Entrust Technologies Inc. (4975 Preston Park Blvd., Ste. 400, Plano, TX 75093; Tel: 972/943-7300; Fax: 972/943-7305), announced that (www.entrust.com/news/1999/06_15_99_2.htm)Dutch consumers will be the first in Europe to...

Direct Pay Is Only Way for Many Households.
June 1, 1999... Although Internet banking and online bill payment services are hot topics right now, (www.directpayment.org)Direct Payment is the only way for most Americans to pay their bills without getting out their checkbooks....

Company Create Next Generation Web Store.
June 1, 1999... (www.electronics.net)Electronics.net (116 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302; Tel:888/760-6321; Fax: 201/234-5099) has opened its next- generation online store, in hopes of tapping into the $14 billion Consumer Electronics marketplace. The...

Online Membership Store Launches in July.
June 1, 1999... (www.klickback.com)Klickback.com Inc., a leading provider of e-commerce and incentive services will launch an online membership superstore featuring 250,000 brand name products, services and vacations in July. Members will shop at low prices...

Online Buyers Decrease Offline Shopping.
June 1, 1999... Online shoppers say they plan to decrease the amount of money they spend at offline retail stores in favor of spending more at online retailers, reports (www.nfoi.com)NFO Interactive (2 Pickwick Pl., Greenwich, CT 06830; Tel: 203/618-8795;...

SMALL BUSINESS: BellSouth Launches Women's Business Site.
June 1, 1999... BellSouth Small Business Services has created an important online resource dedicated to providing (www.bellsouth.com/bizwoman)technology solutions and information to the more than 8.5 million businesses owned by women. The site provides...

IBM Introduces New Class of Web Applications.
June 1, 1999... (www.ibm.com)IBM (New Orchard Rd., Armonk, NY 10504; Tel: 914/499-1900; Fax: 914/765-7382) is aiming to give Web developers and users more control over the flow and customization of web data. The company has released a...

ASP Market to Reach $2 Billion in Revenue.
June 1, 1999... According to (www.idc.com)International Data Corp.'s (IDC, 5 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701; Tel: 508/935-4200; Fax: 508/935-4015) study, (www.idc.com/About/WhatsNew/WN052099.htm)Worldwide Application Service Provider Forecast 1998-2003, IDC...

Viasoft Launches XML Support for Repository.
June 1, 1999... (www.viasoft.com)Viasoft Inc. (3033 N. 44th St., Phoenix, AZ 85018- 7296; Tel: 888/842-7638) announced support of the XML (eXtensible Markup Language) standard with the updated release of the...

VIDEO/AUDIO VIDEO: New MPEG-2 Over Video Platform Rolled Out.
June 1, 1999... (www.adc.com)ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (P.O. Box 1101, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1101; Tel: 612/938-8080; Fax: 612/946-3292) announced the introduction of its (www.corporate- ir.net/ireye/ir/site.zhtml?ticker.ADCT&script=410&layout=7&item_id=3...

Videoconferencing System Newly Available.
June 1, 1999... RSI Systems, Inc. (5555 W. 78th ST., Minneapolis, MN 55439; Tel: 612/896-3020; Fax: 612/896-3030) is adding three new videoconferencing systems to its new (www.rsivideo.com/pages/products/media.htm)MEDIAPRO 384 Family of Products. The new...

WASHINGTON: New Bill Targets Domain Name Profiteers.
June 1, 1999... A soon-to-be-introduced bill aims to crackdown on cybersquatters - entrepreneurs who register popular trademark names as Internet domain names in an attempt to make a profit. While details of the bill have not been released, the proposed...