dot.COM articles from September 1 1997

dot.COM archives from September 1 1997

INDUSTRY NEWS:H&R Block Unloads CompuServe.
September 1, 1997... WorldCom, Inc. (515 E. Amite, Jackson, MS 39201; Web site: http://www.wcom.com), has agreed to acquire CompuServe from H&R Block in a stock for stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, each share of CompuServe will be converted...

Dell Earnings Rise 111%.
September 1, 1997... Dell Computer Corporation (2214 W. Brakar Ln., Site D, Austin, TX 78758; Web site: http://www.dell.com), the world's leading direct computer systems company reported record revenues for the fourteenth consecutive quarter. Revenues for the...

Partners Improve Online Shopping.
September 1, 1997... eMergingMedia (123 Townsend St., Ste. 550, San Francisco, CA 94107; Tel: 415/977-1616, Fax: 415/977-1620, Web site: http://www.emergingmedia.com) has been added recently as a partner with the iCat Corporation (1420 5th Ave., No. 1800, Seattle,...

SAP, Intel Form New Company.
September 1, 1997... SAP America Inc. and Intel Corp. (2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95052; Web site: http://www.intel.com) announced in August their intent to form a jointly owned company, Pandesic LLC (http://www.pandesic.com). SAP and Intel...

Joint Initiative with Microsoft, Cisco, KPMG.
September 1, 1997... KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (3 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Montvale, NJ 07645- 0435; Tel: 201/307-7000) has entered a joint initiative with Microsoft Corp. (One Microsoft Wy., Redmond, WA 98052-6399; Web site: http://www.microsoft.com) and Cisco Systems...

Lotus Notes Study on Business Impact.
September 1, 1997... A recent research study reveals that key business trends are being driven by Internet and collaborative technologies, and demonstrates that those trends are leading indicators of how industries will operate in the future. These findings...

PUBLISHING:BackWeb Launches Medpatients Network.
September 1, 1997... BackWeb Technologies, a leader in Push technology, announced in August the launch of the Medpatients Network channel (http://www.medpatients.com), which will deliver personalized medical information to users. The Medpatients Network is a...

STANDARDS/REGULATIONS:New HTTP Protocol Proposed.
September 1, 1997... In an effort to improve the performance and ease-of-use of the Internet, leaders of the new media have proposed a new protocol. Marimba, Inc. (445 Sherman Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306: Web site: http://www.marimba.com), Netscape...

SOFTWARE:Netscape Offers Three New Software Suites.
September 1, 1997... Netscape Communications Corporation (http://www.netscape.com) recently announced three new retail client software suites that expand the Netscape product line for home and small business users who require a complete Internet communication...

Oblix Announces "Out-of-Box" Intranet.
September 1, 1997... Oblix, Inc., (21070 Homestead Road, Suite 205, Cupertino, CA 95014; Tel: 408/524-9700, Web site: http://www.oblix.com) a leading provider of "out-of-the-box" Intranet applications, is now shipping the IntraPower Suite 2.0 for Windows NT and...

Web Faxing for Netscape Suitespot.
September 1, 1997... Facsimile transmissions are still a popular communications tool, even with its higher cost relative to e-mail. MagicFax, from Clarity Software (2700 Garcia Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043; Tel: 413/691-0320, Fax: 800/235-6736), has been added...

Bentana's Java-Based Extranet Application.
September 1, 1997... Bentana Technologies, Inc. (155 Founders Plaza, East Hartford, CT 06108; Tel: 860-289-6037, Web site: http://www.bentana.com) has developed The Benefits Network, a Java-based extranet application designed for Human Resource (HR), payroll, and...

Ligos Makes VRML Ads Reality.
September 1, 1997... Ligos Technology (1475 Fulsom St., #200, San Francisco, CA 94103; Tel: 415/437-6137, Web site: http://www.ligos.com), has produced VRML Detector, designed to allow Web sites to easily bring VRML- based content, such as interactive...

SUPERHIGHWAY:Registered Domain Names Jumps 43%.
September 1, 1997... The number of domain names on the Internet has registered a large jump in the last six months, according to the results of the latest Internet Domain Survey, a survey carried out twice a year by Network Wizards (http://www.nw.com). The survey...

Search Engines Rate High with Users.
September 1, 1997... Most users of search engines/navigational sites are more than satisfied with their favorite provider, according to a recent survey by NPD Online Research (http://www.npd.com/c-online.htm), the interactive division of leading marketing...

Yahoo! Has Most Satisfied Customers.
September 1, 1997... Yahoo! Inc. (635 Vacero Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086; Web site: http://www.yahoo.com) announced that recent findings from The NPD Online Research Group ranked Yahoo! the highest among all search and navigational services based on an online survey...

More Computers Connect to Internet.
September 1, 1997... Driven by the increased use of the Internet in the business sector, 82 million personal computers will be connected to the Internet by the end of 1997, up 71% from 1996, according to Dataquest (http://www.dataquest.com). The market will...

INFRASTRUCTURE : CWI Offering Local Service.
September 1, 1997... Cable & Wireless, Inc. (CWI, Vienna, Virginia), the nation's largest telecommunications company exclusively serving businesses and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cable and Wireless, plc, has received approval to offer local phone service in New...

MARKETING:Internet Advertising Innovations in August.
September 1, 1997... In the month of August, the market for Internet advertising has soared. A study done by New York communications research group, Jupiter Communications, has estimated that advertising spending on the Internet will grow from $301 million in...

Briefly Noted : Infoseek.
September 1, 1997... Infoseek (http://www.infoseek.com) has started devlivering its advertising banners using Enliven. Infoseek's support of Enliven will allow advertisers to provide more engaging and interactive advertising to consumers.

Briefly Noted : Lycos Inc.
September 1, 1997... Lycos Inc. (http://www.lycos.com) is also supporting Enliven as well as a product from InterVU Corp. Lycos is using new banner ad formats designed to provide Lycos advertisers with greater targeting capabilities, better reporting on...

Briefly Noted : InterVU Inc.
September 1, 1997... InterVU Inc.'s "V-Banner" converts broadcast advertising campaigns into Web-compatable campaigns. With InterV's AllEyes service, which automatically detects and delivers video in the appropriate format for each user, the user typically needs...

Briefly Noted : Advertising Ages's Business Marketing magazine.
September 1, 1997... Advertising Ages's Business Marketing magazine has launched the Internet's first business-targeted directory of Web developers at http://netb2b.com. Developers will be listed by city for the top ten U.S. markets, with more cities being added...

Briefly Noted : Adbot.
September 1, 1997... Adbot (http://www.adbot.com), the auctioneer for Internet advertising space, reported that market prices for impressions and click-throughs have increased sharply. Click-through prices drew an average winning bid price of 10.6 cents per click,...

Briefly Noted : Classifieds2000, Inc.
September 1, 1997... Classifieds2000, Inc. (http://www.classifieds2000.com), a leading provider of comprehensive classified advertising content and distribution on the Internet, announced a new media alliance with CBS Television to offer cross-media classified...

Briefly Noted: The ValueClick Network's.
September 1, 1997... The ValueClick Network's are Web sites chosen for their high levels of visitor traffic. ValueClick pays these "host" Web sites 5 cents for each unique visitor who clicks through to a site advertised on the banner. The advertiser, in turn, pays...

Move Integrates Electronic Market.
September 1, 1997... A new Internet service, which will significantly shorten the time gap between initial contact and shipment can be seen at the Mectronic Web site (http://www.medtronic.net). Gerald Willis, publisher of a California directory of...

BANKING/FINANCE:Commerce One Offer a Solution.
September 1, 1997... Commerce One Inc. 1600 Riviera Ave., Walnut Creek, CA 94596; Web site: http://www.commerce.one.com), a leading provider of interbusiness electronic commerce solutions, has rolled out C1 Electronic Commerce Network (C1 ECN), an advanced...

Microsoft Provides Encrytion Package.
September 1, 1997... Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of a secure, end-to-end solution for worldwide online banking protected by 128- bit encryption technology. More than 20 top international banks, including Bankers Trust Australia Ltd.,...

INTERNATIONAL:Compuserve Expands Global Network to India.
September 1, 1997... CompuServe Network Services (500 Arlington Centre Blvd., Columbus, OH 43220) will now be reaching 80% of India's business population. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), CompuServe Network Services has entered into a strategic...

Homegate, China Online Make Agreement.
September 1, 1997... Business travelers can now easily hook up to the Internet in many parts of China. HomeGate Corp. (21221 Southwestern Ave., Ste. 220, Torrance, CA 90501; Tel: 310/533-3950, Web site: http://www.homegate.net), the first universal roaming...

EDUCATION:Teletutor Courseware Used in Certification.
September 1, 1997... Teletutor (650 Islington St., P.O. Box 6667, Portsmouth, NH 03802; Tel: 603/433-2242, Web site: http://www.teletutor.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of UOL Publishing, Inc., announced in August that it has signed an agreement with the Society...

MEETINGS.
September 1, 1997... NASA will talk up its "Next Generation Internet"--expected to be a thousand times faster than today's Internet-- at the Eighth Annual National Technology Transfer Conference. NASA's Christine Falsetti is the Next Generation internet...

CALENDAR.
September 1, 1997... September 23-25, 1997, The Internet 97 (I97) Show, National Exhibitions Hall, Birmingham, England. Contact: Louise Colvin, Catherine Hockey, Amanda Barry; Tel: 44/1225-444601, Fax: 44/1225- 444602; E-mail: louise@abcomms.co.uk,...