Blender magazine recently named the killing of Napster by the major labels the Biggest Record Company Screw-Up of All Time. While that's hardly news, it is interesting that the title was bestowed in a time when there is evidence that, seven years after Napster was squashed, big corporations are finally...
How do you manage sustained growth in a fast-changing field? Stay slow and steady, says Drew Kaplan, CEO of internet service provider ISWest. As a result, the company is one of the fastest-growing companies in Southern California, with clients such as Suzuki, J.D. Power and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Here, Kaplan...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, announced today that SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp, the Japanese telecom- and Internet-services provider, has upgraded its main U.S. point of presence POP, located at Switch and Data's Palo Alto site, to accommodate a doubling...
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group 11th General Meeting -- Detica Plc, a business and technology consulting firm specializing in information intelligence, and Cloudmark Inc, the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced a technology partnership to enable transparent, high-performance outbound messaging protection for Internet service providers ISPs. The joint solution...
IRVINE, Calif. -- SMCR Networks (www.smc.com), leading provider of networking solutions for the SMB/e and all the way home, today announced the availability of a new range of ADSL2/2+ compliant routers for the Internet service provider ISP and TELCO markets: two new 4-port routers and the company's first integrated Voice...
Some years ago, a prominent Australian hi-tech company launched a product called Maestro that bundles community-building features like chat rooms, file sharing and instant messaging into one application. The company envisaged smaller Internet service providers (ISP's) as their main target market for the software. The company president contracted with a...
What with irate Internet-service providers, a defensive network operator and mounting legal action, things are definitely not sunny in California. The prickly relationship between SBC Communications Inc. -- the incumbent regional Bell operati What with irate Internet-service providers,...
In Washington, nothing is more permanent than a temporary subsidy. Twenty years ago, the federal government insulated information-service providers from a cash-draining regulation called access charges, a move that in time spawned the creation of 7 In Washington, nothing is more permanent than a...
THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION HAS ORDERED THE INSTITUTE OF STORE PLANNERS ISP TO CHANGE ITS POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO ALLOW FOR MORE COMPETITION. IN APRIL, THE COMMISSION ISSUED A CONSENT DECREE THAT ORDERED THE ISP TO REMOVE WHAT IT CALLED, "COMPETITION THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION...
LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrica plc today announced that its telecommunications arm, Onetel, has acquired RedNet Limited, a privately owned ISP Internet Service Provider which specialise in providing small and medium sized companies w LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- CallWave, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALL), a leading provider of VoIP enhanced services, today announced the launch of its ISP Reseller Program. Under the program, dial-up and broadband ISPs can profitably resell CallWave's VoIP-based call management application designed for consumers and small businesses.
SEATTLE -- NS8 Corporation (OTCBB:NSEO) announces that several broadband internet service providersISPs located in Washington, Arizona, North Carolina and Colorado plan to participate in pilot program testing of the Company's new digital entertainment on-demand services.
NASHUA, N.H. -- EqualLogicR, the leading provider of enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network SAN solutions, today announced successful expansion among Internet service providers ISPs and application service provides ASPs in multiple industries worldwide. EqualLogic is providing a growing number of ISPs and ASPs in the U.S. and Europe with a...
So much for small ISPs not being able to make it. Cahners In-Stat (www.instat.com) market researchers report that there will be 7,785 ISPs in the U.S. this year, up 36 percent from last year, and that these firms will generate $32.5 billion revenue So...
PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- ECI Telecom (NASDAQ:ECIL) announced the successful deployment of a turnkey triple-play network for one of the leading ISPs in Europe. This ISP, a subsidiary of one of the largest European carriers, has already deployed hundreds of thousands of high-speed, IPTV-ready ADSL lines. Deployment of additional lines...
Once upon a time, cable operators resisted those who pressured them to open their networks to competing Internet-service providers, arguing that it would pose a technical nightmare. But as cable-modem platforms have evolved, that's no longer Once...
This paper studies the role of Internet Service Providers in the 56K standards war. 56K modems were introduced under two competing incompatible standards. The paper shows the importance of competition between Internet Service Providers in the adoption process. It shows that ISP's were less likely to adopt the technology that...
There's no question that the Internet is a tremendous network resource. But would you put all your organization's communications--voice and data--across the public Internet, or even across a typical ISP's network? Very few people would say "y There's no question that the Internet...
Choosing the right Internet service provider can save you time and money The internet has rapidly become a communications tool that is as vital to many industrial distributors as their telephones, faxes and laptops. But despite the impact the ...
This paper presents and analyzes the main aspects of the historical development and the current issues at stake in the South American Internet access market. This paper studies the interconnection schemes for the exchange of local and regional traffic in the South American region, trying to identify the main incentives...