US-based Primus Telecommunications has snatched a contract worth £150m from industry heavyweight WorldCom. Primus was chosen over nine other telcos - thought to have included BT, WorldCom and Cable & Wireless - as the MEUC's preferred service...
The strategic alliance will extend Primus' internet network for content delivery and streaming media services by using Inktomi's network solutions. When announcing the initial pairing, David Peterschmidt, president and CEO of Inktomi, said...
We're attracted to their travel expertise, and we feel that they will further our goal to create the most comprehensive and relevant travel experience on the web," Dugan said. Yahoo has quietly purchased FareChase, a small online travel company, to...
For the first time anywhere SUSE Linux Pro includes Beagle, the innovative open source desktop search tool that can access everything on your desktop," Novell said in a statement. Novell has launched the latest iteration of its desktop Linux...
In another effort, the OSDL is hosting a website called the Open Source Software as Prior Art project, which will be designed as a way to search through existing open-source code. Sutor said he expects open-source developers will search the prior...
IBM has a generally excellent reputation for building robust and scalable software in this sector. Although the short-term revenue losses are painful, sales and marketing costs can also be reduced, and IBM can use specialist expertise to drive up...