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Plagued by a series of financial missteps, MarchFirst is in talks with Exodus Communications about the possible sale of its hosting operations, sources say. The Web services firm seeks to sell off either chunks or the whole hosting operation to Exodus or another buyer, says a source close to the company. Talks of the possible […]

Sun microsystems inc. will become the last of the behemoths to roll out a Web services road map this week when it unveils its Smart Services strategy for building the new type of application. Sources familiar with the companys plans say Smart Services will be focused around Java, with the iPlanet application server as the […]

A lawsuit brought by America Online against one of the Internets biggest porn site operators could have far-reaching implications for the $1 billion online adult industry. The suit, filed Dec. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, charges Cyber Entertainment Network (CEN) and scores of affiliated Webmasters with a massive […]

XO Communications isnt afraid of change or charting new ground. And Dan Akerson, the companys chairman and chief executive, isnt shy about telling people that. Akerson, who stepped down from the helm of Nextel Communications to lead XO, had the foresight to steer XO onto its current data-focused course and away from the recent carnage […]

When it comes to the mega-warriors of the telecom revolution, Ivan Seidenberg is one whos seen it all — from the front lines to the copper lines. He started his career in telecommunications some 30 years ago as a cable splicers assistant. More recently, as chief executive of Bell Atlantic, he spliced his operations with […]

Approximately 10 million Americans cant send e-mail, browse the Web or shop online because of blindness. But an updated federal accessibility law that takes effect this month and an applications services company may soon change all that. Interliant Inc., of Purchase, N.Y., recently revamped the American Foundation for the Blinds Web site by applying technology […]

Jean-Marie Messier is considered one OF the most ambitious media paviors on the Internet. But 2001 will show whether that ambition will enable him to propel Vivendi Universal into the elite of communications conglomerates. Analysts and investors have mixed predictions. Messier, or J2M as hes been nicknamed, took control of Vivendi in 1996, when it […]

Oracle, intel and ibm may be expending a lot of money and resources to lift Linux into enterprise IT shops, but any large commitments from customers remain a well-kept secret. Or they dont exist. n Take IBM, for example. President and Chief Operating Officer Sam Palmisano knelt at the Linux altar last week at LinuxWorld, […]

Linux is “a disruptive technology” that will command 48 percent of all business servers by 2004, believes Samuel Palmisano, president and chief operating officer of IBM. A disruptive technology is one that quietly encroaches on the established way of doing things until it overthrows what had been viewed as indomitable systems. Citing International Data Corp. […]

Developers say they will have an easier time building Linux applications once Borland Software Corp. releases the long-awaited Kylix visual programming tool by the end of this month. Closely modeled after Borlands Delphi tool for Windows, Kylix is designed to make it easier to write native Linux applications for the client and server sides. Beta […]