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Movielink LLC today announced that IBM is providing the underlying technology and hosting services to support its forthcoming online movie rental business. The joint venture formed by five major movie studios will launch its service in December through IBM hosting centers on the East and West coasts. IBM will provide managed services for the online […]

Altiris Inc. next week will brave the unlucky travel dates and declining attendance at Networld + Interop in Atlanta to introduce a new release of its integrated asset management suite. The suite, which integrates inventory, application metering, asset control, contract management and Total Cost of Ownership modules, sports a new common Web console and redesigned […]

NetScout Systems Inc. Thursday made the case for lower total cost of ownership for Gigabit Ethernet network monitoring with a new eight-port probe. The new nGenius Eight Port Gigabit Ethernet Probe—the first multiport Gigabit Ethernet probe—can save customers between $25,000 to $35,000 over other offerings that require multiple probes or multiple management tools to monitor […]

EDS this week outlined its plans to implement metering of computer usage and billing based on usage in its hosting data centers. EDS, which is implementing Ejasent Inc.s MicroMeasure software, is building on its computing-on-demand initiative by adding the ability to measure usage of server resources and bill back clients—based on that usage. The new […]

Intel Corp. is selling off controlling interest in LANDesk, its software division that develops applications to manage computer networks. The software unit will be sold to LANDesk Acquisition Corp., an entity formed by two venture capital firms, Vector Capital of San Francisco and vSpring Capital of Salt Lake City, Intel said Wednesday. Financial terms of […]

Imagine a library where you can walk in with your laptop, plug in to an unobtrusive network jack, and access both the librarys resources and the Internet through a common portal. If the network doesnt yield what youre looking for, a librarian wearing a headset and carrying a personal digital assistant can find a particular […]

Opsware Inc., now that it has shed its Loudcloud Inc. name with the closing of its deal with Electronic Data Systems Corp., is moving forward with a set of enhancements and add-ons to its data center automation software. Last week, after closing a sale with the U.S. Department of Energy, Opsware announced the ability of […]

How do you play David to Goliaths such as Ensim Corp. and Sphera Corp. in the hosting software space? Startup SWSoft Inc. plans to do so with aggressive pricing and a more fully integrated platform that includes locked-down virtual environments. The San Francisco-based firm recently announced promotional pricing of $5,000 for its hosting-on-a-box software. At […]

A pair of small application availability management companies on Tuesday will announce their merger plans in a united front to fight buggy applications code. Geodesic Systems Inc. and InCert Software Corp. signed an agreement to merge their two companies to take on applications availability problems from two perspectives. Geodesic, a Chicago-based company, provides software that […]

Opsware Inc., now that it has shed its Loudcloud name with the closing of its deal with Electronic Data Systems Inc., is beating the drum for its data center automation software with a flurry of enhancements and add-ons. Last week, after closing a sale with the U.S. Department of Energy, Opsware announced the ability of […]

USinternetworking Inc. Monday announced a second set of applications on which it will offer performance-based service-level agreements for enterprise resource planning clients. In addition to performance-based SLAs for Microsoft Exchange, the Annapolis, Md., application service provider will offer optional performance SLAs on human resources applications such as PeopleSoft and on financial planning applications. The SLAs […]

IBM Global Services and partners last week began building one of the first wireless data communications networks to allow regional government agencies from various jurisdictions to communicate. The Capital Wireless Integrated Network, or CapWIN, is intended to allow public safety and transportation personnel from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia to communicate and share […]