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Global load balancers can boost performance of e-business sites, providing customers with a better experience. MARGIE SEMILOF Continental Airlines has high-flying plans to expand its e-business infrastructure to Europe and […]

IT Managers have become more willing to choose IP telephone switches as newer models begin to resemble their conventional but proprietary counterparts. Sales of IP PBXes will account for 25 […]

Smarter bandwidth management is saving DHL Worldwide Express hundreds of thousands of dollars in network costs at its main data center and could have an even greater impact on throughput […]

The year 2001 could best be described as one in which the largest networking vendors kept a low profile, licking their wounds from the collapse of the carrier market where […]

Sending large blocks of data over the Internet quickly can be difficult because IP wasn't designed for real-time communications. However, a technology to be released this week promises to make […]

Cable & Wireless this week will begin introducing MPLS services that eventually will span its entire global network, promising multinational customers the ability to prioritize traffic for their business applications. […]

The fate of Web hosting company Exodus Communications is finally decided. Or is it? Telecom carrier Cable & Wireless has agreed to buy most of Exodus's assets for about $850 […]

Until recently, the only way for remote employees and business partners to securely access corporate networks via the Internet was through VPN connections with special software installed on each client […]

As thousands of customers wait for Exodus Communications to emerge from bankruptcy proceedings, it appears likely the hosting provider will be acquired by a big carrier or integrator. The leading […]

Struggling Covad Communications last week was promised $150 million in cash, an infusion that should help the broadband service provider achieve positive cash flow by the second half of next […]

Exodus Communications, the nation's largest independent hosting services provider, last week said its common stock is worthless now that the company's debts have outstripped its assets. But the stock price […]

Cambridge, Mass. --A growing number of companies that make and sell consumer products are testing a budding technology that could transform the way industries use the Internet to track goods […]

Trumbull, Conn.-Unilever plc, maker of Dove soap and Close-Up toothpaste, next month will flip the switch on a Web logistics system, the first in a string of Web efforts to […]

The Manitowoc Company Inc., a diversified manufacturer that 10 years ago decentralized its systems, is now taking steps to create a common IT architecture across its business units. Communication among […]

Online retailers, with their slim margins, are always in search of tools that trim costs or provide insight into buying patterns. A new application service from Fireclick Inc. provides both […]

Proprieters of individual fast food outlets don't have much individual buying clout. But thanks to an e-marketplace developed by Arby's, thousands of its far-flung franchises will receive the same discounts, […]

Calpine, which sells electricity to utility and industrial customers nationwide, has replaced the frame relay circuits that connect three offices to one another and to the Internet with an Ethernet […]

Telecommunications providers, utilities and media companies may vary in their approaches to e-business, depending on the particular services they sell. But they all share one goal: squeezing returns out of […]

Unfazed by the meltdown of so many online ventures, one of the oldest names in the travel business is cashing in on its good name to kick-start its first e-business […]

Just as content becomes more diverse on content delivery networks, carrier-owned CDNs are challenging specialized service providers with less expensive options. Such changes are placing significant pressure on Akamai Technologies, […]

Equant, the last of a dying breed of truly global data communications carriers, next week will release a series of managed network and integration services that should solidify its position. […]

Although the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have led executives to review their IT recovery plans, they remain focused on the more probable threats posed by hackers and viruses. Some managers […]

Exodus Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. The hosting vendor had hoped to end the year with about $200 million in cash. But following the resignation of […]

Verizon's efforts to restore voice and data service to some customers were hampered last week because workers were unable to reach some parts of the carrier's largest central office, at […]

As New York's financial community got back to business last week following terrorist attacks that leveled the Twin Towers, telecom carriers continued to cobble the city's communications infrastructure back together. […]

A division of Yellow Corp., one of the nation's largest trucking companies, has added a managed warehouse system to help its midsize customers view and manage inventory flow through its […]

Instability in the Web hosting market, which reached new heights last week with the resignation of Exodus Communications CEO Ellen Hancock, is giving all hosting customers reason to take a […]

The commercial real estate business is relatively low tech. But as it's a business in which many people spend time away from the office, there's a need for systems that […]

Futures trading firm Refco LLC this week flipped the switch on a metro-area network to connect its local business and online trading operation to the Internet. The Chicago-based company is […]

July 16, 2001 www.internetweek.com/newslead01/lead071201.htm Exodus Communications last week saw its share price dip below $1 for the first time, raising the prospect of a Nasdaq delisting should the stock continue […]

Cable companies, noted for residential data services, are giving IT managers another option as DSL companies continue to struggle. At least two operators, Cox Communications Inc. and AT&T Broadband, are […]

Telecommuters and their IT counterparts have watched their broadband access options dwindle as carriers declared bankruptcy. Sprint gave these folks a pleasant surprise by increasing its DSL service coverage to […]

Start-up Kontiki, which began network testing two weeks ago, aims to provide a service that makes peer-to-peer technology mainstream for corporate customers. The chief selling point of the service, available […]

High-speed data access took another body blow last week when Metricom Inc. said it would shut down its wireless Ricochet service. When we wrote about Ricochet last November, the service […]

It's doubtful that IT managers watching so many local access competitors go away will be surprised that two regional Bell companies have been paying penalties for providing poor wholesale service […]

Companies that use DSL services running over SBC Communications' network may face security and other problems if the Bell company proceeds with a controversial provisioning scheme, competing ISPs and experts […]

Metro-area Ethernet is becoming a popular way to reach LAN speeds across a city campus and beyond. The services market is expected to grow by about 37 percent during the […]

Time is running out for data local exchange carrier Covad Communications Co. The DLEC was officially delisted by Nasdaq on July 20. Shares will now trade on the over-the-counter bulletin […]

Efforts by several ISPs to curtail spam may vex some small-business customers and corporate telecommuters who rely on e-mail- relaying techniques to use corporate e-mail addresses over consumer ISP accounts. […]

It's bargain city for enterprise customers reaping the benefits of a glut in collocation space and financially shaky vendors. Mercari Technologies, a Washington, D.C., merchandise application software developer, saved 27 […]

Customers of Exodus Communications are creating contingency plans as the Web hosting provider prepares to report results that underscore its declining financial health. The business-critical services performed by Exodus make […]

The overseers of the public communications industry never had it so tough. While wrestling with the Internet boom, the changing face of the public telephone network and a sometimes hostile […]

In the United States, the names of Ron Sommer and his company, Deutsche Telekom, might elicit blank stares. But in Europe, where the German carrier dominates, Sommer is as well-known […]

As COO of Alcatel, Krish Prabhu knows a thing or two about scaling big telecommunications networks. And with large incumbent carriers spending billions of dollars on upgrades to tackle the […]

As COO of Alcatel, the French telecom giant, Krish Prabhu knows a thing or two about scaling big telecommunications networks. And with large incumbent carriers spending billions of dollars on […]

For ASPs and Web integrators building bandwidth-hungry e-business applications, a new option for delivering high-speed WAN access now comes in the form of an old workhorse-Ethernet. Emerging service providers are […]

Basking Ridge, N.J. - AT&T is a company in transition, but whether the carrier has a solid strategy or is headed for life support is subject to debate. Channel partners […]

Seattle - No complaint is more familiar than those of integrators and their customers that want carrier-supplied circuits and can't get them for one reason or another. Sometimes it's because […]

New York - As Verizon enters its third week of contract negotiations, some East Coast integrators are getting hammered by business losses caused by the protracted strike. Many companies waiting […]

Redwood City, Calif. - As a network of networks, the Internet is long on ubiquity but short on brains. Actually, what the Net lacks is an intelligent element that can […]