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Anti-virus solutions provider Trend Micro, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMIC) has entered into a strategic alliance with WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WGRD) to push its InterScan VirusWall product.

IT and network solutions provider Fujitsu Ltd. (Nasdaq: TMIC) has entered into a strategic alliance with Caldera Systems, Inc. to distribute OpenLinux. The deal marks Fujitsu's official entrance into the increasingly popular world of the Linux open-source operating system (OS).

After an extended period of bickering and in-fighting, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and Network Solutions, Inc. have reached a series of agreements that will privatize the Internet domain name registration system.

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), the world's largest chip maker, announced yesterday that it has a launched a new Internet services hosting business. The new billion-dollar venture, known as Intel Online Services, will provide "second-generation" Web hosting to companies worldwide.

Industry giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) will unveil a new shopping center tomorrow that will allow any retailer, large or small, to pay a fee and market its wares from a personalized page within the Amazon.com site. The new center, to be known as "zShops," is designed to help Amazon.com customers f...

The growing consensus among top industry leaders is that the standard e-commerce model of click and buy with no live interaction is going the way of the Commodore 64. In a word, e-commerce with a human touch is "in."

Foundry Networks, Inc. surprised Wall Street yesterday by closing up 525 percent and grabbing the number two spot for all-time first day IPO percentage gainers. The Sunnyvale, California-based company produces switches that make the Internet and e-commerce more efficient.

Online business developer idealab! has launched OpenSales, Inc., a new open-source software venture that will offer free e-commerce service, software and support.

OrderTrust, a privately-held order processing/management services company, announced today that it has closed back-to-back rounds of funding for more than $33 million (US$). The funding was led by Federated-owned Fingerhut, the direct marketer/online retailer.

Software vendor Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) and systems manufacturer EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (OTC BB: EBIZ) have announced a strategic distribution agreement that is designed to help push the Linux open-source operating system (OS) into the consumer arena.

Last week, Sun Microsystems, Inc. claimed that it gave away nearly 500,000 copies of its new office software in a matter of two weeks.

Lineo, Inc., formerly known as Caldera Thin Clients, has announced an agreement with MeterNet Corp. that is designed to power the set-top TV Internet access market with the Linux operating system (OS).

Nike, which had previously prevented online-only retailers from selling its products, announced yesterday that it has changed its stance. Beginning with the 1999 holiday season, online sporting goods retailer Fogdog Sports will offer Nike products to its customers as part of a strategic relationship...

Powered largely by an investment in community site GeoCities, Internet incubator CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) handily exceeded analysts' expectations yesterday by reporting record net income of $452.7 million (US$) or $4.74 per share for the fourth quarter. It had widely been expected that the company would ...

Fresh on the heels of a $16 billion (US$) strategic agreement signed last March, direct computer systems company Dell Computer and IBM have announced a seven-year pact that will make IBM Global Services available to Dell's corporate, government and education customers.