Google Inc. has bought Upstartle, the Silicon Valley-based company behind
Writely.com, an internet-based word processor. The move is Google’s
latest expansion away from its core search product and marks the
company’s increasing interest in a market long-dominated by its
Seattle-based rival.
The acquisition of Upstartle, disclosed Thursday on Google's Web site,
continues the Mountain View, Calif.-based company's effort to assemble a
suite of software applications that are tethered to an Internet connection
instead of a single computer's hard drive.
Google didn't reveal how much it paid for Upstartle. In an analyst
presentation last week, Google said it has been aggressively buying high-tech
startups to deepen its product line as well as its pool of engineering
talent.
Writely, which was founded in 2004, allows users to create documents using an
internet... (more)
SYS-CON Media today launched a new Web Hosting news and content site at
webhosting.sys-con.com. The new SYS-CON portal will be the central news and
information resource for global Web Hosting solution providers and their
customers.
WebHosting.sys-con.com will publish breaking news stories from the wires,
exclusive interviews with leading hosting companies, as well as case studies
and success stories from the Web Hosting industry.
Also this week SYS-CON introduced a new portal, AJAX.sys-con.com, a leading
Ajax information and news resource for its i-technology readers.
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Seamless Wi-Fi, Inc. recently announced the launch of Alpha Internet, Inc.,
an Internet hosting services provider, as “part of its vertical
expansion strategy”. The entity was created to enable the company to
better facilitate its Seamless Phenom secure communications services designed
for customers that do not wish to purchase their own Oracle server or whose
equipment is not Oracle-compatible. Alpha Internet is only available for
Seamless customers and provides high security hosting services.
Discussing the launch, Seamless Wi-Fi’s CEO Al Reda stated, "Our
str... (more)
Affinity Internet, a provider of web-based services, has appointed Jim
Collins, the company's current president, to the position of CEO, effective
immediately.
Jim Collins has been with Affinity in various executive roles for more than
five years and has helped reshape the company. Under his leadership Affinity
Internet has evolved from a web hosting provider to a full-service web based
services firm, dedicated to helping businesses create, deploy, market,
maintain and secure their online presence.
According to Sanjeev Aggarwal, Senior Analyst Small and Medium Business
Strategies... (more)
Verio Inc., a US-based subsidiary of NTT Communications Group and of hosting
and Internet services for small to midsized companies and partners, has
announced an industry-leading hosting innovation for developers of Microsoft
Windows applications with the launch of its MultiSite hosting solution. The
company has also recently launched new hosting plans on the Windows Server
2003 platform.
Enhancements include the addition of MultiSite services to all shared hosting
for Windows plans as well as Managed Server for Windows.
MultiSite provides the capability to split the resources of a... (more)
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