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MICROSOFT
PLANS ASP ROLE IN ITS VISION OF NEXT GENERATION INTERNET
Microsoft
outlined its plans for a next generation of software and services
based on the distributed computing model of the Internet.
New Web-connected products and services will rely on a set
Extensible Markup Language (XML) programming tools that Microsoft
will make available to application developers.
Microsoft hopes to incorporate the .NET technologies in its
next generation of Windows (available in 2001) but also plans to
offer versions of the Windows platform without .NET services.
Microsoft also plans to combine the .NET functionality with
its own MSN online service, allowing consumers to create a
"digital personality" and use smart services.
For the business market, Microsoft anticipates offering
Office.NET, a future productivity and communications service
renting applications on demand.
It will also significantly expand its bCentral small
business portal with Outlook Web services, enhanced commerce and a
new customer relationship management (CRM) service.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jun00/ForumUmbrellaPR.asp
Microsoft, June 22,
2000
DITECH
TO ACQUIRE ATMOSPHERE NETWORKS FOR $88.5 MILLION
Ditech
Communications will acquire Atmosphere Networks, a developer of
metro optical products, for $88.5 million in stock and cash.
Atmosphere Networks offers a multi-service SONET/SDH
add-drop multiplexer (ADM) that is optimized for carrying voice
and data traffic in virtual path rings. The design replaces the
bandwidth constraints of TDM with a thin-layer of ATM for
bandwidth efficiency. Atmosphere's Full Service Node was recently
enhanced with higher density T1/T3, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, OC3 and
passive WDM interfaces. The
company is based in Campbell, California.
Ditech has
specialized in high-capacity echo cancellers based on DSPs.
It also offers a 4-channel WDM multiplexer and a series of
EDFA modules and optical transponders.
http://www.ditechcom.com
http://www.atmospherenet.com
Ditech
Communications, June 22, 2000
- Atmosphere Networks, which was
founded in 1997, closed its third round of venture funding in
September 1999 at $26 million.
METROMEDIA
FIBER NETWORK PROVIDES GIGABIT ETHERNET TO CO-LOCATION CUSTOMERS
Metromedia
Fiber Network's AboveNet subsidiary began offering Gigabit
Ethernet service to more than a dozen co-location customers.
The network uses Cisco's Catalyst 6500 platform.
One of the customers, a web conferencing service called
LivePerson, our co-located equipment in the AboveNet ISX
facilities to our main location, using the dark fiber from
Metromedia Fiber Network. http://www.mmfn.com./index_new.html
Metromedia Fiber Network, June 22, 2000
AT&T
WINS COURT RULING ON CABLE NETWORK ACCESS
The three-judge 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a
lower court's ruling that the City of Portland has the authority
to require cable companies to allow other unaffiliated ISPs access
to the cable network. AT&T
said the ruling would encourage it to make further investments in
cable access infrastructure.
http://www.att.com/press/item/0,1354,3013,00.html
ATT,
June 22, 2000
SPRINTPCS
TO TEST LUCENT'S 2.4 MBPS 3G WIRELESS DATA
Sprint
PCS agreed to conduct lab trials of Lucent Technologies' 3G
wireless data solution, which is based on CDMA and High Data Rate
(HDR) technology. The
platform is being developed for 2.4 Mbps 3G data capability.
http://www.lucent.com/press/0600/000622.nsa.html
Lucent Technologies, June 22, 2000
MIAMI
TO GET ITS OWN INTERNET NAP
Major bandwidth
providers, including Metromedia
Fiber Network, AT&T, EPIK Communications, Global Crossing,
Level 3 Communications and NetRail, have agreed to participate in
Internet Coast Network Access Point (NAP) of the Americas in
downtown Miami. The
location will be in close proximity to undersea cable termination
stations.
EPIK
Communications, June 22, 2000
ALLIED
RISER TO RAISE $150 MILLION TO EXTEND NET ROLLOUT
Allied
Riser Communications will issue $150 million in seven-year bonds
to fund the construction of additional in-building networks.
The company provides first-mile connectivity to small and
medium-sized businesses in major US cities.
http://www.arcbroadband.com
Allied Riser Communications, June 22, 2000
TURIN
NETWORKS TARGETS OPTICAL ACCESS
Turin Networks,
a start-up targeting optical edge and access solutions, named Dr.
Hui Zhang as its CTO. Dr.
Zhang, who has led several DARPA and NSF sponsored projects
relating to Internet QoS and traffic management, was most recently
the Finmeccanica Associate Professor with the School of Computer
Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
Turin Networks was formed in October 1999 in Petaluma,
California. Investors
include Advanced Fibre Corporation, Sequoia Capital and private
investors. http://www.turinnetworks.com/
Turin Networks, June 22, 2000
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