Microsoft Preps Security Server for Win2000
Microsoft Corp. is developing a security server that provides firewall and caching services for Windows 2000 users, a company official disclosed today at a briefing session during TechEd.
Stories by Juan Carlos Perez
Gates Intros Products for Net Apps
In a city visited by most to escape reality, Bill Gates today smiled for two hours and detailed his dream for Microsoft Corp.'s future, a future in which Microsoft remains undivided and assumes a leadership position in Internet software.
IBM to Help ASPs Get Into E-Commerce in LatAm
IBM Corp. announced this week a program to help application service providers (ASPs) in Latin America provide electronic commerce services and software to small and medium-size companies.
UPS Partners with B2B Exchange in México
To get products from here to there, intact and in time -- there's the rub in Latin America's e-commerce market.
México's Televisa to Launch Health Site for LatAm
Eight-hundred pound gorillas continue staking out territory in Latin America's Internet market, hoping to profit eventually from a market that today is too small and too crowded.
Softbank Leads $28M Rounds for LatAm Net Companies
Softbank Corp. today announced it led investment rounds worth US$28.6 million for two Internet startups focused on Latin America, whose Internet market is expected to skyrocket in coming years.
IDC: LatAm PC Shipments Grow 50 Percent
PCs in Latin America flew off the shelves in the first quarter, thanks to rising Internet use, increased economic stability and attractive financing options, according to market researcher International Data Corp. (IDC).
StarMedia and Pepsi Launch Site for LatAm Teens
StarMedia Network Inc. and Pepsi-Cola International are launching a Web site in Spanish and Portuguese for teenagers in Latin America because almost 50 percent of the region's population is under 19 years of age, the companies announced today.
CMGI-Backed Free ISP Goes All Out in LatAm
Gratis1 Inc., a free ISP (Internet service provider) backed by CMGI Inc., plans to be up and running in 10 to 12 countries in Latin America in the next four or five months, and then it will set its sights on the U.S. and Europe, according to the company's top executive.
LatAm Net Companies Licking Their Wounds
Investor backlash against Internet companies is affecting online plays focused on Latin America, but this turbulence will eventually be good for the market, speakers said at an event last week.
StarMedia to Wire Public Schools in LatAm to Net
StarMedia Network Inc. and the Inter-American Development Bank are embarking on a US$1 billion project to wire all elementary public schools in Latin America to the Internet in the next two years, a StarMedia official said on Friday.
LatAm Auction Site Nets US$46.5M in Financing
It used to be that Latin American companies couldn't get the time of day from venture capitalists. But times have changed, thanks to the growth potential of the region's Internet market.
Free Net Access Rocking LatAm ISP Market
The spread of free Internet access is changing Latin America's Internet Service Provider (ISP) market by removing a significant barrier for getting online, said speakers at an event here yesterday.
PeopleSoft Acquires Advance Planning Solutions
Looking to strengthen its Enterprise Performance Management data analysis software suite, PeopleSoft Inc. has bought Advance Planning Solutions Inc. (APS), which makes software for business modeling, PeopleSoft announced today.
PeopleSoft Acquires APS to Improve Data Analysis
Looking to strengthen its Enterprise Performance Management data analysis software suite, PeopleSoft Inc. has bought Advance Planning Solutions Inc. (APS), which makes software for business modeling, PeopleSoft announced today.