Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > July New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Ascend's growth short of mark - While strong second-quarter demand for 56-kbps products drove big revenues for Ascend Communications (ASND), the networking company nevertheless came in under Wall Street estimates for the quarter. [News.com]   Asymetrix will buy fellow toolmaker - Tools developer Asymetrix today announced plans to buy competitor Aimtech in a stock transaction, creating the world's largest developer of online learning tools and services. [News.com]   BT board to mull MCI merger - British Telecommunications directors will probably discuss the terms of its troubled $20 billion merger with America's MCI Communications (MCIC) when they meet to approve first-quarter results this week, analysts said. [News.com]   BT-MCI merger approved - The Justice Department today granted British Telecommunications permission to buy MCI Communications in a $24 billion deal that would be one of the biggest foreign takeovers of a U.S. company. [News.com]   BackWeb buys Lanacom - In an effort to bolster its push technology offerings, BackWeb today acquired a small software company, Lanacom. [News.com]   Banyan earnings disappoint - Good news is a stranger right now to networking software maker Banyan Systems (BNYN). [News.com]   Bay makes a high-speed link - Bay Networks (BAY) will fill in another piece of its networking strategy next week with a new switch that can provide connections to large corporate networks. [News.com]   Bay revamps pricing on Ethernet gear - Network managers may have to hire an extra person just to keep track of pricing in the Ethernet-based networking gear market. [News.com]   Bay's stock up, Fore's flat on earnings - While Bay Networks (BAY) appears to be enjoying the fruits of a rebound on Wall Street with a new share-price high, Fore Systems (FORE) stock was virtually stagnant in trading the day after both networkers announced quarterly results. [News.com]   BeOS hits the stands - A preview release of Be's operating system will be distributed in special issues of major Macintosh and PowerPC magazines in five countries over the next two months. [News.com]   Big Blue to open the till - IBM's (IBM) Internet division expects to announce September 9 that it's bringing out a payment server that will allow Web merchants to accept a variety of forms of payment at their Internet storefronts, IBM officials disclosed this week. [News.com]   Bill to OK Net copyright treaties - Congress is moving one step closer to protecting intellectual property on the Net now that legislation has been proposed to ratify last year's global pact aimed at curbing software piracy and the unlawful copying of audio, text, and video in cyberspace. [News.com]   Bill to take ISPs off copyright hook - Internet access providers would not be responsible for software pirates or copyright thieves who break the law using their services if a bill introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives becomes law. [News.com]   Boca cuts workforce to stem red ink - Struggling data communications company Boca Research (BOCI) today announced a plan to streamline its operations and cut at least 60 positions. [News.com]   Boom in multimedia chips seen - A report released today by market research firm Dataquest predicts double-digit growth this year for the international PC graphics and audio processors. [News.com]   Borland on the comeback trail - Financial problems and "brain drain" lawsuits have overshadowed product development in recent months at software tool maker Borland International (BORL). But at the company's annual user meeting this week in Nashville, Tennessee, top management is spreading the word that the company is returning to its roots in building hardcore development tools, and is forging ahead with new products and a partnership with IBM intended to put it on solid ground. [News.com]   Borland profits crank up stock - Borland International (BORL), after posting its first break-even earnings in a year, saw its stock jump more than 11 percent today. [News.com]   Business e-commerce to top $8 billion - Manufacturers, middlemen selling computers, and services will drive business-to-business commerce over the Internet to $8 billion this year, a tenfold increase from 1996, according to a new study from Forrester Research (FORR). [News.com]   Businesses increase Java use - The Java programming language is finding a niche among enterprise application developers, leading to higher demand for Java-based software development tools, according to two reports today from competing high-tech research groups. [News.com]   CA ascends to big leagues - Computer Associates (CA) may be the most successful company that many have never heard of. [News.com]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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