Microsoft Rebrands FrontBridge Mail Services

Microsoft Rebrands FrontBridge Mail Services

Microsoft is re-branding FrontBridge hosted e-mail filtering, archiving, continuity, and encryption services as Exchange Hosted Services. The company is positioning the hosted lineup as the "in-the-cloud" alternatives to its on-premise Antigen and Spam Manager offerings. Microsoft bought Sybari and its Antigen line just over a year ago and FrontBridge, Marina Del Rey, Calif., last August.

For more on this:
-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, March 30 2006


BEA seeks to modularize app server

BEA Systems is working to modularize services from its WebLogic Server application server, enabling them to run independently with open source frameworks, a company official said on Thursday.

For more on this:
-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, March 30 2006


Chunghwa plans to raise spending on Internet, advanced mobile services

Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest phone company by revenue, on Thursday said it planned to spend more to expand Internet and third-generation mobile phone services, despite its uncertainty about adding more subscribers.

For more on this:
-read full story from SCMP.com, March 31 2006


China Mobile turns to developing markets for expansion

China Mobile (Hong Kong) will look to developing markets to further its overseas expansion following the acquisition of China Resources Peoples Telephone, according to chairman Wang Jianzhou.

Fore more on this:
-read full story from SCMP.com, March 31 2006

Google plans to sell 5.3m more shares

Google plans to sell a further 5.3 million shares of its prized stock, hoping to raise more than US$2 billion (HK$15.6 billion) to finance its ambitious plan to expand beyond its Internet-leading search engine.

For more on this:
-read full story from SCMP.com, March 30 2006

U.S. Demands Files From ISPs, Tech Firms

The Justice Department is demanding internal files from dozens of Internet service providers and other technology firms as it seeks to defend a controversial Internet child protection law.

For more on this:
-read full story from Yahoo! News, March 31 2006

EBay: patent office dismisses MercExchange claims

Online retailer Online retailer eBay Inc. on Thursday said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had upheld an earlier decision that a patent recorded by MercExchange was "obvious" and should not have been issued.

For more on this:
-read full story from Yahoo! News, March 30 2006

Yahoo Japan, SMBC agree on online banking tie-up

Yahoo Japan said it has agreed to team up with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) in Internet banking. Yahoo Japan will take a 14.9 percent stake in a new holding company to be set up by SMBC, Japan's third largest bank, which will put its 57 percent stake in Japan Net Bank, a leading online bank, into the venture.

For more on this:-read full story from Yahoo! News, March 30 2006