'Plug-and-Play' Web Servers, and Companies Pioneering Paths in the E-world Featured On 'Business Now' At 9 A.M. Sunday April 16th On WCVB-TV, Channel 5, Boston.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000 Television business news magazine "Business Now" this week reports on a Cambridge firm moving companies into the e-world, profiles a Canton Canton, cities, United States Canton. 1 City (1990 pop. 13,922), Fulton co., W central Ill., in the corn belt; inc. 1849. It is a trade and industrial center for a coal and farm area. 2 Town (1990 pop. 18,530), Norfolk co. company working on the next generation web server, and visits a Boston company using digital strategies to transform companies into e-businesses. "Business Now" airs at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 16th on WCVB-TV, Channel 5, Boston. The program simultaneously is being broadcast on the "Business Now" web site: www.BusinessNow.com This week "Business Now" reports on: Gensym, a Cambridge company improving communication among web companies, clients and suppliers to move them into the e-world. Using computer software models, Gensym shows organizations how to work smarter internally, and achieve maximum efficiency on an external basis--in their B-to-B communications over the web. Gensym also continues to offer its more traditional consulting service Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . Network Engines, a Canton, MA.-based company which has developed the next generation web server--- "plug-and-play" devices to handle specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. tasks ranging from e-commerce to delivering web pages or streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. . Business Now's Liesa Healy says the servers from Network Engines are not only flexible, but they save space and reduce costs. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Larry Genovesi adds the servers help ensure the customers' products do not become obsolete. NerveWire, a young Boston-based company helping transform new and established firms into e-businesses by rapidly deploying e-business solutions and digital strategies. NerveWire president and CEO Malcolm Frank Malcolm Frank (born November 5, 1968) is a former Canadian Football League defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos. He won 2 Grey Cup championships with Edmonton in 2003 and 2005. says his company gives clients "what we call a Future Map, to really project what possible scenarios could exist and how to take actions against that... Our clients can go to bed at night knowing that the only way we're going to be successful is to make their business successful." Technology and You, a weekly report from Business Now-Business Week on personal technology. This week, Steve Wildstrom reports on a new free service in online storage, and raises concerns about security and privacy. His conclusion--don't store anything you wouldn't want your competitors or children to see. Business Now is produced by Building America Television, home of the Internet's most extensive library of video-streamed business news at www.BusinessNow.com Business Now is currently preparing stories on VC-backed companies who are mezzanine mez·za·nine n. 1. A partial story between two main stories of a building. 2. The lowest balcony in a theater or the first few rows of that balcony. or pre-IPO. For story suggestions or more information, contact Amy Furr at 703/787 3533, x33. Program sponsors include Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and Nextel. |
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