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Davnet has moved to take complete control of its Asian subsidiaries and has lifted its presence in Canada, while Telstra has forged another Asian deal with AsiaSat. Not all the business dealings were outward looking, because Web e-mail filter developer EmU Tech and its distributor Lanvision were snapped up by Internet management software developer SurfControl. And offshore, of course, the US markets all turned sour when big player after big player warned investors to expect the worst this quarter

Compaq has released a new e-commerce package for small businesses which bundles WebCentral's Internet access and Web site hosting services, as well as iNETstore's e-commerce suite for building and deploying on-line shopping applications, with it's entry-level server.

Launching its Australian ASP offering yesterday Microsoft Australia said it would take on arch-rival Oracle by providing competitive value and pricing for its partners.

Launching its Australian ASP offering last week Microsoft Australia said it would take on arch-rival Oracle by providing competitive value and pricing for its partners. Kevin Rodrigo, Microsoft's network solutions group manager, said its commercial ASP pricing program for partners offers a wide range of licensing options to suit the hosting environment.

Microsoft Australia has announced a core group of 'ASP aggregators', the partners that will take Microsoft products to market via the much-touted Application Service Provider model.

Caching service to make Australian Web sites faster for overseas users

WebCentral has announced a new addition to its hosting services designed to make its Australian customer sites more accessible to international surfers.

Under current Federal Government policy, only 3 per cent of Australian businesses and 2 per cent of consumers will adopt broadband technologies by 2003, figures which have damning implications for our national credentials in the Internet economy.

Under current government policy, only three per cent of Australian businesses and two per cent of consumers will adopt broadband technologies by 2003, figures which have damning implications for our national credence in the Internet economy.

ARN: What services does WebCentral offer? Ernst: We tend to think of ourselves as a Web hosting/ASP because we don't generate a lot of our revenue through connectivity. Initially we started off in the SME hosting service but as our infrastructure grew we moved that up our dedicated server market. This allows large corporate customers to outsource the operation of their exchange, Web or sequel servers to us - we can manage them and provide 24-hour support and a disaster recovery strategy.

Telephone systems service provider Plestel has launched a prospectus for a listing on the ASX in the name of its core brand, Commander. The listing is expected to finance a move into Web hosting and application service provision.