Excelergy launches first Internet transaction hub
Excelergy Corporation, a customer care and billing technology leader for the deregulated energy industry recently announced the launch of eXACThub, an Internet-based clearinghouse for all transactions among energy participants in the deregulated retail energy market. Company officials said eXACThub is the first Internet hub for the deregulated energy industry that enables secure communications, access to information and robust transactions among all energy participants. With the majority of energy transactions predicted to made via the Internet by the middle of the decade, Excelergy hopes to ease the process. The energy transaction management part of the deregulated market is estimated to be worth $1 billion per year.
Powered by Excelergy’s trading partner management software, eXACThub allows distribution companies, energy service providers, meter reading agents and any other energy participant to communicate more efficiently and reliably with one another. The service is now available at www.exacthub.com.
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Board of Governors approves new degree
The Center for Management & Technology at Rhode Island College will offer a master’s in professional accountancy (MPAc) degree in the fall of 2000 semester, after receiving final approval form the Board of Governors of Higher Education at its Dec. 16 meeting.
The new degree is designed to provide relevant professional education while meeting the new state requirements for eligibility to sit for the certified public accountant (CPA) exam. Rhode Island now requires students to obtain 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree to be eligible to sit for the exam.
Staples.com signs marketing agreement with Yahoo!
Staples Inc. announced that Staples.com has signed a marketing agreement with Yahoo Inc. to be the premiere office supply merchant on Yahoo! Small Business.
As a premier merchant, Staples. com will have fixed button placement in office supply-related categories and keyword search results pages that will enable Yahoo! users to easily access Staples. com. In addition, Staples.com will be promoted throughout Yahoo.
Launched in the fall of 1998 Staples. com is Staple’s e-commerce business unit that serves the home office and business customer via the Internet. More than 30,000 products, plus 100,000 software titles are available on Staples.com
APC selected by MS to develop Windows support
American Power Conversion of West Kingstown announced last week that it had joined an elite group of industry-leading companies Microsoft Corp. has tapped to assist in the development of the Windows 2000 operating system. Microsoft has leveraged APC’s software expertise to develop two-tiered uninterruptible power supply (UPS) management that is built into the operating system. The APC/Microsoft developmental relationship helps increase the overall reliability and availability of Windows 200-based desktops, workstations, and servers.
The UPS support will be standard on all four versions of Windows 2000 CD: Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server.
Founded in 1991, APC is a leading provider of global, end-to-end power protection products and services, which include surge suppressors, uninterruptible power supplies, power-conditioning equipment, related software, and professional consulting services.
Deal to offer broadband statewide
BOSTON — Every school, town hall and police department in the state will have a shot at inexpensive broadband Internet access thanks to a deal between a state agency and a telecommunications startup backed by Cisco Systems Inc. Widespread interest in the program could speed development of a statewide network of “always on” Internet connections that rapidly transmit audio, video and complex graphics. “This is going to be an enormous boon for the areas of the state that have been underserved by telecommunications providers,” said Ray Campbell III, executive director of the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications, the state agency that signed the deal last week. MCET inked the three-year contract with Waltham-based Digital Broadband Communications Inc., a relatively new telecommunications company backed by Cisco Systems, a giant networking company with headquarters in California.
The deal requires Digital Broadband to provide 1.5 million-bit-per second Internet connections to any of the commonwealth’s 1,850 school buildings or 4,000 municipal buildings where the community expresses interest.
Broadband access costs as much as $2,000 monthly in parts of western Massachusetts and Cape Cod. Digital Broadband’s offering will cost less than $500 per month, said Campbell.
