Also: Internap and NEC Business pen resale deal; Masergy lands big second-round funding
Digex is expanding its roster of services with managed messaging. The managed hosting provider will offer messaging and collaboration features on the Microsoft Exchange 2000 platform beginning in the second quarter. Enterprise customers will have access to services including e-mail, shared calendaring and contact management. Digex executives say the hosted Exchange service will include a service-level agreement in shared and dedicated environments. Digex is partnering with Apptix, formerly application service provider TeleComputing, to provide the services. Digex is using Apptix’s automated provisioning platform, hosted in Digex data centers.
Internap Network Services and NEC Business Network Solutions inked a deal last week that will let NEC resell Internap’s services. NEC BNS, a multiservice system integrator, will offer its customers Inter-nap’s collocation and intelligent routing IP services. The companies also plan to develop and market new IP-based VPN and voice-over-IP services for business users.
Masergy Communications raised $31 million in its second round of funding earlier this month from Meritage Private Equity Funds and Centennial Ventures. The service provider, which offers managed IP, video, VoIP and VPN services, says that its business plan is now fully funded. The company has drummed up a total of $100 million in funding since it was founded in 2000.
