[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15174-15175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6961]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Application Service Provider Industry 
Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 28, 1999, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Application Service Provider 
Industry Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the 
nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are 
AT&T, San Jose, CA; AristaSoft Corp., Mountain View, CA; Boundless 
Technologies, Inc., Hauppauge, NY; Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; 
Citrix Systems, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Compaq Computer Corporation, 
Marlborough, MA; CyLex Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, Ernst & Young, 
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; Exodus Communications, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; 
FutureLink Distribution Corp., Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; GTE, Irving, 
TX; Great Plains Software, London, Ontario, CANADA; IBM Corp., White 
Plains, NY; Interpath Communications, Inc., RTP, NC; JAWS Technologies, 
Inc., Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; Marimba, Inc., Mountain View, CA; Onyx 
Software Corp., Bellevue, WA; SaskTel, Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA; 
Sharp Electronics Corp., Mahwah, NJ; Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA; 
Taylor Group, Bedford, NH; Telecomputing, Fort Lauderdale, FL; UUNET, 
Fairfax, VA; Verio, Englewood, CO; WYSE, San Jose, CA; Breakaway 
Solutions, Inc., Boston, MA; Daleen Technologies, Inc., Boca Raton, FL; 
ebaseOne Corp.,

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Houston, TX; GraphOn Corp., Campbell, CA; National Semiconductor, Santa 
Clara, CA; Progress Software, Bedford, MA; Xanthon, Inc., Salt Lake 
City, UT; AboveNet, San Jose, CA; BlueSky, Delray Beach, FL; 
Interliant, Houston, TX; Mincom Limited, Brisbane, Q'Land, AUSTRALIA; 
US West, Denver, CO; Softblox, Atlanta, GA; Documentum, Pleasanton, CA; 
Netstore Group Ltd., Bracknell, Berkshire, UNITED KINGDOM; 
Learningstation.com, Charlotte, NC; SCO, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; 
NaviSite, Inc., Andover, MA; Fujitsu Limited, Tokyo, JAPAN; 
Professional Advantage, North Sydney NSW, AUSTRALIA; Lucent 
Technologies, Warren, NJ; MetaSolv Software, Inc., Plano, TX; Microsoft 
Corporation, Redmond, WA; L.I.M.S. (USA) Inc., Hollywood, FL; Solution 
6 Pty Ltd., Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA; Ensim Corporation, Mountain view, 
CA; Data General, Westboro, MA; Digital Island, Inc., San Francisco, 
CA; EpiCON, Inc., Waltham, MA; Sprint Corporation, Dallas, TX; Network 
Computing Devices, Mountain View, CA; Packeteer, Inc., Cupertino, CA; 
FirstSense Software, Inc., Burlington, MA; National Payroll Systems Pty 
Ltd., Malvern, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Esoft Ltd., Stockport, Cheshire, 
UNTIED KINGDOM; Nortel Networks, RTP, NC; ChoicePoint, Tipton, PA; 
Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA; NTT America, Inc., Mountain View, CA; 
Imago ASP Services, Lenexa, KS; CIBER Enterprise Outsourcing, Columbia, 
SC; EMC,\2\ Hopkinton, MA; Unisys, Blue Bell, PA; Aventail Corp., 
Seattle, WA; Netier Technologies, Inc., Carrollton, TX; Data Return 
Corporation, Arlington, TX; BCA it Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria, 
AUSTRALIA; SunGard Computer Services Inc., Wayne, PA; PBM Corp., 
Cleveland, OH; Eggrock Partners, LLC, Concord, MA; International Energy 
Services, Inc., Houston, TX; JustOn, Santa Clara, CA; Deloitte 
Consulting, East Brunswick, NJ; Madge Networks Ltd., Wexham, Slough, 
ENGLAND; X-Collaboration Software Corporation, Boston, MA; Abatis 
Systems Corporation, Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA; ELF 
Technologies, Inc., Mercer Island, WA; Enterprise Development Services, 
Atlanta, GA; Compuware Corporation, Campbell, CA; Sequent Computer 
Systems, Beaverton, OR; Imagecom, Arlington Heights, IL; Avnet, Tempe, 
AZ; and Prologue Software, Les Ulis, FRANCE. The nature and objectives 
of the venture are to educate the market worldwide about the benefits 
of the ASP industry, provide common definitions for the industry, serve 
as a forum for discussion of issues that are related to, or may 
further, such goals, sponsor industry research, establish 
interoperability guidelines, and engage in such other activities (e.g., 
certification and/or branding programs) as may further such goals.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-6961 Filed 3-20-00; 8:45 am]
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