Here's Sun Microsystems. Ahead of the curve with utility computing? Check. Interested in gaining the business of today's internet companies? Big check. Full of server-side software skills? Check. Behind Amazon.com of all companies in actually putting these things together as a product or service companies can buy? Yep.

Moniker.com to Hold Premium Domain Name Auction at PubCon Las Vegas ...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Moniker, the first and only provider of Domain Asset Management(TM) services, today announced that it will be hosting the first live and online auctions of premium domain names during PubCon Las Vegas 2007, the Search Engine & Internet Marketing Conference, on Wednesday, December 5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. PubCon Las Vegas 2007 runs December 4 through December 7, 2007 and is the premiere educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website owners.

"Moniker.com is excited to bring its premiere live and online domain name auctions to PubCon Las Vegas 2007," said Monte Cahn, co founder and CEO of Moniker.com.

Business Briefs: Chamber organizes annual trade show

The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Business Expo on March 27 at The Classic Center. Organizers for the 2008 Business Expo have adopted the theme "Let's Make a Deal" and will provide activities throughout the day. The day will start with a networking event, Business Before Hours, and end with award presentations at 4 p.m. The awards will include the annual Small Business Person of the Year.

Combat Training Solutions, a Stephens County company that manufactures simulated explosives for the military, announced that it plans to add more than 30 jobs and invest $1 million to expand a facility in Eastanollee.

MyDomain Launches National TV Campaign to Support Its Start Your Dream ...

VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- MyDomain, the Internet Domain Name and Web Hosting powerhouse, announces the launch of a national multimillion dollar TV campaign to support its Start Your Dream Business website for $1 promotion. The one of a kind deal gives customers use of a domain they choose and all the tools needed to quickly publish and launch a website for $1. Because this groundbreaking offer is like nothing out there, MyDomain is kicking off a national cable advertising campaign to ensure that people across the country can take advantage of this unique program.

Beginning on October 1, 2007, MyDomain plans to run its Start Your Dream Business commercials on Bravo, CNBC, the Discovery Channel, MSNBC, Discovery Times, The Movie Channel, SCI-FI, Soap Network, SPIKE TV, and USA.

Community invited to learn about AIDS epidemic in Africa

You will have the opportunity to see an African child from a remote country in which AIDS runs rampant as you walk through a virtual African village.Through your journey, the child you're accompanying will be tested for HIV at the health clinic. Together, you will learn his fate.That's the setting for a half-hour walk this week through the gymnasium at Lodi's First Baptist Church. The child is real, but he won't be there with you. Nevertheless, through headphones (in English or Spanish) and photography, you will learn all about this child and his life in a land where AIDS is commonplace, and where children and their parents die at an early age.Called "Step Into Africa Experience," the audio tour is produced by World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to help them reach their full potential and tackling the causes of poverty and injustice, according to World Vision.Some 300 people from the Lodi area have already volunteered at least one four-hour shift to help organize the event, which will be held from Thursday through Monday, said Glen Barnes, an associate pastor at First Baptist, who is in charge of the Lodi effort.

Agent hosts limo tours of available homes

Valley real estate agents are getting creative when it comes to convincing wary buyers that a down market is the perfect time to nab hot deals on homes.

With more than 50,000 Valley homes for sale and competition escalating, some agents are going the high-tech route to draw buyers and sellers.