Re: THCG's ASP deal, taking 33% stake in an "Total Solution Provider / Application Service Provider (TSP/ASP) company". This really grabbed my attention, because I've long been a bit of an ASP freak.
biz.yahoo.com
So I read the PR with great interest, ready to go the ASP website for more info. Unfortunately, only a telephone contact for IT Utility CEO Michael Lowry was listed, I didn't feel like pestering him for more info. So I did some hunting on my own...
I did a search of domain-name records. And, indeed, there is an ITUtility.com listed under Mr. Lowry's name, but the site is not online.
Also, based on these searches, there is a possible link (I dunno, maybe they're business partners) between these domains:
itutility.com, aiyee.com, lightmedia.com, nextv.net, klics.com, and buylinc.com.
Unfortunately, all of these links (except for one) brings up no functional websites, so the trail leads to a dead end there. But there is some info about Lightmedia Interactive (more below)...
Everytime I conducted a search, it brought up new, interesting information that I added to further searches. What I found about lightmedia.com was interesting. Here are a few search results:
[search result of itutility.com]
Registrant:
Michael Lowry (ITUTILITY-DOM)
530 Old Path Crossing
Roswell, GA 30075
Domain Name: itutility.com
Administrative Contact:
Lowry, Michael (ML1147) mlowry@MINDSPRING.COM
770-594-8050
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Mindspring Domreg (MDP-ORG) domreg@MINDSPRING.COM
888-932-1997
Fax- - 404 815-8805
Billing Contact:
Domain Administrator (MDB5-ORG) domain.billing@MINDSPRING.COM
404 815-0770
Fax- 404 287-0883
Record last updated on 30-Jan-1999.
Record created on 30-Jan-1999.
Database last updated on 6-Jan-2000 13:12:51 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
SPEAKEASY.MINDSPRING.NET 207.69.188.200
HEARSAY.MSPRING.NET 207.69.231.3
RUMOR.MSPRING.NET 165.121.2.31
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[search result of handle ID ML1147]
Lowry, Michael (ML1147) mlowry@MINDSPRING.COM
LightMedia Interactive, Inc.
10800 Alpharetta Highway, Suite 494
Roswell, GA 30076
770-594-8050
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[search result of Lightmedia Interactive]
Registrant:
LightMedia Interactive Corp (LIGHTMEDIA-DOM)
10800 Alpharetta Highway, Suite 494
Roswell, GA 30076
US
Domain Name: LIGHTMEDIA.COM
Administrative Contact:
Silverman, Lawrence (LS1901) L-S@MINDSPRING.COM
(610)734-1245 (FAX) (610)734-1263
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Domain Services (AWC2-ORG) hostmaster@AWC.NET
973-808-5585
Fax- - 973-808-5584
Billing Contact:
Silverman, Lawrence (LS1901) L-S@MINDSPRING.COM
(610)734-1245 (FAX) (610)734-1263
Record last updated on 15-Jul-1999.
Record created on 22-Mar-1996.
Database last updated on 6-Jan-2000 13:12:51 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS2.AWC.NET 209.117.192.9
NS1.AWC.NET 209.117.192.22
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So this guy, Michael Lowry, CEO of IT Utility, literally lives 10 miles from my last apartment. Too bad I just moved to Chicago.
As for Lightmedia Interactive, it appears to be a software developer for utility service providers. Larry Silverman is the CEO, his name pops up on most of these domain records.
Ironically, the only detailed info on Lightmedia I could find was at a Japanese website (though mostly in English text):
linda.infomart.or.jp
More info on Lightmedia (which Hoovers says is a private company in Pennsylvania with between $1M - $2.5M in annual sales). The company also has an Atlanta branch, which is roughly within 15 miles from Mike Lowry's given address. So perhaps he is a former/current Lightmedia employee?
echelon.com
Scroll down to the Lightmedia Interactive "Open House" product, which will download a 4-page PDF file.
Video/Audio/Text interview with LightMedia Interactive's Partnership with Lucent:
lucent.com
gridlockmag.com
Mike Lowry of LightMedia Interactive Corp. (and apparently new CEO of IT Utility) lambasts political commentary website Gridlock Magazine.
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ARTICLE EXCERPT
Utilities slow to exploit full potential of Internet
Ray Pospisil
05/01/1997
Electrical World
Page 39
(Copyright 1997 McGraw-Hill, Inc.)
Utilities can also become Internet access providers, according to Larry Silverman, chief executive
officer of LightMedia Interactive , Upper Darby, Pa. In that way, customers would enter the
Internet through a utility's homepage, where the power company could market other products and
services, he says. Utilities can also ``broadcast' information while focusing on data that specific
customers have requested--to avoid the negative connotations of ``junk' mail.
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