Nasdaq would use Liffe's computer system - called Connect - to trade the futures contracts electronically.
The next generation system will also offer a unique application called Connect at Sea.
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The telecommunications giant is off to a good start, launching a low-cost, Internet-based voice service called Connect 'N Save just last month.
Hertz has followed Zipcar's lead by rolling out a programme called Connect by Hertz, which allows people to hire cars for relatively short spells.
Their business, called Commercial Connect LLC, initially applied for the rights to dot-shop in 2000.
Livescribe is making it easier to share content from its digital pen with a new service called LiveScribe Connect.
The application, called Genesys Connect for Service Cloud, will integrate with the Salesforce.com platform to allow for voice and multi-social network customer service capabilities.
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Glam had recently launched a new content management service called Glam Create and a social service called Glam Connect, which will presumably connect with Ning.
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The company also launched a new feature on Wednesday called ShareDesk CONNECT, which enables users to see who works in a given space and message them.
But more than 10, 000 Web sites now recognize a service called Facebook Connect, which enables users to use their Facebook ID and password to move fluidly among sites where registration is required.
Facebook re-branded the technology behind Beacon as an opt-in service called Facebook Connect in fall 2008 and launched it as a tool that allows Facebook users to sign into third-party sites using their Facebook IDs.
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If the user wants to then hop to an application that provides more in-depth information, Windows Phone has another new feature called App Connect that acts as a shortcut to that app, removing the need to do a separate search for it.
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For those who have bipolar disorder, there's an app called Bipolar Disorder Connect.
Sonos does this using shoebox-sized receivers called ZonePlayers that connect to off-the-bookshelf speakers.
Residents of this digital realm can represent themselves with 3-D images called avatars and connect with each other over the Internet.
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Using a feature called Nextel Direct Connect, a user can link up with a friend, family member or co-worker over a link that allows only one of them to speak at a time.
FirstRound recently started a website called HackPR that is designed to help journalists and startup companies connect and a fund called the Dorn Room Fund to invest in student startups.
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Ando also announced a product called Roomlink that will connect Sony's Vaio-branded PCs to its Wega TV screens.
Sun makes the computers, called servers, which connect up to the internet.
Back then it was called AppleLink, a project commissioned by Apple Computer and a company called Quantum Computer Services to connect Apple II and Macintosh computers.
The operations center has representatives from numerous agencies, including state and local law enforcement, and officials say they need flexibility to help connect the so-called dots.
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Clayton is CEO of Bubble Motion and was one of the first to try this service, called Bubbly, that lets people connect to a large network of people through voice.
To get the functions right for each cube, he also has to consider how body parts connect, their so-called boundary conditions.
Investigators are also looking into whether so-called consultants for expert network companies, which connect investors with employees of companies for a fee, have passed inside information to clients.
The so-called "energy bridge" will be the second to connect the Baltic states to the wider EU electricity network.
Jenkins also has taken over telco hotels in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, where more than 100 long-haul carriers connect with local fiber lines in so-called meet-me rooms similar to old-fashioned telephone switchboards.
Between now and Wednesday, thousands of people from over 130 countries are participating together virtually to find shared solutions to common challenges, engage with US foreign policy leadership, and simply connect with each other -- through an online event called Global Pulse 2010.
Naveh says a lot of the work the company does is so-called open source intelligence, with trained experts using computing and other technological tools to connect the dots of information that are already in the public domain, particularly on the Internet and social networks.
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These native advertising units are called Promoted Entries and can show up on the Feed and Guide pages, offering advertisers a way to connect with their customers around TV shows, movies, and major events.
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