As venture capital became decreasingly available during the downturn and market segments shrank, some speculated the end of the start-up. But the opposite is true, and start-ups have a ...

More vendors are taking an interest in marketing "ESBs" despite the fact that an exact definition remains elusive. Users will likely respond to ESBs if they are marketed as a ...

The financials behind the proposed acquisition between SBC and AT&T appear just about as good as SBC and AT&T claim. But the associated fallout from the merger of the ...

Now that SBC has announced plans to acquire AT&T, Cingular will gain important in-roads into AT&T's business customer base. Gaining access to these customers will strengthen Cingular as it ...

3GSM Cannes, the wireless industry's big "meet and greet," provides vendors with an opportunity to show their wares and vision for the future. Credibility depends on sending the right ...

Network consolidation is critical for incumbent service providers to remain competitive and profitable, but their system vendors have not yet provided practical solutions that sufficiently leverage existing installed equipment. ...

Sprint Nextel went from conjecture to deal-in-the-making with little delay. Running two separate networks with two separate technologies is the expectation for several years. This leaves more questions than answers ...

When it comes to defining an NGN, wireless and wireline service providers talk two different languages. Still, divergent languages and objectives must be overcome if service providers ever expect ...

When it comes to defining an NGN, wireless and wireline service providers talk two different languages. Still, divergent languages and objectives must be overcome if service providers ever expect ...

Numerous social networking for the enterprise vendors have sprung up in the wake of Friendster's success, but the technology is more rightfully a feature than a standalone application. CRM ...

Salesforce.com, looking to disrupt CRM again, claims that the seemingly de rigueur industry editions are relics of the past. But now that the company wants to win over the ...

Market conditions have made optical vendors consider the role of OEM partnerships in a new light. As they change in nature and grow in importance, how OEMs are positioned becomes ...

The market for regulatory compliance solutions is getting hotter. Data quality vendors and others interested in deepening their penetration of the market should be making plans now, including partnering ...

Nortel has a new PDSN "unveiled" in Sprint's EV-DO vendor announcement, but details have been scant. A new OEM partnership might explain this announcement strategy, while providing details to ...

PWE3 was developed by router vendors, but could also be used to try and evolve SONET into a new data aware role suitable for migration to (and participation in) the ...

Oracle is finally going to acquire PeopleSoft. The acquisition will certainly have a profound impact on the middleware, data warehousing, and portal markets; vendors and users should be prepared. ...

After a seemingly endless fight, Oracle will acquire PeopleSoft. Oracle now claims that it will attempt to integrate the mass of applications it will soon own into a single ...

Channel sales are increasingly critical to the revenue goals of IT equipment manufacturers. These manufacturers must find ways to be their resellers' top priority without returning to the wholesale ...

The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism has introduced the Terrorist Knowledge Base. Designed to be a one-stop shop for information on terrorism, the database could prove to ...

SBC votes strongly for DSLAMs, but Verizon chooses B-PON. Given the co-developed RFP they shared, why the difference? And more importantly, are there lessons learned or less obvious potential implications ...