Informatica acquires Similarity Systems, gaining strong data quality technology, while at the same time upsetting some of the balance in the data quality market. But does the acquisition presage ...

NetCentrex rolls out its IPCentrex One hosted voice solution for wholesale service providers looking to enter the small enterprise market. With competition increasing, solid partners and strong marketing will dictate ...

Cisco's CRS-1 multichassis IP core router is selected by Shanghai Telecom for its next-gen IP network and to replace the number of edge routers with CRS-1 super PoPs. Shanghai Telecom ...

Orbital Data introduced its OrbitalEdge product, delivering client-based acceleration to complement its symmetric acceleration technology. With the introduction, Orbital takes a leadership position in application acceleration solutions. ...

NetCentrex debuted its IPCentrex One hosted voice solution, looking to help service providers go after the very small enterprise space, but it will need solid partners and adequate marketing efforts ...

Symantec rounds out its e-mail security portfolio for the SMB space with the release of a low-end mail security appliance, which includes strong protection at a high price. ...

IBM knocks down another wall in a move that will continue to reshape the once fragmented instant messaging market as it enhances its Sametime messaging platform to include the interoperability ...

Allied Telesyn has expanded its iMAP FTTx solution set with VDSL2, PON, and 10 GigE (WAN) interfaces. With these enhancements, Allied Telesyn is better positioned than ever to garner the ...

With the introduction of the IPCentrex One solution, NetCentrex has found an efficient way to tap into the low end of the enterprise market. ...

PAETEC has launched iPATH, its VoIP product suite, which includes SIP trunking, IP Integrated Access, and Hosted IP Telephony, to customers in its 29 regional markets. Out-of-region connections are also ...

Foundry attacks the metro Ethernet market with its MLX series edge routers. The MLX offers scalability, full MPLS-based service delivery, and very competitive costs, but it may take time to ...

CLEC Cbeyond is adding wireless access to its managed services portfolio. Are business-focused MVNOs finally appearing in 2006? ...

Verizon unveils Verizon Business, combining MCI with its Enterprise Solutions Group. It's a formidable part of the $90 billion global carrier, one that has plenty of integration work still ahead ...

Two weeks after the MCI acquisition, Verizon unveiled Verizon Business, combining MCI with its own Enterprise Solutions Group. It's a formidable part of what is now a $90 billion global ...

After almost two years of promising the installed based this next-generation platform was only a quarter or two away, Nortel has finally decided that the MPE has missed its market ...

Covad's PBXi Plus, an integrated voice and data T1 VoIP service for businesses who want to keep their existing PBX gear, is a good way to upsell customers to Covad's ...

SCOPE aims to drive telecom-grade platform development with a reference architecture wading through the profiles and flexibility of platform components like ATCA and CGL. Still, making recommendations does little to ...

Cingular's 2125 replaces the Audiovox SMT6500 and upgrades Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS. The small, QWERTY-free bar form factor is polarizing; most U.S. smartphone buyers will prefer alternatives, and the ...

Oracle announces a roadmap for Fusion, including Fusion Middleware and Fusion Applications. The plan makes sense on a broad level, but the devil will be in the details. ...

NEC introduced its GPON solution just in time for the RBOC RFP. However, competing GPON systems have been on the market for years, and NEC's lack of optical success in ...