Innovative Systems announced Synchronos, its CDI solution. Synchronos expands the company's overall capabilities and should open up a number of new opportunities. However, the market is competitive, and Innovative needs ...

The Sage Group will acquire ACCPAC in a deal that is a win for everyone involved. Best Software can use this acquisition to further fuel its SME dominance, while ...

Allegiance Telecom has been on the block since it declared bankruptcy in May, and now that Qwest has made a $300 million play for the CLEC, other suitors may follow. ...

Check Point announced it is acquiring Zone Labs. While parts of the acquisition are complementary, Zone's core expertise overlaps significantly with Check Point's existing portfolio, raising concerns over how ...

Trillium Software announced Delivery Point Validation and certification for Oracle Warehouse Builder 10g. Good announcements, although some competitors have DPV and the Oracle relationship is not exclusive. ...

It isn't bad enough for competitors in Qwest's territory that the RBOC is rolling out a redesigned bundled service emphasizing flexibility and ease of use, but the company is also ...

IBM announced the acquisition of Green Pasture Software. The acquisition helps strengthen IBM's overall content management capabilities, although market reaction could be limited because IBM already offers some of ...

VeriSign makes its presence felt in the managed security space with the acquisition of Guardent, a solid contender in the market, which will likely have competitors dreaming of counter strategies ...

Siemens announces an end-to-end PoC product offer that highlights standards compliance, following similar moves by Nokia and Motorola. Success will depend on a differentiated product offering, but what that ...

Qwest has unveiled its disaster recovery services, including a new mobile option and remote recovery from its CyberCenters or customer premise. This, along with its depth of consulting options, ...

The VoIP cable telephone deluge started with Cablevision and Time Warner Cable. Now Cox is stepping up to the plate. Already well-versed in lifeline cable telephone service, Cox ...

T-Mobile's HotSpot offer has proven most successful in the enterprise space and the carrier's partnership with iPass aims to build on that momentum as T-Mobile signs its first inbound roaming ...

SBC has delivered a dizzying flurry of rabbit punches to would-be metro optical services competitors by launching two new optical Ethernet services, upgrading its flagship GigaMAN Ethernet service, and debuting ...

BackWeb Technologies and Plumtree Software announced that Plumtree will resell BackWeb's Offline Access Server. The agreement is also a major plus for BackWeb, although it is not clear that ...

In adding session control functionality to its softswitch and media gateway, Sonus is looking to wring out additional incremental revenue by taking on the tasks of standalone session controllers, a ...

Though Cisco's sweeping enhancements to its edge and core router families essentially push those products closer to Juniper in terms of capacity and features, the enhancements will bring increased loyalty ...

Nortel and ECI Telecom unveil their strategic alliance that leverages both companies' strengths in areas such as branding, co-marketing, and technology, and should prove mutually beneficial, although details on carrier ...

Extreme's new BlackDiamond 10K platform makes Extreme the temporary king of the performance hill, but more importantly, builds a foundation on which the company can offer a broader range of ...

Global Crossing has come out of Chapter 11 with new majority owner, ST Telemedia. But it's re-emerging to a much-changed market, one that will make it exceedingly tough to ...

FrontRange introduces the next version of its GoldMine CRM solution. With an emphasis on design and usability, GoldMine 6.5 is a well-targeted product release. It is also a re-establishment ...