In September 2004, ITC^DeltaCom announced merger plans with fellow CLECs Florida Digital Network (FDN) and Network Telephone Corp. (NTC), but a precipitous stock drop in November made the stock trades ...

Symantec continues to squeeze out services and revenue opportunities from its Brightmail acquisition, introducing a new subscription service, Symantec Premium AntiSpam. With the proliferation of spam, this will undoubtedly ...

Even as it concedes in the Oracle fight, PeopleSoft announces a routine partnership agreement to resell contact center applications from, and to jointly develop application to contact center systems adapters ...

Like other residential CLECs after UNE-P deregulation, Z-Tel let its local/long-distance subscribers slide, but now it is signing up subscribers left, right, and center. It looks like Z-Tel's plan ...

Joining the ranks of fellow infrastructure vendors, Ericsson has joined the WiMAX Forum. Positioning WiMAX as part of its Public Ethernet strategy allows it insight into the technology without committing ...

Cisco dispels rumors regarding the market readiness, customer uptake, and acceptance of the CRS-1 by announcing several significant customer deployments and a new, smaller version of the CRS-1 product family ...

AT&T turns to Singapore for its 26th data center, looking to gain opportunities in the growing Asia Pacific market. It's an interesting move as enterprises will find AT&T's global brand ...

Equinix expands its data center count, adding a facility in Silicon Valley and further strengthening its ability to meet its customer demand in the U.S., but it has yet to ...

Avaya slips its SMB telephony platforms into a crowded Verizon channel. The deal is a coup for both companies, but established Verizon relationships with other PBX developers present Avaya with ...

Cisco and Fujitsu announced a strategic alliance to address the needs of the Japanese router market. The alliance brings joint development, feature collaboration, and enhanced support and service. ...

Similarity Systems and QAS announced a partnership to provide QAS' international address validation software as a component in Similarity Systems' product suite. It is a good agreement for both ...

Chordiant's buy of privately-held, UK-based firm KiQ Limited fills one of the glaring holes in its product set. But KiQ's lack of U.S. exposure will slow down the acceptance of ...

In tandem with Cingular's WCDMA vendor selections, Lucent has "unveiled" its HSDPA solution. A well-publicized HSDPA trial with Cingular puts it in a good position, but it remains unclear ...

In its efforts to expand its Linux presence, Sybase enhances its Linux database credibility by riding on IBM's coattails through a marketing partnership for Sybase ASE for Linux on IBM's ...

Tellabs gains a complementary acquisition from a product standpoint at a reduced price, and gets a head start on Verizon. But it faces a lot of new competition along ...

Aruba announced new wired Grid Access Points designed to extend its policy-managed, user-authenticated reach to the edge of the wired network. While beneficial to some organizations, this move also ...

SBC has filled in another piece of the Project Lightspeed venture to bring IP-based programming to consumers. The company will use Microsoft TV software to bring the pieces together, ...

Bowstreet announced the Bowstreet Enterprise Portal Solutions. The solutions represent a new direction for the company, but for it to pay real dividends, Bowstreet may need to broaden this ...

ECI's optical networking revenues grew rapidly in Q3 and posted a second consecutive quarterly operating profit. The company is increasingly successful in Asia, while sales in the Americas continue ...

After almost of year of laying claim to the APB-1 benchmark crown, Hyperion raises the bar higher by submitting even more impressive Essbase performance results. ...