QLogic has included support for VSAN in its line of SANblade 2400 Fibre Channel HBAs and this will help to extend its lead in the FC HBA market. ...

Cisco has released the new MDS 9020 Fabric Switch into the uncertain SMB space, where the demand for Fibre Channel SANs is far from a certain prospect. ...

Marconi adds Allot's NetEnforcer traffic monitoring and control capabilities to the MR8000 edge router and establishes a joint marketing partnership - this is the first public evidence of a third-party ...

TIM shows why it has remained market leader in Italy with a number of innovative new services, tariffs and products at SMAU. The impressive live demonstrations, tele-ticketing and biometrics ...

Huawei's inTouch Lab replicates the "center of excellence" concept, which helps vendors sell themselves as solution partners and build operator relationships. In playing catch up, it would have been ...

AVST enters the deep end of the pool with unified messaging scaled for large enterprise accounts. The new CallXpress capabilities do open new markets to AVST, but the limited ...

While some small business users will find the multimedia features offered by BroadSoft's new softphone an improvement over telephony-only solutions, the BroadSoft Communicator is no match for converged clients from ...

Siebel announced the general availability of Siebel Business Analytics 7.8. The company provides some good enhancements, although its pending acquisition by Oracle could divert some of the attention that ...

Isocore's MPLS 2005 International Conference is not for the technically faint of heart and is packed with technical relevancy. Topics, presented by prominent networking gurus, provided useful information for service ...

Fujitsu announces FLASHWAVE 4000 compliance with MEF Ethernet Service Definitions. Though not universally adopted, these definitions offer some value for optical vendors as well as the L2 switch vendors ...

Oh, Sony Ericsson, how you infuriate us here in the U.S. Step 1: Create a product with a U.S.-centric QWERTY keyboard, BlackBerry Connect e-mail client, and WiFi. Step ...

Enhancing the smartphone experience with integrated document viewing, editing and printing from a handset marks a major landmark in the Series 60 story, but for Microsoft, it's a case of ...

RCN has identified a growth opportunity in business services, where it currently has a minimal market presence. It has launched a Business Solutions division to tap that opportunity, and ...

Sony Ericsson announces its latest Symbian OS smartphone ahead of the game to allow developers time to port applications to the new device. With an improved and usable QWERTY keyboard, ...

Though Sprint has dealt with wholesale VoIP partners including Time Warner Cable, it has formalized its wholesale VoIP offering. Sprint plans to compete on quality and capabilities rather than lowest ...

Progress Telecom's venture into wireless last mile solutions is gaining ground as the carrier announces its first customer for the service and its expansion into a second market. ...

BellSouth added ring support and channel communications independent of interfaces to its metro DWDM, which means greater flexibility for those few select customers that need these highly specialized services. ...

Force10 Networks is establishing new technical support centers in Asia and Europe, where its customer list is growing. In Europe, though, the vendor needs to do more to convince incumbents ...

Nokia's new VoIP Server smartly focuses on the revenue-generating part of convergence: voice. Yet, the fundamental strategy behind the VoIP Server isn't new to Nokia - though it does put ...

Motive and SupportSoft are both touting partnerships with set-top box maker Thomson. Hardware and software vendors need each other to drive early market opportunities in IPTV, but at this stage ...