With fixed WiMAX certification testing a month away, Samsung's demo of WiBro handoffs will doubtless turn heads. Yet, operators looking for 802.16e solutions will want more than networks and Samsung ...

Motorola has shown a penchant for working with the most powerful players in telecom and electronics. Work with Intel pulls together its IMS and ATCA efforts, though the concrete ...

Cisco and Intel are collaborating on more proprietary extensions to the 802.11 WLAN standards. Intel and Cisco have agreed on improved QoS, better roaming, and intelligent AP selection features ...

Avaya's work with Intel to enhance the performance of the company's softphone when used with next-generation Centrino chipset technology will benefit customers, and credit is due despite the fact that ...

Public safety could represent a hot opportunity for all wireless vendors, and the BreezeACCESS 4900 gives Alvarion another tool with which to attack the market. However, 4.9 GHz is still ...

Sybase unwraps its latest version of Unwired Orchestrator, its integration tool. The new Java support and unified interface make this an attractive product for Sybase users. The mobile ...

As telco TV poses an increasing threat to the cable industry, CableLabs continues to press forward with standards such as OPAC - which specifies middleware/interoperability parameters - but this latest ...

By establishing a technology alliance with Business Objects, DATAllegro enhances its marketplace credibility while augmenting its business intelligence functionality. ...

Using LinuxWorld as its launch venue to maximize publicity, Business Objects' announcement that it has ported BusinessObjects XI to Linux broadens the company's target market while eliminating a differentiator held ...

By achieving MySQL Network Certification, Actuate leverages its investment in the open source Eclipse Foundations' Business Intelligence Reporting Tool project to the target the open source MySQL developer community as ...

Microsoft's plans to integrate a speech interface for Exchange is consistent with a strategy to deliver more of the overall enterprise communications solution, and the software giant must be reckoned ...

A speech interface for Exchange is not an innovative move on Microsoft's part, since this kind of software has long existed. But it fits squarely into a product strategy aimed ...

Aspect's 7.1 release of its Customer Self-Service platform completes the process of catching up with its voice portal competition. However, the Concerto acquisition still puts a cloud over the ...

Avaya announces an industry standards-based speech self-service applications platform and development tool that comes free with its voice portal. In some ways a catch-up, the Avaya Voice Portal and design ...

Fighting back against its reputation for mediocre functionality, Microsoft plans to launch a hosted CRM delivery option and to deepen the integration between its CRM suite and the omnipresent Outlook. ...

Infommersion announced a version of Xcelsius for Microsoft SharePoint users. The announcement, made at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, should generate a positive response, although the product is not yet ...

Avaya enhances its Contact Center Express to support Microsoft CRM and IM. These and other ease of deployment and support enhancements are important for the target market, mid-size businesses, ...

Motorola's 802.16e trial with Sprint positions the vendor to take an early lead in portable WiMAX while lending a vote of confidence from a major wireless player. But, with Nextel ...

Navini's Ripwave-MX does two important things. It promises a software upgrade to 802.16e, and it signals Navini's progress on WiMAX. Yet, most operators and vendors knew about Navini's WiMAX plans ...

Ericsson is Airspan's third WiMAX OEM, and Airspan marks Ericsson's entry into the WiMAX market. Seemingly a win-win situation, the partnership could get sticky as Airspan moves to support ...