Vignette announced enhancements to its flagship portal product, Vignette Application Portal, including enhanced team collaboration functionality. A good though minor release, since the company isn't adding any market-leading functionality. ...

MSN Premium is a poor attempt to stop bleeding dial-up customers and turn around weak results from past broadband initiatives. The service, which can be added to any broadband connection, ...

3Com announced a new channel partner support model to improve customer service for enterprises. A point of debate is whether the action proves 3Com's commitment to the enterprise market ...

Symantec has made several announcements in the consumer antivirus space. The company introduced a new version of its flagship Norton AntiVirus product as well as a new line of Symantec ...

BellSouth has announced an alliance to resell DIRECTV's satellite TV services in its nine-state service territory. But while video services will round out BellSouth's bundles, it will be a difficult ...

With an October 7 launch date looming, Nokia continues to work to increase the appeal of the N-Gage. The agreement with EA adds strength to Nokia's game portfolio, and helps ...

Getting the first billion mobile subscribers was easy. Pulling in the second billion will take real work. Nokia's launch of new base stations and a new BSC shows ...

Network Associates releases latest version of McAfee VirusScan. The new release helps NAI keep pace in the market and comes on the same day that Symantec released its new consumer ...

Intuit introduces a contact manager solution for small businesses. SME rivals have created links between their CRM solutions and QuickBooks, so it's logical Intuit would seize the upsell opportunities ...

Verizon has launched a true business class DSL service that will go head-to-head with offerings by the data CLECs and given Verizon's marketing power and status as the ILEC, it ...

Most Tier 1 vendors are definitely staying in the DWDM game, and several are moving forward with aggressive development to change the competitive landscape in 2004. This could wind up ...

Nortel's TD-SCDMA work with Datang Mobile follows closely on UMTS interoperability testing with Huawei. Avoiding the costly development of a new technology, the move signals a clear commitment to ...

Sprint PCS makes space for Virgin Mobile product on its shelves as the MVNO relationship grows ever more public, helping Virgin continue its steady growth and supplying Sprint PCS's sales ...

Quarry unveils its iQ-IDS network-based Intrusion Detection System offering, leveraging its relationship with WINS Technet. The offering is significant as Dacom selected Quarry for its managed VPN/IDS service, showing Quarry ...

Free Telecom offers its "Freebox' DSL customers free domestic telephony until December 31, 2003. The service is based on integrated VoDSL and VoIP and gives Free Telecom a strong competitive ...

PeopleSoft makes functionality and integration enhancements for its CRM 8.8 suite. This announcement is just as important for the message that it sends, which says that PeopleSoft hasn't taken its ...

Cable & Wireless gets deeper into customer networks as it unifies its IP LAN and VPN QoS into a managed service that delivers a single SLA across the LAN and ...

Swisscom Eurospot has integrated WLAN AG, Aervik B.V. and Megabeam Networks, Ltd. into the company name and brand to compete on the pan-European Wi-Fi market. The challenge will be to ...

3Com and Aspect Communications will jointly develop a converged contact center solution. However many details remain unclear, key components are not yet field proven, and any product born of ...

With Zon Broadband Budget, Versatel is clarifying its intention to target consumers with combined voice and Internet offerings. The low cost of Zon's ADSL connectivity mixed with the cost savings ...