Caron Carlson

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The federal appeals court reviewing the governments antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp. today reopened questions that lie at the very core of the historic case: Should the software giant be allowed to co-mingle middleware with its operating system; to what extent must Microsoft disclose technical information; and what, exactly, did the company gain by […]

WASHINGTON—”Carriers lie like addicts in withdrawal,” observes Hank Levine, a lawyer who has spent the last 10 years negotiating telecommunications contracts for large enterprises. Its not that telecom carriers are evil, he said, its just that they are highly motivated to clinch large contracts, and enterprises often misjudge their own bargaining power. So before entering […]

WASHINGTON—WorldCom Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection in the aftermath of its mammoth accounting scandal last year, won court approval this afternoon of its corporate reorganization. Company chairman and CEO Michael Capellas said WorldCom, which has been doing business as MCI, will “drive harder” to win greater market share, particularly in the area of converged […]

Discuss This in the eWEEK Forum WASHINGTON—Despite waging a fierce and costly lobbying battle in Washington for nearly a decade, the Regional Bell Operating Companies have achieved relatively little success in loosening their regulatory obligations. Now, the Bells are trying to enlist network equipment manufacturers in their campaign, but competing carriers are crying foul. On […]

WASHINGTON—E-commerce is a boon to many veteran Main Street retailers, but in the policy debates over online sales, the veterans increasingly pit themselves against startup online merchants. In the fight for every last sale, particularly in the tight economy, traditional and online merchants are turning to the courts and to legislators for help. In the […]

Microsoft Corp.s long journey through antitrust litigation—and the $1.55 billion that the company has agreed to pay out so far—has taught it to build better relationships with competitors and with the government. Also, the software giant must be more active in standards initiatives, such as those under way for Web services, Brad Smith, company general […]

For managed health care pro-viders, making sure patients take the correct dosage of the correct drugs is a vital step in the effort to maximize the welfare of their customers while minimizing costs. Software developers such as Medecision Inc. are incorporating new features into their care management applications that recognize the increasing complexity of this […]

The federally mandated moratorium on taxing Internet access expires at the end of the week, and while most federal lawmakers favor making the ban permanent, a small group of U.S. senators last week held up the initiative, bringing the potential for new Internet taxes down to the wire. Most members of Congress, wishing to prevent […]

Nortel Networks Corp. Thursday reported preliminary third-quarter revenue of $2.27 billion and announced that it is building momentum in its enterprise division. The Toronto-based manufacturer also said that it will restate its financial results for 2000, 2001, 2002 and the first and second quarters of this year after reviewing assets and liabilities. Accounting mistakes were […]

Extending their collaborative efforts into the storage arena, IBM and Cisco Systems Inc. today unveiled an IBM storage volume controller built into Cisco switches. The companies foresee network-hosted storage applications as a means of enabling enterprises to build larger, smarter storage area networks. Together, the companies took IBMs TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller software and custom-fit […]