Caron Carlson

WASHINGTON–Microsoft Corp.s .Net Passport authentication system has the potential to lock large enterprises into a “Microsoft-controlled world,” according to a Sun Microsystems Inc. executive who testified on Tuesday in the ongoing proceeding to establish anti-trust remedies against the Redmond, Wash., software maker. Jonathan Schwartz, chief strategy officer at Sun, was the latest witness called by […]

Any time data travels on the public network, even for a comparatively small portion of a trip, no service provider can offer a 100 percent guarantee of the delivery performance. Nonetheless, ISPs are beginning to offer SLAs designed to approach the reliability and availability of private networking. While ISPs may not be ready for the […]

SBC Communications Inc. is developing a unified messaging service expressly for enterprise users, and it plans to deploy a consumer version of the system in January, a company executive revealed Monday while testifying in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust hearing. Although Microsoft tried to dismiss SBCs UMS plans, which require interoperability with the Windows operating system, […]

Delving deep into the realm of new and burgeoning technologies, the Microsoft Corp. antitrust remedy hearing today examined the software giants presence in the handheld operating system market and its potential for dominating it in the future. The nine states and District of Columbia that rejected the Department of Justices November settlement agreement with Microsoft […]

WASHINGTON – An attorney for Microsoft Corp. today attempted to show that testimony by a Novell Inc. executive in the case against the Redmond, Wash., software makers is biased and reflects Novells own business strategy rather than the matters of the anti-trust case. Novell Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Carl Ledbetter took the […]

Former Intel Corp. Vice President Steven McGeady once likened Microsoft Corp.s culture to cannibalism, reflecting his opinion that some of the software companys business practices are distasteful, McGeady testified in court Tuesday just before lunch. The testimony, in the tenth day of the case brought by nine states and the District of Columbia seeking remedies […]

The strategy that brought the bakery, the butcher shop and the vegetable market under the umbrella of the supermarket is hard at work in telecommunications. WorldCom Inc. this month unleashed an integrated online marketplace called D Street, where small businesses can order and manage their telecom services, from digital subscriber lines to local telephony to […]

Cogent Communications Group Inc., an optical ISP, this week expects to win court approval for its proposed acquisition of bankrupt PSINet Inc. The Washington-based ISP plans to use the assets gained in the deal to expand its reach throughout its 21-city coverage area and offer new business-focused hosting services, according to officials. The bankruptcy court […]

Red Hat Inc. Chief Technology Officer Michael Tiemann testified Monday that OEMs need more protections from retaliatory actions by Microsoft Corp. than offered in the proposed settlement with the Department of Justice. The testimony opened the third week of court action brought by nine states and the District of Columbia seeking to impose remedies against […]

In the third day of the remedy hearing pursued by nine states and the District of Columbia against Microsoft Corp. for its anti-competitive conduct, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly attempted to streamline some of the testimony and urged the parties to provide more substance in their responses. The judge made clear that she would not […]