Caron Carlson

Microsoft Corp. today asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to extend the schedule in its ongoing litigation with nine states by at least four months, arguing that the states have dramatically expanded the scope of the litigation. Microsoft also released a preliminary list of witnesses it plans to call in the […]

Drawing a lesson from the way financial services recovered from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, lawmakers who oversee commerce and trade this morning called for greater dispersion in the nations communications networks. “It has become more obvious since the attacks of Sept. 11 that decentralization in this country is good,” said Rep. Clifford Stearns, R-Fla., […]

Despite continued overall sagging sales, 3Com Corp. reined in its losses in the second quarter of its fiscal year, which closed last month. In disclosing Q2 earnings today, officials said revenues rose slightly over Q1, operating expenses fell slightly, and net loss fell to $104 million. “Taken altogether, this past quarter demonstrated substantial progress in […]

To bring advanced communications to an expanding operation, travel agency Atlantic-Pacific Carlson Wagonlit Travel is forgoing traditional PBX service in favor of Web-based phone, messaging and collaboration services from GoBeam Inc. The travel agency is testing a new Web-based console from GoBeam slated for unveiling later this month. Integrating new offices—especially those brought on board […]

As service providers edge their way into an increasing number of network functions that large enterprises traditionally managed in-house, security and control remain hurdles to outsourcing. In the case of routing, organizations with mission-critical traffic generally invest in pricey routers, housed and managed on site, rather than relinquish their autonomy to a more public system […]

Senators leery of the Bush administrations antitrust settlement proposal with Microsoft Corp. have few tools to influence the outcome given the unlikelihood of legislation. What they can do – and did this morning — is amplify public debate in the hope that the court will heed objections to the deal before issuing a final ruling […]

To bring advanced communications to an expanding operation, travel agency stalwart Atlantic-Pacific Carlson Wagonlit Travel is forgoing traditional PBX service in favor of Web-based phone, messaging and collaboration services from GoBeam Inc. The travel agency is now testing a new Web-based console from GoBeam, slated for unveiling later this month. Integrating new offices – especially […]

At the same time AT&T Broadband snubbed its nose at Excite@Homes negotiating tactics and left the bankrupt Internet service provider high and dry last week, the telecom company saw its own takeover attractiveness grow when Microsoft Corp. backed rival bidders to AOL Time Warner Inc. Microsofts backing of Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. in […]

Bandwidth prices may be dropping, but IT budgets are falling even faster, leading to a quest for more efficient ways to route traffic over the Internet. Several startup vendors of router control devices are launching new and rival ways to reach that end. Router control is vital to enterprises with multiple connections to the Internet […]

As companies continue to grapple with security and disaster recovery concerns brought about by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the federal government is considering a broad set of security standards that it will push its agencies and private industry to follow. Last week, the Business Software Alliance, at its Global Tech Summit in Washington, issued […]