Chris Gonsalves

The “m” is for mobile. After weeks of cryptic television ads and less-than-informative billboards, AT&T Wireless this weekend is planning to come clean with “mlife,” a rebranding and repackaging of the carriers voice and data services. The mystery to mlife, which is due to be solved fully on Super Bowl Sunday according to postings on […]

Two years ago on this very day, I spent part of my morning explaining to an enthusiastic Enron Corp. representative that there is a big difference between saying that you are in the broadband business and really being in it. Enron Broadband Services Inc. had already sent me the customary T-shirt and CD holder along […]

In another apparent attempt to challenge its cross-country rival, AOL Time Warner Inc. is reportedly negotiating to acquire Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. The move could give AOL significant alternatives to software made by Microsoft Corp. and is seen as the latest salvo in the battle between the competitors who have clashed over technologies such […]

Any hope of an 11th hour deal between battered broadband provider Excite At Home Corp. and AT&T Corp. was scuttled late Tuesday when Excite officials said the carrier had dropped its $300 million bid for the Internet access business. With sales talks off and no other suitor in sight, Excite said it had reached a […]

FBI warnings have administrators of the nations corporate networks double-checking—and double-locking—their systems in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. But despite hacker alerts and a federal Terrorist Threat Advisory, which calls for IT professionals across the country to “implement appropriate security measures—both physical and cyber,” experts say corporate America is a long way from being […]

An aggressive hybrid of virus and worm ran rampant across the Internet last week, slowing traffic and causing site shutdowns. But the real damage from W32.Nimda may end up being the cost to eradicate it. In what is already a tense period—with numerous government warnings of hacking threats in the wake of the terrorist attacks […]

An aggressive hybrid of virus and worm has been running rampant across the Internet this week, slowing traffic and causing site shutdowns. But the real damage from W32.Nimda may end up being the cost to eradicate it. In what is already a tense period — with numerous government warnings of hacking threats in the wake […]

SYSTEM INTEGRATION PSA provider optimize Solutions this week will lift the lid on a well-kept secret—its Optimize Pro tool. The 2-year-old company, operating in stealth mode, will formally unveil Version 4.0 of its browser-based tool. The Windows 2000-based tool, which can also run on Unix, can help to streamline project development for both systems integrators […]

COLLABORATION Intraspect Software Inc. is upgrading its enterprise platform to allow for more collaboration among a companys employees, customers, partners and suppliers, with the goal of bringing products and services to market more quickly. Intraspect 4, announced last week, lets companies build knowledge-based, collaborative applications that integrate with enterprise applications—such as customer relationship management, enterprise […]

An FBI warning has administrators of the nations corporate networks double-checking–and double-locking–their systems in the wake of Tuesdays terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. But despite the federal Terrorist Threat Advisory, which calls for IT professionals across the country to “implement appropriate security measures–both physical and cyber,” experts say corporate America is a long […]