Paula Musich

Nortel Networks is launching its first foray into SOA-based communications as it takes the wraps off its Raptor project Nov. 14 and announces an alliance with partner IBM. Nortels strategy leverages service-oriented architecture and Web services technology to enable both enterprises and carriers to quickly integrate communications and business processes. Its work with IBM will […]

Array Networks and Ericom Software Nov. 13 will team up to take on Citrix Systems by packaging together their respective products. Array brings to the table its SPX Universal Access Controller SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN and TMX Application Delivery Controller for load balancing and traffic management, while Ericom brings its PowerTerm WebConnect terminal services […]

Unified communications technology is getting serious consideration in the wake of recent school shooting incidents. “Its just another way of trying to get a message out to students. When something bad happens like the Virginia Tech [shooting], you have to try to get to students any way you can,” said Steve Stempien, director of information […]

Cisco Systems’ earnings jumped 37 percent in its first fiscal quarter of 2008, as company officials reported robust sales from a diversified product line and “phase 2” Internet growth.. Cisco’s net income rose to $2.2 billion from $1.6 billion in the same quarter one year ago to total 35 cents a share on revenues of […]

CA on Nov. 5 will jump feet first into the mobile device management space with a new, homegrown management tool designed to help enterprises centrally manage Research In Motions BlackBerry devices. With its MDM (Mobile Device Management) tool, CA plans to fill a gap that exists in administrators ability to centrally manage large populations of […]

Cisco Systems on Nov. 1 announced its 125th acquisition with an agreement to acquire policy management software provider Securent. The acquisition, valued at about $100 million, brings to Cisco technology that allows customers to administer, audit and enforce access policies to a wide range of applications, data and infrastructure. The privately held company’s flagship product, […]

CA’s profit soared 153 percent and revenue rose 8 percent year-to-year, the company reported Nov. 1 in an account of its second-quarter 2008 performance. The software firm continued to put its financial struggles behind it, drawing a net income of $137 million compared with $54 million during the same period in 2006 while revenue rose […]

Cisco Systems and Wipro on Oct. 31 will launch a strategic initiative to combine Ciscos networking technology with Wipros IT outsourcing and managed services. Together the two companies will develop integrated services based on Cisco technology aimed initially at customers in Africa and the Middle East, although that will expand later to include Europe, according […]

A pair of small conferencing and collaboration companies hope to be heard above the din in this crowded space by combining their respective strengths and targeting small and midsize businesses. On Nov. 5, audio conferencing service pioneer FreeConference will launch its partnership with visual collaboration platform provider Vyew. The two vendors integrated their respective offerings […]

Web conferencing vendor SightSpeed believes its software-as-a-service-based technology, launched Oct. 29, could displace the hardware-focused business Web conferencing market. The SightSpeed Business videoconferencing service is designed to bridge the gap between unsupported, poor-quality consumer video messaging and expensive, room-based videoconferencing systems aimed at large enterprises. “Traditional business videoconferencing from Polycom or Tandberg is a very […]