Wayne Rash

TCS, the Annapolis, Md., provider of E911 services to the wireless industry, is adding another wireless service. According to senior vice president and chief marketing officer Tim Lorello, TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has inked a deal with Skyhook Inc. to use that companys Wi-Fi positioning services. Lorello said Skyhook provides positioning services for 26 major metropolitan […]

The worldwide PBX market dropped dramatically between the end of 2004 and the end of the first quarter of 2005, according to a report by Infonetics Research. The 12 percent drop in sales from one quarter to the next looks pretty shocking, but in reality, PBX sales grew about 2 percent last year, if you […]

LAS VEGAS—The demand for wireless connections shows no signs of abating for enterprise and small-business customers alike. Some of the growth in the industry was evident Wednesday on the floor of the annual Interop infrastructure show here, as vendors demonstrated a wide range of wireless add-ons and services. Still, there was room for advances in […]

LAS VEGAS—While financial analysts on Wednesday downgraded their IT growth forecasts a point or so, spending looked up on the floor of the annual Interop show here. According to Ben Stricker, a spokesperson with show organizer Media Live International Inc. of San Francisco, the company expects about 17,500 attendees this year, up from last years […]

A decision by a local California judge poses grave threats to First Amendment protections for journalists, said a group of major media organizations in response to the latest actions in Apple Computer Inc.s suit involving some bloggers who let a few of Apples product plans out of the bag. The decision, made by Judge James […]

Dr. Shashi Phoha, director of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said she thinks that the growth of VOIP technology brings with it some significant risks that users need to be prepared to address. “The vulnerabilities are severe,” she said, pointing to a list that included ways to spoof […]

WASHINGTON—The current FCC-created dichotomy between the Baby Bells and other communications companies simply doesnt make sense, a diverse panel of communications executives told a conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Monday. The split, with one set of rules and restrictions for the phone companies and another set entirely for VOIP (voice […]

When Brand X, a California ISP, gets its day in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, there will be a lot more at stake than whether the company can get access to cable lines. In fact, depending on the details of the court decision, the case could determine the way in which the Federal Communications Commission […]

When the Texas Attorney General announced Wednesday that the state was suing Vonage for failure to provide 911 service to a couple who were shot during a robbery, shock waves went through the industry. There are lots of reasons why the lack of service shouldnt have happened. More important, there are lots of places to […]

With clear mandates for data sharing and tracking of complex requirements, it would make sense for Teradata, with its legendary data warehousing capabilities, to be everywhere in the federal government. But that assumption is wrong. In fact, except for a few installations in the Air Force, Navy and the U.S. Postal Service, the company is […]