Colin C. Haley

IBM has notched an electronics and engineering deal from Honeywell , a major win in Big Blue’s push with aerospace and defense contractors. The agreement is worth up to $250 million over 10 years and includes components and systems for use in military aircraft, munitions, space and land vehicles, a Honeywell official said. Engineering, research […]

UPDATED: Kmart and Sears executives are busy planning one of the largest mergers in retail history. And while there’s a lot of talk of product mix, advertising message and store layouts, technology could determine whether the ballyhooed benefits of the $11 billion combination ever materialize. The companies have different systems and applications, and combining them […]

Over its 20-year history, Cisco’s top rivals have been other North American companies. In a way, that’s created a level playing field. Along with Juniper , Lucent , Nortel and other vendors paid about the same for engineering talent, real estate and the basic building blocks of their routers and switches. But that’s rapidly changing. […]

Responding to the convergence of networks and the growth of connected devices, SBC and Yahoo are expanding their successful Internet access and content partnership beyond the PC. The regional telecom and Internet content giant are planning new offerings for TV, audio, home networking, Wi-Fi and Cingular Wireless (SBC co-owns the mobile carrier). The first new […]

UPDATED: In its latest move in an ongoing battle with cable companies, SBC Communications today announced a 10-year, $400 million deal to use Microsoft’s IP television platform. It’s a crucial piece of the regional telecom’s multi-billion dollar plan to use fiber-optic cable to deliver a “triple-play” bundle of television, phone and high-speed Internet services to […]

Juniper is making more headway with its Asian-Pacific contracts. Routers from the Sunnyvale, Calif., company will power China Telecom’s national core network and eight small interconnecting systems, officials said Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The platforms will provide Multi-protocol Label Switching in the network infrastructure, enabling China’s largest carrier to offer advanced services including […]

SBC is testing residential Voice over IP service in four cities in preparation for a full rollout in early 2005, the regional telecom carrier said today. The offering, which includes voice calling, a Web-based portal and call management features, is being used by several hundred SBC DSL customers in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and San […]

Avici Systems , a core router maker competing with Cisco and Juniper , said its board has voted out CEO Steve Kaufman. William Leighton, a current director who spent 27 years at AT&T , will lead the company until a permanent replacement is found. “The board’s decision was prompted by the rapidly changing landscape in […]

UPDATED: Pursuing a “best of both worlds” online content strategy, media giant Dow Jones & Company said it will buy financial news site operator MarketWatch for approximately $519 million in cash. The purchase price figures to $18 per share, a 7 percent premium over MarketWatch’s closing price Friday, and a 47 percent jump from its […]

Symbol Technologies will introduce a new access point device Monday designed to help enterprises extend wireless coverage throughout their operations. The AP 300 is designed to lower costs of wireless local area networks because it supports all the major Wi-Fi protocols currently in use, including 802.11h, which addresses the requirements of European regulators. The device […]

China Telecom has tapped Cisco as the primary equipment vendor of core and service routers for its new IP network. The project, known as ChinaNet Next Carrying Network, or CN2, is ambitious. When completed, it will connect more than 200 cities and provide premium services to corporate customers nationwide. Financial terms of the deal weren’t […]