Colin C. Haley

Brisk security, wireless LAN and IP telephony gear sales drove Cisco Systems to a strong third-quarter financial results, the company said Tuesday. “We continue to believe we have uniquely position Cisco as the recovery continues to gain momentum on a global basis,” John Chambers, president and CEO of the San Jose, Calif., network equipment giant, […]

In a merger of mobile phone software makers, Openwave Systems will buy privately held Magic4 for $82.6 million in cash and stock. The deal adds new instant messaging, push-to-talk and video applications to Openwave’s technology portfolio and eliminates barriers between applications and devices. It also gives the Redwood City, Calif., company deeper industry contacts. U.K.-based […]

Looking to capitalize on two consumer technology trends — digital cameras and broadband — America Online is adding home printing to its online photo service. The improved “You’ve Got Pictures” offering uses technology from systems and printer giant HP and comes as the Dulles, Va., ISP tries to slow its sliding subscriber numbers. Now users […]

Verizon will boost DSL speeds and add Voice over Internet protocol to its consumer bundles this year as it looks to sustain its broadband momentum. During the first three months of the year, the regional carrier added 345,000 DSL subscribers, a 46 percent jump over the same period last year, to give it 2.7 million […]

Underlining a “transformation” strategy it introduced earlier this year, AT&T today announced a new virtual private network offering via the carrier’s Internet Protocol infrastructure. The offerings enables corporations and government agencies to operate applications — intranets, e-mail, extranets, remote access and Voice over Internet Protocol — on AT&T’s multi-protocol label switching-enabled core IP network. MPLS […]

Over the past year, carriers and network equipment makers have stepped-up efforts to stump for switching from traditional phone service to Voice over Internet Protocol offerings. The campaign appears to be working. According to new research from the Yankee Group, 54 percent of enterprises surveyed said they are testing or evaluating VoIP for their business. […]

Network operators and gear makers aren’t the only ones enjoying a spike in business as enterprises begin Voice over Internet Protocol deployments. Test equipment manufacturers are also experiencing rising demand for hardware and software and could see their revenues increase 10 percent annually over the next three to five years, according to analysts at the […]

Want a health check on the IT industry? Scot Melland would be happy to give one. No, the boyish-looking Melland is not a CNBC talking head, a trade group honcho or a government economist. But as president and CEO of Dice, the job board for IT professionals, he can analyze jobs data from the site […]

Beginning next month, Cisco’s switch modules will be integrated with IBM’s servers to improve the performance of corporate data centers, the companies announced today. Financial terms were not disclosed. Offerings will also be tailored to meet the needs of education, financial services and banking, with other industries to follow. Marist College will be among the […]

Comcast has withdrawn its multi-billion-dollar offer for the Walt Disney Co. after the entertainment giant’s board refused to discuss a merger. The largest cable TV and high-speed ISP in the United States said a marriage would have created “one of the world’s leading entertainment and communications companies with an unparalleled distribution platform and an extraordinary […]

Surging wireless and digital subscriber line demand propelled Verizon’s revenue growth in the first quarter of the year. But pension and early retirement costs ate into profits. The New York carrier reported overall first-quarter earnings dropped by 50 percent to $1.2 billion, or 43 cents per share, down from $2.4 billion, or 88 cents per […]

Speech technology specialist Nuance Communications launched a new software package Tuesday designed to help enterprise customers tighten the security of their customer service systems. Nuance Caller Authentication (NCA) 1.0 identifies users by verifying voice characteristics before enabling them to conduct automated transactions or access personal information by phone. Nuance said its voiceprint method is more […]