Colin C. Haley

First-quarter results from Motorola and Texas Instruments showed wireless as a telecom bright spot but there are questions whether the momentum will carry through the year. For the first three months of the year, handset maker Motorola posted earnings per share of 1 cent on revenues of $6 million, slightly better than expected. At the […]

BOSTON — Hewlett-Packard’s sweeping outsourcing contract from Procter & Gamble commanded headlines Friday but others are more cautious, experts at IT Infrastructure & Management Conference & Expo said. “You will still see a few big multi-billion dollar deals here and there,” Corey Ferengul, a vice president at the IT research firm META Group said in […]

After a contentious courtship, the marriage of Motorola and Next Level Communications has finally taken place. On Friday afternoon, the handset maker’s $34 million offer was accepted by the broadband equipment maker’s shareholders, ending three months of hard bargaining, legal maneuvers and dueling press releases. “We can now begin the important work of reintegrating Next […]

On Capitol Hill, most bills die young, smothered in their cribs by partisanship, philosophical differences or simple lack of money. But even with the president’s blessing, there’s no guarantee a law will achieve its authors’ high-minded aims. Some languish in the statute books, unworkable and unused. That could be the fate awaiting the Science and […]

7-Eleven , the nationwide chain of convenience stores best known for slinging Slurpees and Slim Jims, has a new offering: online bill payment. Under a new deal with Verizon customers can settle their phone charges, order services like Caller ID and voicemail and request repairs via kiosks in 7-Eleven stores. Users must register at a […]

InQuira, a San Bruno, Calif., maker of natural language search technology to improve online customer service, has upgraded its software. Rather than request keywords, InQuira 6 encourages users to ask questions, which help it determine users’ intent and return relevant results. The offering starts at $150,000 and can be installed in three weeks. “Getting those […]

Level 3 Communications is exiting its unprofitable managed hosting business (a holdover from its Genuity acquisition) and sending customers to Computer Sciences Corp. . In addition to customers, CSC will gain data centers in Chantilly, Calif., and Cambridge, Mass., and about 125 employees. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close by the […]

Akamai Technologies won’t provide content delivery services for Arabic news network al-Jazeera’s Web site. The media outlet contacted Akamai after its site was hobbled last week by heavy traffic and hackers. al-Jazeera has been criticized by U.S. and British governments for broadcasting images of coalition prisoners of war and for reports that are allegedly slanted […]

No one blinked when CMGI paid $407 million in stock for auction technology specialist uBid in 2000. The deal gave the Internet investor access to a promising sector and technology with consumer and business applications. Even when the market convulsed in 2001, CMGI stubbornly clung to uBid, jettisoning several other portfolio companies first. But the […]

OFS, the former the fiber-optic division of Lucent Technologies is piloting a novel approach to laying high-speed networks. The Norcross, Ga., company says it can thread its small, flexible DuctSaver FX cable through active natural gas lines without the costs and disruptions of digging up streets. “By installing DuctSaver FX cable in city ducts, service […]

With the battle for international search deals intensifying, Google has won a new contract to provide algorightmic search for Eniro, a portal and directory publisher operating in Northern Europe. Neither the financial terms nor the duration of the contract was disclosed. The deal could lead to additional services including advertising deals, the companies said. “This […]

In another move to expand its managed services menu, Andover, Mass., Web and applications host NaviSite will buy Conxion for $1.925 million cash. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., Conxion provides software distribution services and security advice for 195 customers including Computer Associates, Forbes.com, LSI Logic, Oracle and Weatherbug. Founded in 1995, Conxion also has channel […]