Jim Wagner

CHICAGO — The future called convergence is finally arriving as manufacturers deliver equipment that can run and manage those networks. Convergence has been a buzzword for a while now in the industry, a phrase to describe the morphing of separate voice, data and video services onto one network, whether the platform is Wi-Fi, fiber optics […]

CHICAGO — Rules are getting in the way of Verizon’s plans to package and rollout broadband fiber services, the company’s chief said Tuesday. Verizon, the largest telecom in the U.S., is pursuing an ambitious plan to pipe fiber into nearly 3 million homes by year’s end. The company already announced it would deliver an interactive […]

CHICAGO — It can’t be a good sign when one of the lead men overseeing your company’s VoIP efforts locks his IP-based phone behind closed doors when guests visit. But that’s the case for Earl Turner, senior director of VoIP technology for Time Warner Telecom, who was one of several experts on hand to discuss […]

Professional open source vendor JBoss rolled out a new partner program to connect its Java-based software to applications created by third parties, officials said Monday. The Certified Partner Program expands the Atlanta, Ga.-based company’s existing program and fleshes it out to meet the demands enterprise customers have for software integration in the workplace. The JBoss […]

UPDATED: After years spent trying to get the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to approve a domain space for smut, will ICM Registry be able to convince adult webmasters to have a change of heart, too? Earlier this week, ICANN officials announced they would begin entering commercial and technical negotiations with ICM […]

Lawson Software and Intentia announced a $480 million all-stock merger of equals that muscles them into the mid-market software segment. The deal, which is subject to certain closing conditions before it can be finalized, would combine Lawson’s strength in the U.S. with Intentia’s strong presence in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Officials say there is […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will begin technical and commercial negotiations with ICM Registry to launch .xxx, officials announced Wednesday. ICM Registry claims the Internet community as a whole would be better off with a specified area for the adult industry, making it easier for parents and organizations to filter porn […]

UPDATED: In an advisory posted by enterprise IM vendor IMlogic Wednesday, officials warned of a new worm spread by old means: getting users to click on a URL that purports to come from a friend on their buddy list. The latest threat to AOL’s instant messaging (IM) platform, AIM, again targets users’ penchants to blindly […]

Making good on its promise to the open source community, Linux vendor Red Hat Wednesday released the Fedora Directory Server. Officials said they have spent the past nine months working on the core components of the code to get it licensed under the GPL and make it available for ongoing open source development at the […]

An industrial espionage ring currently under investigation in Israel is the largest case seen to date, said one security expert Tuesday, and likely to repeat itself in the future. Police in Tel Aviv are currently investigating 18 individuals in Israel and London involved in a scheme to grab sensitive corporate information from competitors and use […]

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) wants to get a handle on the number of open source licenses, but it needs a little help from its friends first. Laura Majerus, OSI director of legal affairs, announced the formation of the License Proliferation Committee in April to devise ways to slow down the number of new open […]

Linux vendor Novell will soon release its first multi-vendor software and hardware stack configured around SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), officials said Tuesday. The Validated Configuration Program (VCP) is designed to certify integrated hardware and software configurations with an eye towards security, systems management, virtualization and high availability. The application stack offering, the first under […]