Michael Singer

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Cisco Systems Monday says its first quarter may have been lacking in sales, but it made up for it by posting 4 cents a share. The consensus of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call expected Cisco to earn only 2 cents a share. However, it’s nothing to what the San Jose, Calif.-based computer-networking equipment maker […]

The Ricochet wireless network is getting a second chance at success with the official word from Aerie Networks Monday that it will purchase the platform for $8.25 million. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Jose, California Friday approved the sale from now bankrupt San Jose, Calif.-based Metricom. The network was once valued at $1 billion. […]

Sniffer Technologies a division of Network Associates Friday says it has forged a strategic alliance with San Diego-based software developer eCritical. The non-exclusive partnership essentially makes the eCritical E-platform an extension of the Sniffer product line. The Web-based console will incorporate eCritical’s adaptive infrastructure management technology to let customers have an end-to-end view of their […]

Digital Island, part of the Cable & Wireless tribe is expanding its territory in the areas of storage solutions. The San Francisco-based 2Way Web services provider Wednesday says it has signed deals with Compaq Computer and EMC Corp. to be able to expand and contract its online storage space as needed. The agreement will incorporate […]

The fight is becoming more vocal between those who want to build great databases of customer information on the Internet, and those who want to keep the Web private. The face-off between privacy advocates and mass marketers has been gathering steam as the Internet has become a mainstream communications vehicle and as new technologies make […]

The Web has been a great place for those who have difficulty hearing – it’s mostly a silent world of pictures and text. But for the growing world of Web Conferencing and e-Learning where sound is a factor, many users were left behind. Coming to the rescue is PlaceWare, which specializes in Web conferencing services […]

They helped StreamAudio become successful and now they own them. That’s the story at San Jose, Calif.-based ChainCast Networks, which says it purchased the Seattle-based company on Tuesday. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The two companies are hardly strangers. A few month’s ago, StreamAudio, which specializes in Internet radio streaming and […]

When the United States Air Force consolidates intranets from 110 global bases early next year, more than a million Air Force personnel, families and contractors will depend on its new portal, My.AirForce, to keep connected. The Air Force Tuesday says the portal will be partly powered by Verity and its K2-based infrastructure software to help […]

Washington Mutual‘s Monday says it is teaming up with Sunnyvale, Calif.-based content infrastructure firm Interwoven to help it manage some of its affairs. The Seattle-based bank and mortgage lender says Interwoven will be responsible for three internal and external Washington Mutual Websites. The idea is to use Interwoven’s Content Infrastructure product suite to let WaMu […]

Two network security firms announced a co-branding deal Monday that is expected to boost each company’s bottom line. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Anti-virus firm McAfee.com and Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based network security software maker eEye Digital Security say they are working together to co-brand eEye’s SecureIIS. In turn, the application firewall designed by eEye to protect Microsoft’s IIS […]

So, you think just because the bubble has burst that developers are leaving the Internet for dead? Think again. According to a recent survey by Santa Clara-based Evans Data Corp., nine out of ten developers say they’ll continue to target Internet applications as part of their core work. The bi-annual North American Developer Survey is […]