Can a 30-year-old Harvard Business School graduate rebuild Cabletron Systems Inc. as a snazzy player in the enterprise network switching industry?Garry K. McGuire Jr., executive vice president-worldwide marketing and chief marketing officer at Cabletron, is going to try. He wants to outflank big-name competitors...
HOUSTON-Compaq Computer Corp. and Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said they have signed a worldwide agreement to jointly provide network management solutions for their base of worldwide wireless customers.Under terms of the agreement, Siemens ICM will serve as a strategic partner for Compaq's Telecommunications...
Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market as early as mid-1999.Those early predictions seemed believable at the time. Who would not...
E2open has opened its doors.The new electronics marketplace sports 10 high-powered founders, including IBM Corp., Hitachi and Nortel Networks. With this backing, e2open aspires to be nothing less than "one of the largest enterprises of the 21st century," said John Mumford, partner at Crosspoint...
Computing industry giant Compaq Computer Corp. has jumped on the wireless bandwagon in a big way with last week's announcement that it has agreed to offer its popular ProLiant server pre-installed with WAP server software, via a deal with Nokia Corp.Expected to roll out...
Almost overlooked amid the hype of Compaq Computer Corp.'s new iPAQ Home Internet Appliance introduced last week was the news that Compaq would being reselling another alternative Internet access product-Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.Under a recently expanded strategic alliance, Compaq will...
In the months before the wireless Internet wave began to take shape, Infowave Software Inc. introduced a desktop software solution called Symmetry that would forward e-mail messages to wireless devices.At the time, it was the company's centerpiece product. Since then, Infowave has evolved to...
Aether Systems Inc. introduced an integrated wireless solution for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE-based Pocket PC products, sold by a variety of handheld computer manufacturers.Targeted specifically at large-volume corporate customer accounts, Aether's wireless Enterprise ISP solution includes the Pocket PC device, Sierra Wireless Inc. AirCard...
NEW YORK-InfoWave Software Inc. will make commercially available in July its new FirstHand server software package, which give devices enabled with Wireless Application Protocol access to Microsoft Exchange information.FirstHand lets mobile workers point the microbrowser of their wireless device at the Universal Resource Locator...
Compaq Computer Corp. revealed new capabilities for its IN PrePay network-based solution and said BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom has selected and deployed the solution to serve its prepaid customers.Compaq IN PrePay consists of a NonStop Himalaya Service Control Point Intelligent Network Server...
LONDON-Sema Group plc, a worldwide Internet technology and consulting company, recently announced that Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, a subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc., has selected both Sema Group's Short Message Service Center and Over-the-Air Activation and Programming solution.Sema Group's SMSC supports both Time Division...
NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp. received 237 orders for its new AlphaServer GS Series by mid morning the first day the company began selling the servers, said Michael Capellas, president and chief executive officer.Of these sales, "40 percent were from telecommunications carriers because of the...
Microsoft Corp. released its Pocket PC platform for handheld personal computers powered by its Windows CE operating system.Microsoft hardware partners Casio Computer Co. Ltd., Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Symbol Technologies Inc. each introduced devices using the platform. Prices for the new devices...
With concerns rising over the need for enhanced security in future wireless e-commerce, several firms in both the wireless and security industries launched efforts last week aimed at designing secure wireless networks.The largest initiative was that between leading phone manufacturers L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc....
Concerns over the effectiveness of Research In Motion Ltd.'s distribution partners came to a head last week, as expectations of flat revenues in the face of increased spending forced the company's stock down 44 percent, despite positive earnings and new product and partnership announcements.The...
NEW YORK-Last May, 25 technology companies established the ASP Industry Consortium, Wakefield, Mass., to accomplish a delicate but important mission. Bring some order to the burgeoning and somewhat chaotic application service provider sector, but avoid actual standards setting.By definition, ASPs house, host and manage...
NEW ORLEANS-Compaq Computer Corp. added to its wireless interests this week, unveiling its Mobile Internet Platform for e-commerce solutions, as well as a long term partnership with Research In Motion Inc.The Mobile Internet Platform is an extension of Compaq's NonStop eBusiness solutions program. The...
A $100 investment in 1992 could turn into a million-dollar profit for a Silicon Valley businessman, as bidding began last week for the Internet domain name "wireless.com." Bids are starting at $1 million, said SiteJockey.com, the broker for the auction and the domain name.Mike...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry will enter the third millennium A.D. as the envy of the telecommunications industry. It is arguably the most competitive sector. It is innovative, with three different digital standards and third-generation wireless becoming reality. And it has conquered a huge nemesis: cloning."Cloning is...
BERLIN-IBM's Lotus Development Corp. launched a unified messaging initiative aimed to extend the Lotus Domino platform to wireless devices, so users may access Domino-based e-mail, voice and fax messages from a variety of devices.To achieve this goal, Lotus said it has joined with AVT...
ORLANDO, Fla.-The term convergence means different things to different people. To some, convergence means bundling and selling more than one product to a customer. To others, convergence means merging different companies together for size and scope.So how do carriers combat fraud in a converging...
Wireless industry members agree smart phones will become a critical differentiating factor for handset vendors and mobile-phone operators within the next two years, but the proliferation of these devices remains relatively unknown.For handset providers, smart phones represent an opportunity to extend their products, boost...
NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, announced a new services initiative designed to help large enterprises "rapidly transform their existing networks into adaptive, next-generation networks necessary for ... a global, Internet-driven business world."The first phase of the initiative encompasses next-generation network infrastructure at the enterprise...
HOUSTON-Eagle Wireless International Inc. reported sales for the year ended Aug. 31, 1998, and first quarter of fiscal 1999 ended Nov. 30, of $4.8 million and $931,000, respectively. Both were increases over the $4 million reported for 1997 and the $558,000 reported for first...
