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EDITOR'S NOTE: A systems integrator headed up by a former track coach and school teacher is one of New England's fastest-growing companies. In 1992, armed with a laptop, credit cards […]

Orem, Utah -- Novell Inc.'s computer-telephony project may be taken off hold. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has organized a task force to study market opportunities, and the group is talking […]

New York -- Like would-be movie makers making their pitches to Hollywood producers, Internet entrepreneurs at Internet World '97 here recently presented new business plans to venture capitalists, hoping to […]

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Computer Telephony Pioneers began more than a year ago at Novell Inc. as a way for the vendor to establish how to move computer-telephone integration (CTI) technology […]

While the U.S. Department of Justice is busy fretting over Microsoft Corp.'s domination of the browser business, the software giant is quietly starting to eat into an arena that is […]

Las Vegas: AT&T WorldNet made its second pitch to corporate customers in as many months by releasing its first virtual-private-network (VPN) service and service guarantees. It is unlikely, however, that […]

Las Vegas: Ingram Micro Inc. recently formed a computer-telephone integration (CTI) consortium to bring together telephony and data resellers, and vendors. The CTI Consortium, a partnership between Santa Ana, Calif.-based […]

Waltham, Mass.: When US West Communications launched a package of DSL (digital subscriber line) services, it became the first regional Bell operating company to unveil these high-speed connections that run […]

EDITOR'S NOTE:Voice on the Internet today is growing beyond its status as a hobbyist's tool, but you still need to know someone else who uses the technology to make a […]

Washington, D.C.: A decision expected to be handed down this week by the U.S. Department of Commerce could add fuel to an increasingly bitter debate over who referees the Internet […]

San Francisco: Pacific Bell killed a reseller program originally designed to help smaller resellers provide data circuits to customers. The move is upsetting some VARs no longer earning commissions for […]

Waltham, Mass.: Gut instincts that the Internet access market is growing at a frenzied pace are nobody's imagination. According to a study published by Maloff Group International, a consulting firm, […]

Atlanta: Telephony and new Internet access technologies were hits at the Networld+Interop trade show held here, as companies vied to show off the latest and greatest in networking hardware and […]

If WorldCom Inc.'s plan to absorb MCI Communications succeeds, the carrier could also acquire a plum in the form of the engineering expertise and test-bed technology commonly known as Internet2. […]

Waltham, Mass.: Emerging Ethernet-based phone systems running across IP networks may be one computer-telephone integration technology the channel could learn to love. Already a handful of tiny companies are showing […]

Washington: Following a congressional committee's rejection of modifications made to encryption legislation, experts are hopeful that the original SAFE Act will be passed this winter without restrictions on export encryption. […]

Atlanta -- Gigabit Ethernet standards, voice-over IP and Layer 3 switches will take center stage at this week's Networld+Interop in Atlanta. At the leading networking trade show, VARs in attendance […]

New York -- Bernard Ebbers is one cowboy who is certain he has roped himself a prize bull. Now all he has to do is wrestle that bull to the […]

Waltham, Mass.: Internet service providers (ISPs) are reaching out to the channel, but with the newness of ISP channel programs it means extra work for those seeking partners. ISPs large […]

Waltham, Mass.: The final handoff date is not yet set, but VARs are concerned that AT&T Corp.'s WorldNet has no plan in place for migrating thousands of Internet customers off […]

Boston - AT&T Corp. last week released new information about its merger with the newly acquired IBM Global Network business, and the results could include new opportunities for VARs. The […]

Boston -- An industry newcomer recently introduced a mediation device and architecture that aims to help carriers integrate services. Convergent Networks Inc., a Tewksbury, Mass.-based start-up formed by executives from […]

Boston -- A global telecommunications alliance featuring Sprint Communications Corp. as the key U.S.-based partner is in jeopardy as a result of the recent proposal to merge two European carriers. […]

Waltham, Mass. -- There appears to be some awakening interest from carriers to use Windows NT on their networks, nearly one year after Microsoft Corp. released blueprints for provisioning services […]

Boston-NetReality Inc. recently released a new version of its WAN bandwidth management software and soon plans to unveil the formation of its reseller program. WiseWan is a hardware and software […]

Boston-Traditional telecommunications carriers here and abroad are turning up the heat when it comes to competing in new markets. Some examples include talks about the proposed monster merger between two […]

Baltimore-Building security for hosting centers with server farms that handle applications remotely will emerge as a major topic of discussion during this week's ISPCon conference, said resellers and ISPs. The […]

Waltham, Mass.-As the only major carrier without a wireless component, MCI WorldCom Inc. is looking to shore up that end of its business. The Jackson, Miss.-based carrier is being linked […]

Waltham, Mass. -- The ability to rent Web applications from a service provider sounds like a good idea, but it means VARs must adapt to a world where software is […]

Boston -- Where may be deeper troubles between Cable & Wireless Ltd. and MCI WorldCom Inc. than those hinted in the lawsuit filed by C&W against MCI WorldCom last week. […]

Waltham, Mass.-MCI WorldCom Inc. and AT&T Corp. both recently released services that help customers by turning over all the dirty work that comes with managing complex applications to the service […]

San Jose, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co. will recruit a channel made up of both interconnects and data VARs to sell a PC-based phone switch, which was unveiled last week, based […]

Boston-With the unveiling of a $100 million infrastructure investment, one of the world's oldest and largest data network providers continues to reinvent itself as one of the youngest and most […]

Waltham, Mass. -- With DSL slow to market and cable modems still aimed at residences, a new generation of wireless technologies could give VARs speedy, last-mile access to ISPs. The […]

San Jose, Calif. -- Nortel Networks Corp. will waste no time making good on a fresh pledge to port its enterprise phone systems to an Intel Corp. architecture. At an […]

Boston -- Sprint Communications Co., the last holdout among the major telecommunications carriers, is embracing the data channel at last. Separately, Sprint competitors AT&T Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. have […]

New York -- It is too soon to tell if the loss of one of AT&T Corp.'s top executives will affect the carrier's data channel program, but some VARs and […]

Boston -- PSINet Inc. expects to expand its wireless Internet service to a handful of cities in the eastern United States and overseas by the end of this year. Rollout […]

Washington, D.C. -- The major telecommunications carriers unwrapped a batch of new products and services designed to court business customers and network-savvy VARs. At the ComNet '99 conference held here […]

Washington, D.C. -- All three major carriers are readying converged network services for delivery this year, but these integrated bundles are not yet priced, mainly because service providers have not […]

Washington, D.C.-Converged network services, DSL, voice over IP and managed network services are atop carriers' agendas and will be showcased at ComNet '99 here this week. AT&T Corp. Chief Executive […]

Murray Hill, N.J. -- Lucent Technologies Inc. snapped up a hot property last week that its purchase of Ascend Communications Inc. for almost $20 billion overshadowed. Lucent's $1.5 billion purchase […]

San Antonio-There is evidence that regional Bell carriers are feeling the heat in a race between digital subscriber line services and cable companies' cable modem service. For instance, SBC Communications […]

Washington, D.C.-AT&T Chairman Michael Armstrong will disclose the carrier's high-speed converged network service at ComNet/DC '99 later this month. The Integrated Network Connect is similar to Sprint Communications Co.'s ION […]

New York-The $40 billion merger of AT&T Corp. and Tele-Communications Inc. was given the go-ahead by the U.S. Department of Justice on the last day of 1998, but the deal […]