Caron Carlson

WASHINGTON—IBM plans to release a white paper next week touting the advantages of its storage management system over the competition, a company official told eWEEK. The report, based on a one-month benchmark study, is slated to demonstrate that the Tivoli Storage Manager has the shortest backup cycle, fastest restoration time and lowest tape usage in […]

To make broadcasting, recording and archiving on the Web easier for an enterprises non-IT professionals—such as sales force or human resources personnel—Sonic Foundry Inc. last week upgraded its one-step system for capturing and streaming presentations and accompanying PowerPoint slides. Sonic Foundrys updated MediaSite Live also enables higher-resolution images and lets viewers change video and graphics […]

Within the next month, the Federal Communications Commission is slated to release a report outlining recommendations on wireless regulation drafted by the commissions Spectrum Policy Task Force, according to Bryan Tramont, senior legal adviser to FCC Chairman Michael Powell. The report will be issued for public comment, Tramont told a group of telecommunications professionals last […]

Within the next month, the Federal Communications Commission is slated to release a report outlining recommendations on wireless regulation drafted by the commissions spectrum policy task force, according to Bryan Tramont, senior legal adviser to FCC Chairman Michael Powell. The report will be issued for public comment, Tramont told a group of telecommunications professionals Monday […]

In the wake of a decade-long network investment bonanza in the telecommunications industry, investors, analysts and the carriers are struggling to find ways to generate more revenue from the bloated infrastructure in place. Many, like Cable & Wireless plc., are edging away from delivering low-end voice services and trying to come up with higher revenue […]

To help enterprises with branch offices and smaller businesses with multiple sites customize and unify communications networks, Vertical Networks Inc. is making its systems fully compatible with IP phones. The upgrade includes updated software and a partnership with Polycom Inc. Vertical Networks has supported IP phones as standard analog technology through its voice-over-IP trunking capabilities […]

A council of the largest telephone carriers and ISPs, charged by the federal government with preventing disruptions to the nations telecommunications system, is preparing a checklist of procedures to protect networks from terrorism and natural disasters. The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council, which the Federal Communications Commission rechartered this year to tackle the challenges of […]

To make webcasting, recording and archiving easier for an enterprises non-IT professionals—such as sales and human resources personnel—Sonic Foundry Inc. offers a one-step system for capturing and streaming presentations and accompanying PowerPoint slides. The latest version, released today, makes it easier for employees without IT expertise to act as their own webcast operators. The updated […]

To help service providers come up with new enterprise offerings faster and less expensively, IBM has unveiled Java-based software for application development and deployment. It is clear, in the tight economy, that service providers need to establish new revenue streams with new offerings, and IBM executives maintain that enterprises will discover a need for the […]

When businesses across the country tried to access the Internet Oct. 2, many found connections sluggish or blocked due to outages on WorldCom Inc.s UUNet backbone. Experts trace the overall cause to faulty network maintenance, particularly at peering points; some say such troubles are likely to recur but theres little anybody other than the carriers […]

Bucking the IT industry trend to redouble overtures toward the government while homeland security is hot and the economy is not, Lockheed Martin Corp. is trying to boost its IT profile in the private sector. Part of the reason is that the companys federal clients want a better idea of best practices at commercial organizations. […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft Corp. is re-examining its licensing strategy to determine when per-device licensing would make more sense than per-user licensing, CEO Steve Ballmer said today. Addressing an audience of industry professionals at Gartner Inc.s ITxpo here, Ballmer said that Microsoft wants to establish the right type of licensing for various situations, but it wants to […]