Caron Carlson

In the latest and most spectacular corporate financial scandal of this recession, WorldCom Inc. said last night that it improperly accounted for $3.8 billion in expenses in 2001 and 2002. The Clinton, Miss., telecommunications carrier said it plans to maintain business as usual despite the imminent layoff of 17,000 employees, but industry observers widely predict […]

To foment a sense of urgency regarding government spending on information security, the Business Software Alliance said last week that the majority of IT security professionals believe there will be a major cyber-attack against the government in the next 12 months. In a survey of 395 IT professionals in early June, the alliance did not […]

With Microsoft Corp.s rejection of a federal judges last-minute call for compromise last week, the embattled software maker has signaled that it will likely appeal any decision in its drawn-out antitrust battle, court watchers say. In what many observers saw as a rebuff to U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Microsoft lead attorney John Warden in […]

At a meeting with Flatrock Inc. officials in Portland, Ore., earlier this month, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security Richard Clarke was so impressed by the companys network security technology that Clarke turned over a list of potential buyers at federal agencies on the spot—something the nations top security evangelist is reportedly doing […]

WASHINGTON–Attorneys for the states seeking tough penalties for Microsoft Corp.s antitrust actions have backed off of a demand for a modular version of the Windows operating system, saying information sharing is more important than dismantling the Redmond, Wash., software makers flagship product. The statement from attorney Steven Kuney came at the beginning of closing arguments […]

Attorneys for Microsoft Corp. and the nine states suing it for strict antitrust sanctions were told to offer the court potential modifications to each others proposals, in an effort to lead to a remedy more acceptable to both sides. The states suggested several areas for change in their own proposal and the federal settlement crafted […]

Parties in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust remedies case square off before a federal District Court judge for the last time this week to present closing arguments in the landmark suit. And as signaled by District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last week, both sides will be prohibited from stretching closing arguments. Last month, Microsoft requested that the […]

One week prior to final arguments in a case that included nine weeks of witness hearings earlier this spring, the judge in the landmark Microsoft Corp. antitrust remedy proceeding denied the companys request to dismiss the case for lack of standing. The nine states and the District of Columbia pursuing the case welcomed the ruling. […]

If you are eager to clear away the tangle of wires connecting PCs, printers and other devices in your offices and replace it with wireless technology, the wait may be longer than you think. According to some in Congress, the delay results partly from federal regulators uncommonly strong deference to the White Houses telecommunications arm […]

They went in as underdogs but have parlayed growing experience and meticulous preparation into early success at this years FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in South Korea and Japan. And theyve never scored a goal. Avaya Inc., the Lucent Technologies Inc. spinoff, built the massive IP-based converged voice and data network that is supporting the […]

Rivals to the RBOCs planned last week to ask the U.S. government to preclude the Regional Bell Operating Companies from cutting off service to hundreds of thousands of customers in light of two contradictory court decisions regarding Bell obligations. The rival companies— often called CLECs (Competitive Local Exchange Carriers) or DLECs (DSL Local Exchange Carriers)—prepared […]

At a time when telecom service providers are increasingly frugal, new technologies are on the way that will allow them to offer customers more tailored services. At the Supercomm show in Atlanta this week, for example, IBM will expand its open IT framework, the Service Provider Delivery Environment, to help service providers lower the cost […]