eWEEK EDITORS

The legacy of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 now includes not only spectacular bankruptcies, but also indications that it has hampered the competition it was supposed to spur. Covad Communications, the last of the Big Three nationwide wholesalers of DSL service, last week said it plans to reorganize under an unusual “prenegotiated” agreement with bondholders […]

Dynamics Deal Defense giant General Dynamics will acquire Motorolas Integrated Information Systems Group for $825 million in cash and debt. The Motorola unit “strengthens our position in communications and information technology for military government customers,” says Nicholas D. Chabraja, General Dynamics chairman and CEO. Free for All — Not Landlords of multitenant buildings have won […]

IBM Digs In IBM is dipping its toes deeper into the ASP market, announcing a far-ranging partnership with asset management software provider Peregrine Systems. A two-part alliance will see IBM develop an infrastructure management practice based on Peregrines technology, as well as a global application hosting business. The ASP service will initially be based on […]

Not long ago, IT administrators looking to outsource servers to a hosting company had only expensive services from a handful of name-brand providers to choose from. But the struggling economy and dot-com crash changed that. These days, enterprises looking for such services can turn to a new crop of smaller, nimbler providers touting price over […]

eBay Buys Property Online auction king eBay is staking a real estate claim by acquiring HomesDirect.com. HomesDirect, which came out of Net incubator Idealab, auctions foreclosed property from the Veterans Administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Hammer Falling In another sign of consolidation in the online auction space, DoveBid of Foster […]

Shrinking world Is your business park too remote for a DSL? Net to Net Technologies Inc., a Portsmouth, N.H., provider of Ethernet-based IP broadband access products, will soon roll out an IP digital subscriber line access multiplexer thats small enough to be installed almost anywhere, helping carriers extend DSL service into hard-to-reach areas. Voice, data […]

The worlds first unmanned plane intended as a telecom tower in the sky is attracting interest as a new way to get broadband Internet connections to businesses. Helios, an aircraft resembling a giant wing, was built with funding and research help from NASA, and has flown successfully. Backers claim its transmission services will be far […]

Chief procurement officer, Naval Sea Systems Command Age: 47 Degree: Bachelors of science in oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy. Masters of science in financial management and a masters of science in acquisitions from Naval Postgraduate School. Masters of business administration from National University in San Diego. Car: Toyota Solara Stress reliever: Skydiving When the […]

When Iran closed down hundreds of cybercafés in May, it would have been easy for outside observers to assume the countrys authoritarian government was trying to stifle access to pornography or dissenting views on the Internet. But it may have had as much to do with economics, observers say, as any strong desire to limit […]