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XO Communications isnt afraid of change or charting new ground. And Dan Akerson, the companys chairman and chief executive, isnt shy about telling people that. Akerson, who stepped down from the helm of Nextel Communications to lead XO, had the foresight to steer XO onto its current data-focused course and away from the recent carnage […]

When it comes to the mega-warriors of the telecom revolution, Ivan Seidenberg is one whos seen it all — from the front lines to the copper lines. He started his career in telecommunications some 30 years ago as a cable splicers assistant. More recently, as chief executive of Bell Atlantic, he spliced his operations with […]

Approximately 10 million Americans cant send e-mail, browse the Web or shop online because of blindness. But an updated federal accessibility law that takes effect this month and an applications services company may soon change all that. Interliant Inc., of Purchase, N.Y., recently revamped the American Foundation for the Blinds Web site by applying technology […]

Jean-Marie Messier is considered one OF the most ambitious media paviors on the Internet. But 2001 will show whether that ambition will enable him to propel Vivendi Universal into the elite of communications conglomerates. Analysts and investors have mixed predictions. Messier, or J2M as hes been nicknamed, took control of Vivendi in 1996, when it […]

Linux is “a disruptive technology” that will command 48 percent of all business servers by 2004, believes Samuel Palmisano, president and chief operating officer of IBM. A disruptive technology is one that quietly encroaches on the established way of doing things until it overthrows what had been viewed as indomitable systems. Citing International Data Corp. […]

Oracle, intel and ibm may be expending a lot of money and resources to lift Linux into enterprise IT shops, but any large commitments from customers remain a well-kept secret. Or they dont exist. n Take IBM, for example. President and Chief Operating Officer Sam Palmisano knelt at the Linux altar last week at LinuxWorld, […]

Developers say they will have an easier time building Linux applications once Borland Software Corp. releases the long-awaited Kylix visual programming tool by the end of this month. Closely modeled after Borlands Delphi tool for Windows, Kylix is designed to make it easier to write native Linux applications for the client and server sides. Beta […]

Onepage inc., a pro- vider of applications for aggregating Web content and data, has announced a content building application for enterprise portal software. OnePage Content Aggregator for Corporate Portals accelerates the content development process for companies that build external or internal portals. With this complementary tool, developed from data acquisition and retrieval algorithms, employees, suppliers […]

After years of hype, AT&T and WorldCom have launched voice-over-Internet Protocol services, hoping new premium packages and savings will prompt business customers to try the new technology. AT&T launched its voice-over-IP (VoIP) service last week on the same day WorldCom said it has a similar product coming soon. The announcements marked the first instance of […]

The father of the Playstation is training his baby for a fight on the Internet. Ken Kutaragi, who runs Sonys games division, has nurtured his creation into a multibillion-dollar empire: Sony has sold an estimated 75 million PlayStation systems worldwide since 1994. Kutaragi, an engineer by training who conducted research and development in Sonys digital […]

The development of a new data transfer technology designed to eliminate potential bottlenecks at ever-expanding data centers will take a major step forward this week when startup Mellanox Technologies Inc. ships its InfiniBridge silicon components. The Santa Clara, Calif., companys switches and adapters are the first commercially available silicon products for use with InfiniBand, a […]

The blame game that goes on when a business Digital Subscriber Line is down sounds a little like a playground squabble. “The service provider did it!” “No, the carrier did it!” “No, it was the telephone companys fault!” “I want my mommy!” The whole situation can be downright immature, but then again, some would say, […]