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Teleglobe has become the 21st large network to deploy Multiprotocol Label Switching in the core, aiming to launch new services ranging from virtual private networks to interprovider VPNs. At the core of Teleglobes MPLS strategy lies software developed by Orchestream. The software enables the carrier to remotely program routers to support MPLS parameters so that […]

Watch the CA Scoreboard All eyes will be on Computer Associates today, when the software giant announces fiscal Q1 financial results for the period ended June 1. If CA discloses poor earnings, its a sure bet that software mogul Sam Wyly will repeat his call for CA chairman Charles Wang and CEO Sanjay Kumar to […]

A new crop of telecom carriers has emerged, boasting pedigreed leaders who promise to learn from the mistakes of their fallen cohorts — or at least scoop up their assets. Among the upstarts with new business plans are Aleron, led by ex-Teleglobe Communications chief Paolo Guidi; Velocita, led by ex-Global Crossing CEO Bob Annunziata; and […]

It was an August day in Dallas, 105 degrees outside but a chilly 62 in the CEOs conference room. My partner, Linda, and I were meeting with the executive team of a large manufacturing company. We were discussing the dramatic opportunities and challenges facing this company as it set out to re-engineer its order fulfillment […]

Whenever the economy goes south, it seems corporate clients start questioning the big fees theyre paying IT consultants. They may ask consultants to tie fees to performance and share some of the risk or, as Brent Habig, president and founder of Tigris Consulting, says, “Put some skin in the game.” Putting skin in the game […]

Not every corporate CIO is suited for the consultants role. Far from it. In fact, solutions providers and consultancies have to be extra cautious in bringing corporate IS chiefs into what is an entirely different culture. “The attrition rate of CIOs who come over is about 50 percent during the first year,” warns Andersens Tom […]

So Far, So Good In what will prove to be the ultimate test of the value of its services, Intranets.com has made the transition from a free ASP to a subscription-based ASP. Like most companies that have tried the applications-for-free model — with income generated from advertising — Intranets.com found it was a money-losing proposition, […]

Image-wise, consultants perennially rank just a few notches above patent medicine salesmen and journalists. Following a two-year frenzy in which e-consultants promised the moon and delivered green cheese, its safe to say that the industrys reputation has fallen another peg or two. It will take years to repair their credibility, but, as the journey of […]

Alex Alexander leads a double life. As the recently named CIO and VP of CTG, an international IT solutions firm, he devotes much of his time to overseeing the $350 million companys aggressive internal IS program—one thats designed to promote growth while bringing about cost savings. Frequently, however, Alexander slips into an entirely differently role—that […]

One evening last march, Tom Raef came home from his job as an independent IT contractor for a dot-com startup and switched on his computer. There he found an e-mail from the folks hed left only minutes before, letting him know that, due to straitened financial circumstances, they could no longer afford his services. “It […]