Matt Carolan

Microsofts long-running antitrust battle with the federal government may soon be over. According to published reports, the software giant is close to a settlement with the Department of Justice. Details of the agreement are sketchy, but The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times report the preliminary agreement calls for a consent decree between […]

A lower-cost addition to 3Com Corp.s SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 family, unveiled last week, is aimed at enterprises that dont yet need enhanced traffic management features. The SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 SE is a stackable 10/100M-bps LAN device with limited network management features that can be upgraded through software patches with such advanced features as […]

WorldCom Inc., the Mississippi telecommunications services provider, in a statement Friday scolded the Federal Communications Commission for its “flagging commitment to telecom competition.” WorldCom said that it has called on the FCC to resist pressure from the Bell companies to limit the range of UNEs (unbundled network elements) or parts of the network infrastructure that […]

Radware Ltd., Pyramid Computer Systeme and CheckPoint Software Technologies Ltd. announced on Tuesday a new joint solution providing high-availability, secure, Gigabit VPNs. The new offering will combine Radwares FireProof Security Application Switch, originally released in February, with Pyramid Computers “Charlie” brand Linux enterprise servers. These servers include Check Points VPN-1/FireWall-1. Radware officials described the bundled […]

3Com Corp. unveiled on Tuesday a lower-cost addition to its SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 family aimed at enterprises that dont yet need enhanced traffic management features. The SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 SE is a stackable 10/100 LAN device. It supports up to eight Gigabit Ethernet uplinks in a stack in either copper or fiber, with […]

Worldcom Inc. announced Wednesday that it is cutting 3,700 jobs from Worldcom group, its business data and telecommunications arm. The Clinton, Mississippi telecommunications giant made the announcement after published reports Tuesday indicated WorldCom was preparing to layoff as much as ten percent of its 75,000 member workforce. Tuesdays layoffs are U.S.-based staff positions, said company […]

Zone Labs, the maker of the popular ZoneAlarm personal firewall product, and Imperito Networks, the VPN solutions company, have entered into a joint development initiative to integrate their products for sale to small and mid-size businesses. A new product offering from Imperito Networks will bundle its remote access VPN (virtual private network) with Zone Labs […]

The Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday that it will refund to wireless carriers approximately $2.8 billion worth of down payments from a controversial auction of wireless spectrum once owned by NextWave Telecom, Inc. and UrbanComm-North Carolina, Inc. The spectrum was originally awarded to NextWave and Urban Comm in a 1996 auction, but was repossessed […]

WorldCom Inc. on Wednesday announced two new frame relay packages aimed at helping businesses transmit data in ways that fall outside of standard frame relay practices. Those new offerings are WorldCom Bundled Frame Relay and Economy Frame Relay packages. Frame relay sends packets, or frames of information, through a series of switches over a wide […]

Optical networking equipment maker Ciena Corp. announced Tuesday that it was laying off 650 employees, or 22 percent of its workforce, effective immediately, in response to the ongoing slump in the telecommunications sector. The affected employees will be paid through May 24, 2002 and will be eligible for additional severance packages, said company officials. Laid […]