Matt Hines

Large enterprise businesses will be among the most likely to add significant numbers of new IT jobs during the second quarter of 2006, according to a recent survey of CIOs based in the United States. The latest version of staffing firm Robert Half Technologys IT Hiring Index and Skills Report said some 12 percent of […]

Open-Xchange, which markets open-source collaboration tools, introduced a partner program offering new product support and marketing opportunities for companies interested in helping it distribute its applications. For a fee of just under $800, the company said it would offer its existing and current partners extended product support, as well as sales and marketing expertise. The […]

Keeping up with the Joneses never sounded so expensive. As the telecommunications market began to digest the enormity of AT&Ts massive $64 billion bid to buy out rival BellSouth, one of the issues rising to the top of the evolving competitive landscape is the notion that the proposed merger could persuade Verizon Wireless to attempt […]

Enterprise content management specialist Open Text introduced a new package of integrated applications aimed at helping companies tackle issues related to compliance with government regulations. Labeled as Open Text Internal Controls 3.0, the software offers a centralized system for managing many different types of corporate information, including many forms of so-called unstructured data, or materials […]

The proposed merger of AT&T and BellSouth could help to expedite and streamline operations at the companies mobile communications joint venture, Cingular Wireless, and potentially create new business opportunities for the firm, industry experts said. Under the companies existing makeup, AT&T already had the majority share in Cingular, with 60 percent, giving it voting power […]

Motorola on March 3 announced plans to reorganize some of its operations, combining its enterprise mobility business unit with its networks and government division. Under the terms of the plan, few details of which were made public, the company said it will form a single entity spanning its corporate, government and networking businesses, dubbed as […]

While cool new applications such as mobile video and music on the handheld are drawing much of the attention from those people following maturation of the wireless communications market, new research contends that subscription pricing remains the biggest factor linked to industry growth. According to a report released by financial analysts at RBC Capital Markets, […]

When David Heit joined Research In Motion in 2000, the companys wireless e-mail system was only just becoming a favorite in executive circles and he was tasked with looking for the firms next big thing. Six years later, RIMs BlackBerry handheld devices and e-mail software are the de facto standard for enterprise mobile communications applications, […]

Verizon Communications launched a new IT infrastructure management service through which the firm is offering the ability to remotely direct customers server operating systems using IP technology. Offered via the companys Verizon Business division and dubbed as its Remote Internet Protocol Application Management Service Basic, the package promises to remotely monitor and manage basic IT […]

Communications industry players Avaya and Samsung Electronics announced a new partnership through which they will design, build and market services for enterprise customers based around Internet Protocol technologies. Under the terms of the tie-up, classified by the firms as a strategic alliance, the companies will collaborate for both product development and eventual sales of a […]

While search giant Google works to reassure its users that the latest version of its Desktop Search application does not pose the security threat some privacy watchdogs have said it will, at least one of the companys enterprise partners has confirmed it will continue to support the tool in its products. On Feb. 9, Google […]

Collaboration software maker Near-Time introduced a beta of an online version of its applications as it hopes to convince customers that hosted communications and file-sharing tools enjoy benefits over client/server alternatives. Dubbed as Near-Time.net, the online collaboration system offers tools for businesses to use for sharing and reviewing documents, scheduling and tracking work on projects, […]