Nortel Networks is to acquire Architel, a provider of Support Systems to the telecommunications industry, in a deal worth $395m in Nortel Networks common shares. With the acquisition Nortel will be able to expand its next-generation Internet services.
Spanish wireless carrier Airtel is spending $100m on equipment from Nortel Networks in a bid to be the first European telco to roll out a UMTS network. Nortel will build Airtel's network using internet base stations for wide-area radio coverage and...
Telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks is to supply the Cormorant advanced communications system for the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF). It will be air portable and offer secure communications with the UK and units of all three services - Army...
Pervasive computing is here and it's going to enter most aspects of your life, according to IBM. There were 325 million pervasive computing devices in existence in 2002, and this will increase to one billion by 2005, claims the software giant.
Setting up buddy lists with colleagues on other sites, or friends from other companies, is the most pervasive use of IM in the enterprise. But it's not the only one. Anthony Plewes discovers that conferencing, collaboration and document management...
Pervasive Software has decided to exit the business of providing support for the PostgreSQL open source database, one of the first failures in the current rush to open source business models. In a letter to the PostgreSQL community of developers...