Leading industry names including Microsoft, BT, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Deutsche Telecom, have joined forces to create a worldwide consortium to promote the next level of IP (Internet Protocol). The IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) Forum will...
By coming together in this way, these two communities are also squeezing the market opportunities historically prospected by a number of small start-up vendors - companies like 724 Solutions, Aether Software, AlterEgo Networks, Brience...
The Intel spiel claims hundreds of companies are piloting Itanium - and despite the row over Dell snubbing the launch there are over 20 major server manufacturers on board - but until the application vendors get their act together it will be a...
The same is true in the offshore markets (India, the Philippines, China and Central America/Latin America) which also make more use of distributed call centres and hosted/managed IP services, for which IP is well suited.
Technology from Sheer will be used to develop Cisco's next-generation management products for service providers and large businesses, Cisco said. Sheer's technology will also enable other hardware and software vendors to develop and deliver...
For 3G to be successful among enterprises, Menon noted that an ecosystem made up of service providers, software vendors, handset makers and systems integrators (SIs) must be in place. Andrew Namboka, chief technologist for enterprise solutions at...