Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Alcatel-Lucent enterprise business for sale: report Reuters says the network equipment manufacturer is meeting with potential buyers this week in San Francisco. Formed in 2006 with the merger of Alcatel and Lucent, it's been struggling ever since
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
SCADA vulnerabilities prompt U.S. warning If the systems are connected to the Internet, hackers could find ways to exploit them to steal or manipulate data.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program? A German security researcher says a worm designed to target software for industrial systems made by Siemens AG may have had Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor as a target. It seems to target supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA systems.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Stuxnet industrial worm was written over a year ago Stuxnet, which targets supervisory control and data acquisition systems made by Siemens AG, was created as early as June, 2009, according to Symantec Corp. researchers. Some claim the malware creators stole encryption keys made by Realtek Semiconductor Corp. and JMicron Technology Corp.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Iran was prime target of SCADA worm The Stuxnet worm affecting supervisory control and data acquisition systems made by Siemens AG may have been spreading since as early as January. Symantec Corp. says most systems affected by the worm are in Iran
Friday, July 23, 2010
Siemens: Removing SCADA worm may harm plants German manufacturer Siemens AG warned users that removing the Stuxnet worm discovered last week could affect industrial operations. The malicious software is written for supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
After worm, Siemens says don't change passwords Although a newly discovered worm could allow criminals to break into Siemens AGs industrial automation systems using a default password, Siemens is telling customers to leave their passwords...
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Perfect Purchase Cycle: Unified Communications A unified communications platform isn't necessarily a rip-and-replace proposition. How to navigate the buying process
Monday, February 22, 2010
Mitel ships phone call controller for virtual servers Virtual Mitel Communications Director lets administrators route calls using Internet Protocol on Intel Xeon Nehalem servers running VMWare Inc.’s vSphere 4. A Wainhouse Research analyst said Ottawa-based Mitel Networks Corp. is first out of the gate with virtualized call control
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Nortel will try to sell patents: Analyst Nortel Networks is down to 534 employees in Canada in its services and corporate groups. It has not said what will happen to the patents. Employees on long term disability will be terminated Dec. 31, 2010 and Nortel has agreed to provide a severance payment fund that would give former employees a maximum of $3,000 each
Friday, September 04, 2009
Deadline looms for Nortel enterprise sale Avaya was the only company that placed a bid as of Friday morning, but rumour has it the parent company of Siemens Enterprise and Enterasys is also interested. 
Friday, September 04, 2009
Deadline closes for Nortel enterprise sale Media reports indicated Avaya is not the only bidder for the Nortel unit that makes switches, routers, phones and PBXs. Find out why Siemens would benefit from an acquisition
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Nokia Siemens aims for Top 3 in sales to carriers Head of Canadian division of eight-month old manufacturer says he's hungry enough to ask for business 
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Voice is the lifeblood of the telecommuter Telecom and IT administrators charged with supporting telecommuters have as many product and technology options as users have reasons (or excuses) to work from home. 
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Telecommuting technologies that really do the job An array of VOIP and hybrid IP/digital technology options exist for tying home-office workers to a corporate voice. But IT executives should consider how much in-office features available in the office should be extended to those at home, and at what cost.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
SOA finds its VOIP Outside of the call center, voice/data applications have yet to take off. But adding unified communications services to SOA environments may change all that. 
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Lucent, Alcatel in merger talks Faced with a challenging industry environment, telecommunication equipment makers Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel SA are discussing a possible merger, according to a statement released by the two companies. 
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Europe approves powerline communications spec Efforts to use electricity cables to transmit data took a step forward in Europe with the publication of an open specification for power line communications (PLC). The Open PLC European Research Alliance (OPERA), which is partly funded by the European Commission, said its specification will accelerate the development of products that use powerlines for broadband Internet access, voice and video services, as well as utility applications such as automatic meter reading.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Deutsche Telekom abandons military IT tender Germany's mammoth military IT project, called "Herkules," has been dealt yet another blow. T-Systems International GmbH, the IT services subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, has dropped out of a group bidding on the €6.56 billion (US$8.6 billion),10-year contract to modernize the German armed forces' fixed and wireless communication networks and provide related maintenance and support services.
Monday, October 06, 2003
Fujitsu, Siemens collaborate on IT services Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG (SBS) and Fujitsu Ltd. have struck an agreement to boost the companies' presence in the area of IT services.
Friday, June 13, 2003
Juniper joins Lucent on MPLS Juniper Networks Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. say they are teaming up to make network convergence easier for service providers, but industry observers give the joint venture mixed reviews.
Monday, May 26, 2003
IBM outlines changes in store for DB2 IBM Corp. has detailed a series of changes coming to its flagship DB2 database, including an upgrade of the mainframe version of the software that will support 64-bit addressing capabilities.
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Quick Hits 
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Siemens restructures carrier business Germany's Siemens AG is combining its three global carrier divisions into one unit in a move to lower costs amidst a dramatic slump in network operator spending, the company announced Tuesday.
Saturday, August 31, 2002
Web-based service monitors and reports on inventory remotely Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments Inc. of Peterborough, Ont., in May introduced Levelwatch.com, a service said to unlock the data at remote sites and distribute the information to the people who can use it for business decisions.