Tim Greene

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Optical chip could lead to terabit Ethernet

The researchers say the compact size of their waveguide makes it possible to integrate it with other components to make faster optical chips than currently manufactured

Digium upgrades IP PBX capabilities for SMBs

The latest version of Switchvox SMB PBX supports faxes, instant messaging and video calling as well as better integration with Web applications

White House suffers e-mail outage

An Outlook server crash yesterday, brought down e-mail service in the White House for several hours

IP call centres to grow in 2009

Businesses bought more than $851 million worth of IP contact centre equipment in 2008 and analysts believe sales are poised to grow despite a VoIP slowdown

Nortel bankruptcy might be a good idea: UBS

A financial expert from UBS said the Canadian telecom equipment maker might be smart to forego a $100 million interest payment due next month. The manufacturer has already announced it plans to cut costs by laying off 1,300 and selling its metro Ethernet division

Tool helps manage bulk file-transfers

Aspera is shipping a software consoles automate the distrubituion of files between multiple locations. It lets administrators view bandwidth usage, progress of transfers and transfer speeds.

Siemens, subsidiaries to pay $898.5 M in fines

Siemens and its subsidiaries admit to cooking the books and doling out $1.4 billion in bribes to gain business

Alcatel-Lucent cuts jobs, focuses attention on three sectors

After losing $67 million last quarter, the telecom equipment maker said it will focus on optical networking, IP and broadband. How it plans to cut costs

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