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Comcast may be seeing subscriber pressure

Comcast may be seeing subscriber pressureDown with the cable monopolies!It's funny how the cable companies tried to rally support through the public to stop the telephone companies from getting into TV and "FIOS" speed internet by claiming them as the "Bell Monopolies" when in truth the onlt REAL monopoly in...

Tags: Network technology, cable, Adelphia Communications Corp., Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

Vonage says it may face bankruptcy

Vonage says it may face bankruptcyTheir service suk'danyway... there are a few other companies out their with much better technology. My home phone which is VOIP is just as crystal clear, if not better than the local Verizon. And I pay 2 cents a min for all long...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Litigation, bankruptcy, Adelphia Communications Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., phone service

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

Adelphia freedom: pending sale creates 5.2 mil potential VoIP users

Yesterday, cable television systems provider Adelphia Communications announced it will be acquired by Comcast and Time-Warner Cable.Adelphia - never known for bleeding edge innovation -had not been offering VoIP. But this deal puts Adelphia's 5.2 million subscribers in play to receive VoIP services from whichever company acquires their local system....

Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., Time-Warner, VoIP

Blog posts 2005-04-22

Adelphia to sell AT&T Net phone service

Adelphia to sell AT&T Net phone serviceI hope they train sales before they doAt&T has proven to have not trained their sales persons at their Missouri office i spoke to three and al lthree had different explanations and offers Not to mention my order was never processed BUT my card...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, AT&T Corp., AT&T Net-phone, Adelphia Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-02

Time Warner Cable tangles with DSL, dial-up

Time Warner Cable tangles with DSL, dial-upI'd rather have DSL than CableI've had both and the DSL is way more consistent when it comes to performance. There were times usually on the weekends, when I had road runner cable service, that it would slow down to a crawl. I remember...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, Time Warner Inc., phone, Adelphia Communications Corp., DSL, cable

Discussion threads 2003-10-23

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Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge

So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Microsoft buys DATAllegro

Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Enterprise Service Busted?

Enterprise Service Busted?ESBsIt really depends on your environment. My company is a medium sized company and we did not have any middleware. For us the ESB made a lot of sense. If you already have middleware, you may not need an ESB. You might be set...

Tags: Middleware, Enterprise Service Bus

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

NY gov signs game bill into law

New York State legislation that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed was signed into law. A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New...

Tags: Law, Minor, Games, Personal Technology, video games, video game violence, Nintendo DS, New York, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot

News items 2008-07-23

The need for real-time communications in European logistics

Value-added services beyond transportation

Tags: Easynet, Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation, Business Operations

White papers 2008-07-23

Apple chaos theory

I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water on the idea that iPhone's are going to be the next big thing in corporate gadgets: Companies in highly...

Tags: Apple iPhone, CIO, Theory, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers

Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...

Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Fastest-growing US web sites in May 2008

Apr-08 May-08 Growth, % Rank Total Internet : Total Audience 190,728 190,858 1 N/A Proflowers.com 1,301 5,453 319 200 Vonage Holdings Corp 2,202 4,832 119 227 Vlaze Media Networks, Inc. 4,021 7,162 78 153 Discovery.com Sites 8,800 15,473 76 62...

Tags: Web, InfoSpace Inc., Web Site, Internet, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Web Technology, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Human Resources, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-20

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?

So, it would seem we have found the outer limits of user tracking and ad-serving. At a House hearing yesterday, NebuAd ran into universal condemnation for its plans to monitor broadband customers' web visits and deliver targeting advertising, reports News.com's Declan McCullagh. Contemptible. Goes against everything...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Cable Company, Internet Service Provider, Notice, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Channel Management, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source

Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...

Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL

News items 2008-07-18

eBay beats expectations; calls PayPal a "gem" and Skype a "killer" app

Updated: eBay reported second quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street's expectations with revenues of $2.2 billion, up 20 percent from the second quarter of 2007. It reported non-GAAP profits of $568 million, or 43 cents per share. GAAP profits were $460 million, or 35 cents per share. Wall Street...

Tags: Revenue, Skype Technologies S.A., Quarter, PayPal, eBay Inc., GAAP, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-16

New hybrid delivery security architecture

Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...

Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing

News items 2008-07-16