Despite a legal challenge from Verizon last week, Avaya has won the auction for Nortel’s enterprise-telecommunications unit and other assets with a bid of US$915 million, reports Bloomberg. It beat out Siemens Enterprise Communications to land the deal. Read More
Both EMC and Intel are reported to be in for some executive-suite shuffling. Read More
AT&T’s exclusive deal to carry the iPhone has at times been a popular topic. Despite predictions by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster and statements by AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson that would suggest AT&T’s exclusivity with the iPhone will come to an end with its contract in April 2010, an analyst from iSuppli suggests otherwise. Read More
The IEEE has finally removed the draft tag from 802.11n. The move comes seven years after the process for the wireless LAN standard initially began. Despite its long draft status, wireless vendors and the general public have been using 802.11n-based products for years, notes The Inquirer. Read More
TechTarget published a detailed look at how one company is handling data integration as its cloud portfolio grows. Read More
One of the more disappointing aspects of business intelligence applications is how few people actually use them. Within large organizations, the preponderance of business intelligence systems get used by business analysts who are paid to master those systems. In the small-to-medium business segment, not only are few people with the necessary skills available to use them, there are hardly any BI systems in place because they are too hard to implement and maintain. Read More
Verizon plans job cuts beyond the 16,000 previously announced. CNNMoney.com quotes Verizon CFO John Killian saying: Read More
One of the most persistent myths about millennials is that they won’t have anything to do with the old farts with whom they work. Read More
Hoping to set an example, the federal agents who investigate the most high-profile accidents have been barred from using cell phones or texting while driving, reports USA Today. Read More
Next to security, it’s probably the second biggest worry that IT executive have over cloud architectures. Read More