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Articles tagged with: Hp and Cisco
Add Verizon to List of Big Competitors in Cloud Computing
Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008
Market research firm Infonetics Research is reporting that telecom carriers spent US$62 billion on outsourced services in 2008, and have plans to increase that spending. The report noted that the top revenue-generating tasks outsourced by service providers in 2008 include network maintenance, application service delivery, network build, and network planning and design. more
Related Tags: infonetics-research, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, fujitsu, huawei, -ibm, microsoft, motorola, nec, nokia-siemens-networks, nortel, bharti, siemens, opex, nokia-siemens
EMEA Network Equipment Spending Increased 4% in 3Q08
IDC's EMEA Quarterly Network Tracker shows a quarter- over-quarter increase of 4% of network equipment spending to reach $3.8 billion in the third quarter of 2008, and a decline of 5% compared to the same period in 2007. However, when excluding residential equipment, the networking market shows a more positive picture, with 8% quarterly growth and a decline of 1% compared to the same period last year. more
Related Tags: ethernet, alcatel-lucent, wlan
Zeroing in on Wi-Fi 'dead zones'
Rooting out Wi-Fi "dead zones" in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities is an expensive proposition. Pre-deployment testing is so costly that most WiFi providers simply build their networks first and fill in the gaps later. But even that isn't easy, due to the paucity of inexpensive techniques for mapping out precisely which areas lack coverage. more
Related Tags: google, wi-fi, mobicom, rice-university
Pingtel Deal Adds to Wireless Networking Frenzy
BURLINGTON, Mass. -(Dow Jones)- The wireless networking industry has had a lively summer, with major deals being inked and competition raging among providers as consumers turn in ever greater numbers to mobile devices for connectivity. more
Related Tags: intel, wind, nortel, compete, hewlett-packard
Hewlett-Packard Challenges Cisco with Colubris Deal
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to purchase Colubris Networks, a heavily backed technology-bubble survivor that has weathered management shake-ups and a perilous market for independent wireless networking companies. more
Related Tags: prism, compete, personal