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No network on the high seas for Captain Bligh
How the world has changed; Captain Bligh sailed a thousand miles across the South Pacific in an open boat with just a sextant, a compass and sheer dumb luck to guide him after being chucked off the Bounty. But nowadays you wouldn't think of attem... Opinion
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Is Cisco's absence from UCIF really a source of concern?
The new Unified Communications Interoperability Forum announced todayhas raised eyebrows in the industry after it emerged that Cisco had been invited to join the alliance - which seeks to foster open standards and interoperability in the complex, und... Opinion
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Who was Palm's mystery suitor?
A bloodthirsty bidding war between five companies took place behind the scenes before Hewlett-Packard emerged victorious in the race to acquire troubled handset builder Palm, it has now emerged. According to Palm's most recent SEC filing, detaile... Opinion
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The inconvenient truth of acquisition
Earlier today we heard the sad news that optical networking specialist Ciena, which now owns a substantial part of Nortel's business, is readying P45s for 17 workers at the vendor's facility in Northern Ireland. When a company is acquired in our ... Opinion
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Broadband still on government action list
Despite there being no mention of the subject in the agreement thrashed out by the Lib Dems and the Conservatives this week, improving the state of Britain's broadband infrastructure his high on the agenda for the incoming coalition government, accor... Opinion
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The ghost of Cisco yet to come
It's always a chore when the quarterly results season comes around, trawling through the dry earnings releases and transcribing the committee decided executive statements. And those naughty, naughty companies that fudge their results and hide the... Opinion
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Orange and T-Mobile? It's Nothing Anywhere, yet
So, Orange and T-Mobile have named their new baby Everything Everywhere, presumably after a late-night brand strategy session with the ad agency. But putting the ins and outs and the pros and cons of the merger aside, I think they've got a lot t... Opinion
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Pity Rafa now he's mistaken for a reseller
If things weren't bad enough for Liverpool FC manager Rafa Benitez then imagine the moment when he was mistaken for a reseller. As his season drifted into a disappointing end he was spotted at Watford Gap services by a couple of Niman's staffers who... Opinion
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Alcatel-Lucent latest to own up to supply chain issues
After Cisco came clean over the impact of components shortages on its supply chain at last week's Partner Summit, Alcatel-Lucent has admitted it has been suffering from the same problem. Speaking on Thursday morning as the vendor unveiled its Q1 ... Opinion
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HP may hit reboot button on tablet project
It didn't take long. We're already starting to hear that HP may be dropping development of the Windows-based mobile Slate device it showed off at CES earlier this year. This comes thanks to TechCrunch, which broke ranks last week to posit the end... Opinion