Year: 2005

  • Yahoo Launches Beta Test for New Web Mail Service

    Yahoo Launches Beta Test for New Web Mail Service

    Bary Alyssa Johnson

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  • A Bright Future for Wireless

    Craig Ellison

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    Airgo Networks provided a glimpse into the future of wireless networking with today’s announcement of the Tru MIMO Gen 3 chipset. This chipset supports data rates of up to 240 Mbps while still maintaining backwards compatibility and interoperability with 802.11b/g standards-based wireless networks. In considering this news, it’s important not to confuse data rates with… Read more

  • HP’s Gilroy Sees Services as Channel’s Future

    HP’s Gilroy Sees Services as Channel’s Future

    Channel Insider Staff

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    In his 24-year career at Hewlett-Packard Co., Kevin Gilroy has served a number of masters, but none so well or notably as during his time as vice president of commercial channels. He stepped down from that role last year, and Sept. 30 he leaves the company all together. For 24 years Gilroy has had a… Read more

  • Pharma Outsourcing to Increase; Ing and Sandvik’s Already Has

    John Moore

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    Pharmaceutical companies may become more active in outsourcing as they look to trim expenses. That’s the view of outsourcing consultants who follow the field. Vicki Tauscher, a vice president with EquaTerra, said she has seen increasing interest in outsourcing from pharmaceutical companies that aim to increase returns to shareholders and drive costs down. “For the… Read more

  • Portable 3G Network Shown For Military

    Channel Insider Staff

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    3Way Networks said on Tuesday that it has developed a short-range “3G” network for military applications. The hand-portable UMTS network, dubbed DBX-m, supports up to 100 user devices. The equipment packs a complete 3GPP Release 5 compliant system with radio network, switching and packet elements into a tiny 30x56x80cm ruggedised case, the company said. DBX-m… Read more

  • Oracle-Siebel Deal Doesn’t Move Channel

    Oracle-Siebel Deal Doesn’t Move Channel

    John Hazard

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    Oracle’s purchase of rival business applications vendor Siebel made waves, and headlines, on Wall Street, but the merger is unlikely to have any impact on the channel, VARs and one analyst said. “Siebel doesn’t really have a product a reseller would sell,” said Jim Shepherd, vice president of research at AMR Research Inc. “Maybe down… Read more