Novell to buy Canadian virtualization management solutions company
Will pay US$205 million for PlateSpin, which has 20 partners across the country
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Juniper tries to trump Cisco
Networking vendor eyes Cisco marketshare with new product offering
Russia OKs Canadian wireless backhaul product
Ottawa’s DragonWave is getting set to crack the Russian market through a partnership with Cerdicom
Cisco follows lead of Kid Rock, NHL
Cisco Systems will launch its second software as a service offering next yearrn
Microsoft offers VARs an alternative to UC
Microsoft will rely on partners to deliver its unified communications solution
Let the price wars begin: Ottawa opens up spectrum
Even before the Advanced Wireless Services auction starts, incumbents are expected to cut rates and hold onto their market share before the new entrants can get a foothold
Canadian partners boost MS Office Communications Server
Microsoft will rely on partners to deliver its unified communications solution
Adobe, Corel introduce new image editing suites
New versions of Elements, Paint Shop Pro Photo aimed at making correcting digital pictures easier
WLAN spending to hit double digits
The average spend will rise to 17 per cent, but the enterprise spend on 802.11n won’t start for over a year
Vancouver softphone company nets Terry Matthews, sort of
Mitel’s Terry Matthews invests in CounterPath Solutions through NewHeights acquisition
Mitel claims victory over Inter-Tel
New sales forecasts convince shareholders of Arizona telecommunications company to embrace Canadian owner
Mitel deal with Inter-Tel in trouble
The company’s founder has forced a delay to allow shareholders to consider his counteroffer
Playing the name game
Similar sounding names and model numbers are causing buyer confusion, says an industry analyst
Cisco acquires e-mail security company
Networking giant has a vision to continue to add additional inspection technologies such as instant messaging screening
The road to Barcelona
As the release of AMD’s quad-core chip nears, three bare-bones server makers show systems ready for market