Friday July 27 6:43 PM ET Cisco Systems to Acquire Allegro SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Cisco Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:CSCO – news) announced Friday it has agreed to acquire Allegro Systems Inc., a developer of Internet security solutions, in a stock deal valued...
Webley? Rumor has it big layoffs tomorrow at Webley. Apparently access cards and laptops have already been removed. Also, the CEO quit — here’s the email. When: 7/26/2001 Company: Webley Severity: 80 Points: 180 The Email:
Oops. I need a Glossary when I speak Telco: – UNE (Unbundled Network Elements) — wholesale features present on switches like callerID, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, etc. – RBOC — Regional Bell Operating Company(ies) like Pacific Bell, Verizon...
…maybe. But it’ll still have to compete with a host of newly-available products. AT&T for example seems to be rolling out consumer services using UNEs (Unbundled Network Elements — reselling features wholesaled from RBOCs) which are all of a...
Monday July 23 4:28 PM ET AOL Invests in Amazon, Expands Marketing Pact SEATTLE (Reuters) – AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:AOL – news) said Monday it made a $100 million equity investment in Amazon.com (NasdaqNM:AMZN – news) and expanded a multi-year...
AOL Acquires Voice ASP Firm eVoice  MENLO PARK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) — eVoice, an Internet-based voice-application service provider, has been acquired by AOL Time Warner, according to an AOL spokesperson. Earlier this month, VentureWire reported that eVoice...
Mostly I just liked the headline. To the disappointment of women worldwide: “Cybersex Takes Less Time Than Expected, Survey Says” ..at least the ‘net helps us to be more efficient in one category. -Ian.
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