Colin C. Haley

Software giant Microsoft and wireless carrier Korea Telecom Freetel have launched new mobile Internet services, including always-on messaging, in South Korea, a market that may serve as a springboard for wider deployments. Aimed at consumers (and to a lesser degree, business users) who want to reach friends, family members and colleagues on the go, the […]

Richard Egan, an EMC co-founder, has resigned as U.S. ambassador to Ireland after only 15 months on the job, prompting speculation about the 66-year-old billionaire’s next career move.A spokesman for the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC said he is unaware of any discussions about Egan returning to the company he helped grow into a data storage giant. […]

For the telecommunications industry, 2002 was a year in which convoluted (and in some cases criminal) accounting practices were exposed, slack demand continued to buffet growth and a flurry of mergers and bankruptcies staved off outright closures for some big-name players. It started bad. After years of feverish investment in fast, but pricey networks, carriers […]

IT managers will flock to Boston tomorrow for Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo, a trade show highlighting how Linux and Linux-based data center applications can cut costs, reduce risk and increase the flexibility for large companies and organizations. The event, produced by Jupitermedia (parent of this Web site), will be held Tuesday and Wednesday […]

Microsoft today introduced new security and mobile workforce software while mapping an 18-month strategy taking a holistic view of IT systems. First, the Redmond, Wash., giant said it will offer customers user identification technology from RSA Security to block fraudulent attempts to tap into corporate networks. “Our joint customers now have the option of incorporating […]

NEWTON, Mass. — Relaxing federal regulations on Baby Bells and establishing a national broadband policy will jump-start the IT sector and broader economy, Ivan Seidenberg, president and CEO of Verizon Communications , told about 250 members of the Massachusetts Software & Internet Council at its fall membership meeting this morning. “Public policy (makers) spend more […]

As advertisers gear up for a mobile marketing push in the United States, a privacy advocate is concerned the menu of messages will consist largely of spam. The technology, which delivers product pitches, special offers, sweepstakes and coupons to cell phones, is already popular in Europe, where advertisers will spend $53 million on mobile campaigns […]

For 18 months, analysts and economists have debated the severity of the ongoing tech slump (recession, depression, let’s call the whole thing off). But whatever it’s called, software developers and equipment sellers have heard the same maddening refrain from Corporate America: “We like your product, we see how it could help us, but we’re not […]

Two years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at the urging of individual investors, adopted a “fair disclosure” rule barring insider stock transactions based on company news that has not yet been made public. Current market turmoil notwithstanding, the regulation has given non-institutional shareholders a more complete picture of a company’s fiscal health and […]

BOSTON — Don’t let the emoticons, slang and sound effects fool you into thinking that instant messaging is a novelty confined to the Britney Spears set — it’s serious business. Provided a few issues are addressed, the technology will be ubiquitous in corporate culture, according to experts at Instant Messaging Planet, a two-day conference and […]