Kenneth Corbin

Building on a longstanding partnership to marry virtualization with unified communications applications, VMware and Mitel are unveiling technology that will enable voice communications through a virtualized desktop. From a product perspective, Mitel (NASDAQ: MITL) will begin offering its Unified Communicator (UC) Advanced client software as an integrated application to run on VMware’s (NYSE: VMW) View […]

With all the talk about migrating enterprise IT to the cloud, an admin might be forgiven for thinking that clinging to the traditional in-house model would make his employer something like the corporate equivalent of the last fellow standing on the wall at the high school homecoming. But for businesses looking to make the jump […]

For enterprises considering moving their IT operations to the cloud, the market can feel a little overwhelming. In addition to the major players like Salesforce, Amazon and Google, a bewildering array of startup firms offer tools and services for cloud computing — and their numbers seem to grow by the day. Here, we have highlighted […]

WASHINGTON — European authorities have historically taken a tougher stance in imposing laws and regulations to protect consumer privacy than their U.S. counterparts, but senior officials from both sides of the Atlantic stressed on Thursday that they are working together to harmonize their respective policies in the age of borderless computing and multinational economic development. […]

The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved landmark legislation to overhaul the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a reform effort more than half a decade in the making that aims to improve the quality of patents and curb frivolous litigation. The America Invents Act, originally titled the Patent Reform Act, cleared the upper chamber by a […]

The Democratic leaders of a House committee and subcommittee are protesting the plan of the majority leadership to limit debate this week on a measure that would seek to overturn the net neutrality rules the Federal Communications Commission approved in December. Republican committee leaders are planning to consider the resolution of disapproval at a markup […]

Two long-time broadband advocates in the Senate have introduced legislation that aims to reshape the management and allocation of wireless spectrum, aiming to free up new capacity for high-speed mobile Internet service. On Wednesday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who have worked together on spectrum issues before, introduced the RADIOS Act, which […]

As the recession recedes in the rearview mirror, server sales are enjoying robust gains. Kenneth Corbin reports. Server vendors continue to reap the benefits from an economic rebound, with fourth-quarter global revenues and shipments both posting double-digit increases, according to the latest market analysis from research firm IDC. Fourth-quarter revenue for the global server market […]

Four Senate Democrats this week staked out their opposition to efforts in the House to overturn the net neutrality rules recently enacted by the Federal Communications Commission. In a letter to the bipartisan Senate leadership, John Kerry (Mass.), Ron Wyden (Ore.), Maria Cantwell (Wash.) and Al Franken (Minn.) warned that reversing the net neutrality order […]

WASHINGTON — Microsoft and Google may be fierce corporate rivals, but in the policy arena, they share a common cause in pressing for spectrum reform. Here at a Capitol Hill briefing organized by the Wireless Innovation Alliance on Wednesday, senior policy advisors from both companies joined with administration officials in making the case for freeing […]