Cathleen Moore

Major DSL equipment vendors and service providers, including Cisco Systems, 3Com, Quest and SBC, have joined forces to launch the OpenDSL initiative. The goal of the initiative is to drive the development of a standard software specification for DSL that would facilitate equipment interoperability and simplify the process of CPE (customer premise equipment) configuration.

Nortel Networks Corp. announced plans Tuesday to buy integrated access device maker Sonoma Systems Inc. for about...

Cisco Systems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled a joint initiative last month designed to speed up the deployment of CRM (customer relationship management) systems in enterprise locations and service provider offerings.

Offering a glimpse into the future of high-speed networking, Leo Hindery, CEO of Global Crossing Ltd., kicked off the opening keynote at the Broadband Year 2000 show earlier this month with a look at the development of broadband and the growing importance of wireless in broadband connectivity.

CompuCom Systems Inc.

Lucent Technologies Inc. is taking advantage of the recently-developed VoiceXML specification and is deploying a speech server.VoiceXML...

3Com, Cisco, Nortel, Sun, and others banded together early this month to rally support for the successor to gigabit Ethernet for enterprise networks and the Internet.

3Com, Cisco, Nortel, Sun and others banded together last month to rally support for the successor to...