Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday became the third major vendor to announce products based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Opteron processor, joining IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc.
Linthicum, Md.-based carrier equipment provider Ciena Corp. announced two acquisitions Thursday, including Kanata, Ont.-based Catena Networks Inc., designed to spearhead Ciena's efforts in the broadband access market.
3Com Canada Inc.'s recently released Switch 7700R should help the network equipment vendor increase its foothold in the enterprise market, according to an industry observer.
Payment processing firm Moneris Solutions Corp. introduced a national IP network and IP payment processing systems Thursday that the company says will lower processing costs for merchants, while increasing point-of-sale (POS) functionality.
The University of Alberta and researchers in Western Canada will be able to expand their grid computing efforts thanks to a recent agreement that will see computer firm Silicon Graphics Inc. and the Government of Alberta pump over $500,000 in cash and equipment into the school's grid projects.
Fixed wireless access services may not have lived up to the hype surrounding them in the late 1990s, but a new network launch, a network expansion and a fixed wireless acquisition all within the last two months of 2003 show that some people think the technology still has legs.