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  • Web Conference Pricing Shaking Out

    Pricing for hosted Web conferencing services still runs the gamut—from limited seats and minutes per room per month with per-minute overage charges to pay-by-the-minute services. In general, however, the pricing foci of new Web conferencing systems has been on flat, per-month usage pricing or pairing Web conferencing with other services, such as instant messaging or…

  • 3Com Recommits to Switches

    This week 3Com Corp. will roll out the elements it needs to compete in the large-enterprise network market but still needs to gain recognition as a contender. The Marlboro, Mass., company will introduce its terabit-speed Switch 8800 core LAN switch, along with 10 Gigabit Ethernet modules for its Switch 7700 and SuperStack 3 3870 distribution…

  • GXS, Sterling Expand Beyond EDI for B2B

    A pair of EDI stalwarts are ramping up process integration services as complementary solutions for business-to-business customers. Global Exchange Services Inc. and Sterling Commerce Inc., which between them move billions of supply chain documents through hundreds of thousands of trading partners, plan to add enhanced process integration as a service to better enable collaboration. For…

  • HP Polishes Multifunctions

    Hewlett-Packard Co. is expanding its Total Print Management strategy for the enterprise with new multifunction printing devices and management software. The Palo Alto, Calif., company last week unveiled several multifunction devices that will ship later this month. For enterprise workgroups, HP’s LaserJet 4345mfp can print and copy at 45 ppm (pages per minute) as well…

  • Cisco, Symbol Keep Wi-Fi Data Safe

    Security partnerships and technology advances are making it increasingly safer to keep corporate data up in the air. To better fight the threat of wireless network subterfuge, Cisco Systems Inc. is bolstering its WLAN (wireless LAN) security offerings through partnerships with third-party security companies, while Symbol Technologies Inc. is beefing up its branch-office WLAN switch…

  • The Faces of Wi-Fi

    They are companies as different as their leaders. At Aruba Wireless Networks, the watchwords have been sales and channel. Under the direction of CEO Don LeBeau, a former Cisco Systems Inc. sales vice president with a penchant for catchphrases and seal-the-deal handshakes, Aruba has used its market savvy to capture large customers such as Amazon.com…

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