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CIOs need to rethink their roles, MIT symposium panelists say

By now, it's become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy.

By Chris Kanaracus | 22 May, 2013 20:16

Tags: services, SAP, CIO role, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, software, SAS Institute, IT management, Avaya, emc
Lawmakers question patent complaint process at USITC

The U.S. Congress should limit the ability of patent holders that don't make products to file infringement complaints at the U.S. International Trade Commission because of a huge increase in cases there, representatives of some companies told lawmakers Tuesday.

By Grant Gross | 16 April, 2013 20:17

Tags: Russell Binns Jr., Kevin Rhodes, legislation, Colleen Chien, trade, U.S. International Trade Commission, 3M, Santa Clara University School of Law, Howard Coble, intellectual property, U.S. House of Representatives, patent, legal, Deanna Tanner Okun, government, Avaya
EMC teams with Avaya (not Cisco) on communication pods

Two stalwarts in the enterprise IT market joined forces today to release a unified communications stack that integrates hardware from EMC, virtualization technology from VMware and communications apps from Avaya. Perhaps most interesting about the news, though, is a company that was not involved: Cisco.

By Brandon Butler | 09 April, 2013 17:06

Tags: unified communications, Configuration / maintenance, Networking, hardware systems, Avaya UC, Data Center, cloud computing, internet, VMware virtualization, virtualization, Cisco UC, Google, Cloud, Avaya Aura, Avaya, VMware, emc
Avaya willing to share customers with Cisco, Microsoft in three-way networking battle

Avaya unified communications products can get along with Microsoft's Lync Server, and many customers will probably choose to deploy both rather than just one, says Avaya's CEO.

By Tim Greene | 28 March, 2013 17:09

Tags: unified communications, LANs & Routers, Firefox, Microsoft, Networking, Avaya
Avaya CEO talks competition, debt, innovation

Avaya is pushing a new range of unified communications products, but is finding that managed services are becoming more popular among its customers who would rather turn over complex UC transitions to someone else for a predictable monthly fee, says the company's CEO Kevin Kennedy.

By Tim Greene | 28 March, 2013 17:09

Tags: unified communications, LANs & Routers, Microsoft, Networking, Cloud, cloud computing, internet, Avaya

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FAQ: What's going on with Nortel?

With Nokia Siemens bidding on Nortel's wireless business and Avaya rumored to be grabbing up its enterprise gear, it is all but inevitable that the rest of company will be broken up and sold off in pieces, which raises questions. Here are some of them and the answers.

By Tim Greene | 25 June, 2009 07:58

Tags: Nokia Siemens, nortel, Avaya