The telephone is arguably one of the oldest office productivity tools and one of the most valuable. As the communications needs of businesses evolve, one would argue that the telephone must do the same. With the increased focus on telephony integration for businesses of all sizes, M5 Networks, a market leader in managed, hosted business…
Microsoft Corp (MSFT) will announce the acquisition of Skype, the online telephony and video communications giant, on Tuesday morning. This will be Microsoft’s most aggressive acquisition in the digital space, an $8.5 billion deal, counting in the Luxembourg-based company’s debt. Buying Skype — a service that connects millions of users around the world via Internet-based…
The Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is planning to enter the Cloud Computing market. The company announced their formal “business strategy” for Cloud Computing for North America earlier this year. This should have been a non-news since Huawei has been doing bits and pieces with Cloud Computing for some time now. What’s different though is…
Telecommunications providers and cable companies have entered the burgeoning enterprise cloud computing market in the battle for enterprise customers. They could play a lucrative role by combining their natural advantages as network operators with technological innovation. CenturyLink, the nation’s third-largest telecommunications company, announced that it will acquire Savvis, a data center services business with big…