Alcatel-Lucent released some detail on their much anticipated re-structuring initiative earlier today.  They said some of the right things—reinforcing focus on areas of product leadership [IP/IMS, optics, broadband access, EVDO], “streamlining” mature product portfolios [such as C...

Jim Burton of UCStrategies.com, the leading consulting firm for Unified Communications, is having an impressive gathering of industry execs the here on the first night of VoiceCon San Francisco 2008. Fellow bloggers Alex Lewis, Blair Pleasant, and I are covering the wine tasting event as part of our...

Here’s the latest (updated) action. MySpace exodus begins? — Silicon Valley companies have long been vulnerable to start-up fever: Employees leaving to join faster-growing start-ups, lured by potentially lucrative stock options. Now Carol Werner, VP of sales at MySpace, in charge of West...

The environment is making me sick. It’s all the hype and hypocrisy surrounding green ICT. Just try finding a vendor today that isn’t jumping on the green bandwagon. Environmental awareness is laudable, but let’s be brutally honest: The driving goal in this industry is generating fi...