Monthly Archives: May 2005
Bob Young Comes to Apple's Rescue
Give Red Hat founder Bob Young credit for never letting a good marketing opportunity pass him by. In the wake of Tiger Direct filing a lawsuit against Apple for trademark infringement related to the release of the new OS named … Continue reading
Nortel's Q4 Results
Nortel Networks finally came out with its fourth-quarter results this morning. At first blush, they look mixed. Sales were US$2.62-billion – compared with analysts' estimates of US$2.8-billion and the company's internal goal of US$2.8-billion to US$2.9-billion (based on a regulatory … Continue reading
Another VC Round for Vonage?
Om Malik is hearing a new round of speculation that Vonage is looking raise another US$100 million in private equity. This would increase Vonage's financing tally to more than US$300-million. Using 8×8's 40,000 subscribers and $56.2 million market cap as … Continue reading
A Huawei-Marconi Marriage?
After being dismissed as simply a low-cost player, Huawei Technologies seems to be gaining serious street cred. Huawei received a huge boost when BT Group selected it as one of eight preferred vendors for a US$19-billion next-generation contract. Now, there … Continue reading
