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Fitch: Verizon Wireless/Alltel Deal May Not Be In The Bag.
September 29, 2008... With the announced acquisition of Alltel Corp. by Verizon Wireless during the second quarter, initial expectations were for the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conclude the regulatory approval process by year-end. However, that decision...

Ixia Plans Holiday Debut Of 100 GE Testing System.
September 29, 2008... Ixia, a global provider of IP performance test systems, will begin shipping what it says is the industry's first 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) Development Accelerator System in mid November. Ixia's 100 GE Development Accelerator System "provides engineers working on next generation...

More Mobile Reporting Tools Available Via Smartphone.
September 29, 2008... Actuate Corporation and Webalo Inc. inked a deal in which Actuate will resell Webalo's "Mobile Dashboard" as part of a mobile solution to deliver e.Spreadsheets and Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) reports directly to BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, or...

Nokia Pushes Enterprise E-Mail Out The Door.
September 29, 2008... Nokia says it's going to drop out of the "behind the firewall" enterprise mobility business - primarily enterprise push e-mail - instead selling its handsets in conjunction with Cisco, IBM and Microsoft offerings. It's also in the "advanced stages" of negotiations to sell its security...

Savvis Enters The SaaS Market.
September 29, 2008... Software hosting and infrastructure specialist Savvis plans to jump into the Software as a Service (SaaS) business, using software from virtualization and automation software provider Parallels to create a SaaS hosting platform and enablement offering. Savvis' new offering is designed...