IBM, Cisco, Microsoft sew together wireless with wireline strengths.

Publication: RCR Wireless News

Publication Date: 28-MAY-01

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As wireless technologies wax stronger in the market, established wireline corporations such as IBM Corp., Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp. are learning to leverage both divisions as a fruitful business model.

The corporations have been churning Out a series of products and solutions ranking them as potential wireless warriors.

"The main challenge for these companies is understanding the legacy environment," remarked Jane Zweig, chief executive officer of The Shosteck Group, noting that such vendors as Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks and L.M. Ericsson have come to terms with such issues.

"Shedding the legacy heritage and knowing that it is different from wireline is what they need to address. For Cisco, IP evolution takes a long time and interoperability is not easy."

Cisco is rolling out a suite of wireless applications for business, entertainment and personal management as...

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