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Amazon.com Inc.'s second-quarter loss widened as it spent heavily to compete with rivals, while UAL Corp. and Trans World Airlines Inc. reported higher profits due to cost control and strong U.S. results. In contrast, US Airways Group Inc.'s earnings dropped due to the expiration
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Sue Ashton-Davies, President of Global Service Providers at Lucent Technologies, is at the forefront of an industry revolution. As one of the most powerful women in IT, she shares her insights on capturing market share in a field where telecommunications and networking technologies are rapidly converging. Lucent, having been around
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As the Florida tech industry continues to grow and expand, key leaders have made significant moves, signaling the state's position as a major player in the national market. Steve Raymund, chairman and chief executive officer of Tech Data Corp., has been appointed chairman of the management board of
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Quantum Effect Design (QED) Inc. has announced that Lucent Technologies is using QED's RM7000 MIPS microprocessor in its PathStar Access Server, a cutting-edge product designed for network operators to offer low-cost, reliable local and long distance voice and data services over IP networks. The PathStar Access Server acts
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Software makers have identified a serious vulnerability in the security standards used by most online commerce sites, but assures consumers that the issue has been resolved. The discovery was made by a team at Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs, with RSA Data Security Inc. providing the fix. The flaw, if
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The partnership between Price Waterhouse and 3Com has marked a significant milestone in the entertainment and media industry by exploring the use of digital technology to better manage entertainment and media content. The collaboration aims to develop and demonstrate digital asset management solutions at the 3Com Multimedia Lab, which will
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Investors anticipating increased demand for telecommunications equipment saw U.S. stocks rally Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average rising 95.41 to 8,923.87. The acquisition by AT&T Corp. of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) sparked expectations of a more competitive industry, driving shares of equipment makers such
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Lucent Technologies Inc. is expanding its presence in Japan by opening a second Bell Laboratories research and development facility in Makuhari, near Tokyo. This new lab will focus on developing new fiber-optic networking technology, with 30 to 60 new workers to be hired. Meanwhile, in a separate development, Serta Inc.
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May & Speh Inc., a leading provider of information technology services, has secured a five-year pact with Monarch Life Insurance to sell mainframe management services. The deal, valued at multimillion dollars, marks a significant expansion of May & Speh's presence in the insurance industry. Meanwhile, Davox Corp. and
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Cisco Systems Inc. has long held a near-monopoly in the data networking market, with a 70 percent market share in routers and related products and a stock market value of $79.3 billion. However, traditional telecom companies like Lucent Technologies and Northern Telecom of Canada are entering the data networking
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Newbridge Networks Corporation and Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. have signed a strategic agreement to integrate Stanford's modem technology into Newbridge's broadband wireless solution, enabling the delivery of data, Internet traffic, voice, video, and multimedia services to business and residential customers. This partnership leverages the strengths of both
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Bell Atlantic has begun construction of a state-of-the-art data packet-switched network, which will provide high-quality, high-speed transport services for the northeastern United States and the world. The new network will support services like virtual private networks, work-at-home, and audio and video streaming over the World Wide Web. The company has
