Stories by Eileen Yu

Auction bidding goes mobile with WAP

Allegro Auctions is hoping to take an early stab at the current WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) hype, offering WAP phone users here the option to sell and bid for goods offered on its Website.

Asian ASP Offers Quick Implementations

Etako.com recently made its way to Singapore and Malaysia, identifying itself as an Asian ASP (application service provider) that can help companies quickly ready their systems for e-commerce, and "get on with business".

Networking Startup Looks to Make Good with QoS

Sitara Networks Inc., a young provider of network equipment, is looking to hitch a ride on the wave quality of service (QoS) has created in the networking arena, claiming to provide a comprehensive suite of features that no other vendor has yet offered.

Channel Market Not Dead, Says CA

Computer Associates International Inc.(CA) continues to stand firmly behind its channel strategy amidst a growing arena of businesses that are starting to favor direct sales in a bid to acquire the success of Amazon.com and Dell Computer, which pioneered the practice.

HP Unveils New Low-end Servers

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has introduced a new family of entry-level Unix servers that showcase a set of new technologies and applications, which the company said greatly complement its e-services strategy.

Equant wants IBM as a partner

The effects of last month's deal between Cisco Systems and IBM has already begun to trickle down, whereby Equant Network Services is anxious that the new alliance may present worrying repercussions to its own partnership with Cisco.

Cisco, KPMG venture stirs up bad vibes

Telecom Infrastructure in AP Must Be Upgraded

Telecommunication carriers must upgrade their network infrastructures to better handle the increasing amount of data transmitting over their telephone lines.

Cabletron CEO: we need better marketing

Piyush Patel, Cabletron Systems' president and chief executive officer, frankly admits that the com-pany needs a more aggressive marketing strategy, and explains why the recently much talked about networking vendor still has a major place in the industry.

Cisco, KPMG venture stirs scepticism

Cisco Systems' recent large investment in KPMG, has met with scepticism from industry players. They claim the alliance means bad tidings for existing customers and partners of both companies, delivering technologically biased services and edging out smaller partners.

Wanted: Intelligent Switches for Network

Six months into a year where there is still a strong focus on the convergence of data, voice and video, networking vendors currently utter an unwavering observation -- the growing demand for policy-based network infrastructures.
In order to drive the convergence message, there is a need to have the ability to prioritize packets running across the network, according to Terry Wong, South Asia marketing manager, 3Com Corp.

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