Profile of David Ewalt

News & Commentary Posts: 231

VoIP Faces Regulatory And Tax Questions

7/9/2004
Proposed legislation and an IRS inquiry could affect the future of the voice service
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Markets All But Unchanged At The Close

7/7/2004
Tech issues were mixed. HP and Intel rose about 1% while IBM and CA fell.
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Cisco Reels In Actona Technologies

6/29/2004
It will use Actona's file-services software to augment its own branch-office networking and storage products.
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Juniper Adds Security Standard To VPN Gear

6/29/2004
Implementing SAML lets users employ a single sign-on to access business networks.
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New Services Stir Up Telecom Market

6/25/2004
Voice services from cable TV providers challenge telephone companies' dominance
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There's Life In Those Indexes

6/23/2004
News about infrastructure investments by SBC Communications led tech shares, and the markets broadly, on to a rally.
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How To Really Surf The Net

6/18/2004
Intel-backed surfboard has built-in Wi-Fi and a tablet PC.
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Router Choices Grow

6/18/2004
Juniper Networks rolls out its first networking devices designed for businesses
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Cisco Snags Procket

6/17/2004
It's paying about $89 million for some key assets of the router maker, including its intellectual property and most of its engineering team.
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Good News Doesn't Sway Investors

6/16/2004
The markets were essentially unchanged despite some good economic news.
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Juniper Challenges Cisco With New Enterprise Routers

6/15/2004
Networking vendor rolls out its first series of products aimed at business customers.
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Markets Drop On Likelihood That Interest Rates Will Rise Soon And Fast

6/9/2004
Shares of technology companies were among the hardest hit in the selloff. Intel, PalmSource, and Dell all fell more than 1%.
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Techs And Small Caps Advance In A Nervous Market

5/26/2004
Fears of a possible terrorist attack and worries about the economy kept investors anxious.
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Stocks Go Up As Oil Prices Head Lower

5/25/2004
A decline in crude-oil prices and some optimistic news about the economy sent the markets higher.
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Cingular, AT&T Wireless A Go

5/24/2004

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HP Earnings Help Pull InformationWeek 100 Index Up

5/19/2004
It eked out a .7% rise, which is small, but the Nasdaq closed up only .02%.
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Analyst Watch: Broadband Boom

5/17/2004

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Microsoft Dumps Wi-Fi Gear

5/17/2004

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Cisco's Strong Performance Seen As Sector Bellwether

5/14/2004

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Cisco's Revenue And Profits Grow

5/11/2004
Sales and net income for the quarter ended May 1 both rose more than 20%, and the company plans to add 1,000 new hires.
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Microsoft Exits Wi-Fi Hardware Business

5/11/2004
Software vendor plans to discontinue branded wireless hardware but will provide support for two years.
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MCI And Microsoft Partner On Conferencing

5/11/2004
Vendors launch conferencing services that use MCI's network and Microsoft's Live Meeting technology.
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Management: The New Wireless Challenge

5/7/2004
Vendors roll out tools to help businesses manage growing networks
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Cisco Aims To Improve Wireless Networks

5/6/2004
A batch of hardware and software offerings are designed to make it easier for users to manage their wireless networks.
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Conflicting World Events Give No Single Direction For Indexes

5/5/2004
At the closing bell, the Nasdaq index had risen 0.4%, or 6.78 points, to 1,957.26.
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The InformationWeek 100 Falls 2.5%

4/28/2004
Blame it on numerous domestic and geopolitical woes.
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Dell And SAP Expand Partnership

4/28/2004
They're teaming to encourage business customers to move toward Linux or Windows clusters and away from Unix deployments.
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Employee Buyouts Hit Verizon's Bottom Line

4/27/2004
First-quarter profits were down 50% from a year ago, despite revenue growth, due to the costs of buying out 21,000 workers.
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Wednesday's Tech Stocks: Good News Sends Markets Higher

4/21/2004
Positive earnings reports buoyed investors' spirits and helped send all the major indexes higher.
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Wireless Still A Niche In U.S.

4/20/2004

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Wi-Fi For Small Businesses

4/20/2004

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Wireless Waste

4/16/2004
Yankee Group report blames lack of central oversight of service contracts
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Tech Stocks: Small Drops Compared To Yesterday

4/14/2004
The Nasdaq index drifted 0.3% lower, and our InformationWeek 100 fell 0.2%.
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Former CA Execs Plead Guilty

4/12/2004

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Tech Stocks: Selling After The First Earnings Warning

4/7/2004
The Nasdaq index fell 0.5%, to 2,050.24, and our InformationWeek 100 fell 0.3%, to 336.78.
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AT&T Expands VoIP Offering

4/5/2004

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Tech Stocks: Losing Day Ends Losing Quarter

3/31/2004
Stocks fell Wednesday as the major indexes all ended the first quarter with losses.
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TECH STOCKS: More Big Gains

3/17/2004
The tech sector was strong, thanks in part to analyst upgrades of Yahoo, which rose 5.4%.
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Trapeze Upgrades Mobility System

3/16/2004
New software includes 3-D modeling to provide a better view of a wireless LAN.
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AT&T Offers XML-Based Integration Service

3/12/2004
WebService Connect will let companies share data without integration challenges
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TECH STOCKS: Year's Early Gains Gone

3/10/2004
A new Commerce Department report showing a larger-than-expected trade deficit didn't help at all.
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Ebbers Indicted

3/8/2004

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FCC Must Decide Competition

3/8/2004

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The Net Via Power Lines

3/5/2004
Utility to let customers access the Internet through standard electrical outlets
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TECH STOCKS: Little Movement

3/3/2004
Despite a small lift from a new Fed report, the markets ended the day almost unchanged ahead of Friday's report on jobs.
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TECH STOCKS: Traders See Some Bargains

2/25/2004
At the bell, our InformationWeek 100 index was up a full percent.
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Cingular Snags AT&T Wireless

2/23/2004

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Cingular Wins AT&T Wireless

2/17/2004
The joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth makes winning bid of $41 billion.
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Juniper To Buy NetScreen

2/17/2004

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FCC Studies Voice Over IP

2/17/2004

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Windows Source Code Leaked

2/17/2004

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Windows Source Code Leaked On The Internet

2/13/2004
Microsoft is working with law-enforcement authorities to find out who released portions of the source code for its Windows 2000 and Windows NT operating systems.
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FCC Says Some VoIP Services Won't Be Regulated

2/12/2004
Computer-to-computer phones calls are different from phone company services and don't require the same form of regulations, the commission says.
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TECH STOCKS: Cisco Forecast Sends Markets Lower

2/4/2004
Cisco's disappointing outlook for tech spending put investors in a selling mode, with technology issues taking the most punishment.
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Cisco Sees Growth In Sales

2/4/2004
Net profits were down due to special charges, but CEO John Chambers is optimistic because the economy is improving.
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TECH STOCKS: Fed's Phrasing Sends Markets Tumbling

1/28/2004
The Federal Reserve's indication that it might raise interest rates in the not-too-distant future sent the markets into a slide.
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Avaya Reports A Profit, Thanks To Renewed IT Spending

1/27/2004
Companies are spending more on telecom equipment, including voice-over-IP hardware, execs say.
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AT&T Wireless Accepts Bids

1/26/2004

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Dial 'A' For Acquisitions

1/23/2004
Cingular is first to bid for AT&T Wireless
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TECH STOCKS: Semiconductor Issues Slow Market

1/21/2004
Blue chips finished at levels they haven't seen in nearly two years, but chip stocks dragged down tech-heavy indexes.
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AT&T Wireless Is Up For Sale

1/21/2004
Several mobile phone companies are expected to bid for the No. 3 cellular company as the long-awaited industry consolidation begins.
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Motorola Joins The China Club

1/13/2004
Telecom hardware vendor scores bit, signing deals worth more than $1 billion with Chinese companies.
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Cost-Cutting At Earthlink

1/12/2004

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Verizon Expands Network

1/12/2004

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Verizon Wireless To Expand Broadband Network

1/8/2004
Cellular carrier plans to spend $1 billion over the next two years to extend its high-speed network.
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TECH STOCKS: 30-Month High For The Nasdaq

1/7/2004
The Nasdaq index hit a 30-month high Wednesday, in part thanks to news of some big deals.
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EarthLInk Cuts Jobs, Closes Centers

1/7/2004
The nation's third-largest ISP says it needs to outsource more to better compete with AOL and MSN.
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TECH STOCKS: Nasdaq Passes 2,000 As Techs Lead Rally

12/29/2003
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index closed over the 2,000 mark for the first time in 23 months.
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Wi-Fi Hot-Spots Keep Growing

12/22/2003

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Telecom Spending Detailed

12/22/2003

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Zander Goes To Motorola

12/22/2003

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TECH STOCKS: Investors Pull Back

12/17/2003
Tech stocks took some hits as the markets cooled following Tuesday's gains.
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Hot Time For Christmas?

12/17/2003
An errant advisory on the National Weather Service's Web site Wednesday briefly reported that Earth had broken out of its orbit and is careening toward a fiery end.
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TECH STOCKS: An Upward Pull From Blue Chips

12/16/2003
Our indexes posted modest gains Tuesday, thanks in large part to strength from blue-chip stocks.
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Cisco Upgrades Old Routers

12/15/2003

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Boost For Voice Over Internet

12/15/2003

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TECH STOCKS: Nasdaq Flirts With 2,000

12/3/2003
The Nasdaq crossed 2,000 but then traders panicked, and it wasn't the I've-got-to-buy kind of panic.
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AT&T Slaps Suit on EBay, PayPal

11/24/2003

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AT&T Aims At EBay, PayPal

11/20/2003
Alleges online-payments systems violate its patents.
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Software Slump Hurts Novell

11/20/2003
The company reported a 4Q net loss of $109 million as software revenue fell 25% from the year-ago quarter.
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TECH STOCKS: Markets Bounce Back

11/19/2003
A stronger-than-expected report on housing helped the markets end a four-day slide.
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Wireless Protocols Multiply

11/17/2003

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Sprint Debuts Push-To-Talk Service

11/17/2003
It's the third U.S. wireless operator to offer walkie-talkie service.
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Cisco Will Add SSL VPN Support

11/17/2003

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Have Number, Will Travel

11/17/2003

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Adding Conferencing To IP Phones Ups Value

11/14/2003
Cisco will add Latitude's MeetingPlace Web and voice-conferencing products
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TECH STOCKS: Another Upswing

11/12/2003
Our indexes rallied Wednesday, putting an end to days of light trading as investors sank big bucks into technology issues.
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Cisco Sees Buyout As Way To Make Richer IP Phones

11/12/2003
The company plans to rebrand Latitude products, but also to use the technology to improve its IP phones and video-conferencing equipment.
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Don't Talk, Just Listen

11/10/2003

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FCC Threatens To Fine AT&T

11/10/2003

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MCI Set To Re-Emerge

11/10/2003

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Cisco's Ray Of Hope

11/7/2003

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Cisco Says 1Q Showing Indicates Signs Of Recovery

11/6/2003
The networking vendor's profit nearly doubled from a year earlier, while sales climbed more than 5%.
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TECH STOCKS: Closing A Little Lower

11/4/2003
Our indexes slid Tuesday, as traders took a breath after Monday's strong gains.
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AT&T Faces 'Do Not Call' Fine

11/4/2003
FCC threatens to fine the company $780,000 for telemarketing to consumers who asked not to be called again.
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Tech Stocks: GDP Jumps, But Stocks Lay Down

10/30/2003
Our indexes closed little changed Thursday despite some great economic news.
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TECH STOCKS: Markets Coast To More Gains

10/29/2003
Key indexes rose slightly as the markets glided along after Tuesday's rally.
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The Squeeze Is On

10/27/2003

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Price-Hike Surprise

10/24/2003
It's been a buyers' market for years, but now some software vendors want to charge more. One CIO warns that the attempts could backfire
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TECH STOCKS: Taking It On The Chin

10/22/2003
Major indexes fell thanks to a mix of profit-taking and disappointing news from companies reporting quarterly earnings.
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