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Stephen Lawson

Stephen Lawson

IDG News Service

Lawson is a reporter for the IDG News Service.

Recent articles by Stephen Lawson

Cisco boosted profit, sales in Q2 while cutting costs

February 08, 2012

Cisco Systems posted year-over-year gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, reporting net sales up 10.8 percent to US$11.5 billion, and said it met a key cost-cutting goal one quarter early.

Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards

February 08, 2012

A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition.

Canada ruling pushes Dish's LTE plan forward

February 07, 2012

The Canadian government has approved the transfer of satellite spectrum to Dish Network, putting the company just one major ruling away from building a land-based 4G mobile data network on the frequencies.

LightSquared asks FCC to regulate GPS receivers

February 07, 2012

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EMC to flesh out VFCache with VMware integration, other additions

February 06, 2012

EMC has big plans this year for the VFCache flash storage it introduced on Monday, with the coming enhancements including SSDs, 1TB cards, integration with VMware and less expensive MLC flash media.

EMC ramps up flash game with VFCache, 'Thunder' appliance

February 05, 2012

EMC is now shipping its long-awaited entry in the server-based flash storage market while laying the groundwork for a future appliance based on the same technology.

Tiff over LightSquared reveals odd partnership

February 02, 2012

LightSquared founder Philip Falcone's response to ethics allegations by a U.S. senator sheds some light on a strange chapter in the carrier's ongoing bid to build a controversial cellular data network.

Dual-mode 3G M2M asset tracking can span regions

February 02, 2012

Enterprises can track assets all over the world using one M2M (machine-to-machine) device with both CDMA and GSM radios, announced on Thursday by Sprint and partner OnAsset Intelligence.

Riverbed's Granite speeds up WAN storage to drive consolidation

February 01, 2012

Riverbed Technology plans to make enterprise data centers look like local storage at branch offices with Granite, a new accelerator technology the company is announcing on Wednesday.

Cisco aims Wi-Fi access point at iPad profusion

January 31, 2012

Cisco Systems developed its latest enterprise access point with corporate bring-your-own-device policies in mind, aiming to give tablets and smartphones as well as traditional workplace devices strong and consistent performance.