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Telecom lawyers debate advantage in Verizon/Vonage case, 04/25/07: Telecom attorneys are mixed as to who has the upper hand in the patent infringement case between Verizon and Vonage. Earlier this week, both parties were encouraged after a federal appeals court granted Vonage a full stay of an injunction that allowed the defendant to continue to sign up new customers through the appeal. That same court also established a relatively speedy schedule for the appeal process which plaintiff Verizon interpreted as a boon to its case.
AT&T expands its local VPLS reach, 04/26/07: AT&T announced Wednesday an expansion of its virtual private LAN service.
BlackBerry from Verizon works worldwide, 04/25/07: Verizon Wireless is hoping to appeal to the international business traveler – a customer segment that it may have struggled to attract previously – with a new BlackBerry designed to work around the world.
CSC to buy outsourcer Covansys for $1.3 billion, 04/26/07: Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) will spend $1.3 billion in cash to acquire outsourcing company Covansys and double its staff in India, the company said Wednesday.
Editor’s Note: Is your IT organizational structure holding your company back?News Editor Bob Brown
We’re assembling a package of stories to be published in Network World looking at the IT organizational structure of the future and we need your help:
* If your company has recently reorganized in light of new business and technology challenges and opportunities, can you send along “before” and “after” org charts? (Feel free to strip out the names, we’re really just looking for titles. But give us a sense of the size of your IT organization/business.) Can you tell us how the reorganization has worked out?
* If your company is in need of an IT org makeover, what areas are currently most dysfunctional?
* Any advice on what your peers can do to improve their IT organizations right now?
We’re looking to tap into our readership through a technique some call “crowdsourcing.” Knowing we don’t have all the answers, but that our audience probably has a lot of them, we’re hoping to help you help each other.
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