Stories by Stephen Lawson

Article | 19/06/2013 Dish won't make new bid for Sprint, clearing path for SoftBank
Dish Network won't try to beat SoftBank's US$21.6 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, apparently clearing the way for the Japanese service provider to buy ...
Article | 18/06/2013 GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the Cloud
Internet tools are just starting to be applied to industrial tasks such as maintaining equipment and optimizing operations, but the wealth of data bei...
Article | 18/06/2013 Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire over takeover plan
Sprint Nextel sued Clearwire and Dish Network on Monday in a bid to block Dish from taking over Clearwire, Sprint's majority-owned network partner.
Article | 18/06/2013 Efficiency will hold down storage growth, IDC says
Lean storage techniques will keep a lid on storage investments over the next few years, though the world's enterprises still are on track to buy 138 e...
Article | 17/06/2013 Five ways the Sprint-Clearwire drama might end
The battle of takeovers among Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, Clearwire and SoftBank has heated up as Clearwire's board recommended shareholders accept D...
Article | 13/06/2013 New terms in Sprint contracts look toward WiMax shutdown
An amendment to Sprint Nextel's subscriber terms of service points toward the carrier's expected shutdown of its 4G WiMax service.
Article | 13/06/2013 Clearwire's board backs Dish offer, dealing blow to Sprint
Clearwire's board of directors has unanimously recommended its shareholders reject the takeover bid by Sprint Nextel, which owns roughly half of Clear...
Article | 12/06/2013 On site at a Sprint cell: Gear shrinks while coverage grows
On the roof of a medical building in San Francisco, Sprint Nextel has a cell site that's far above the cramped canyons of the city's streets, but desp...
Article | 11/06/2013 HP adds purpose-built all-flash array to 3Par lineup
Hewlett-Packard will extend its 3Par enterprise storage line into flash-only territory this week, promising to combine higher speed with familiar soft...
Article | 11/06/2013 SoftBank hikes bid for Sprint to $21.6 billion
SoftBank has sweetened its bid for Sprint Nextel, increasing its total offer to about US$21.6 billion and boosting the amount of cash Sprint sharehold...
Article | 8/06/2013 DOJ clears Softbank's acquisition of Sprint Nextel
The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it has no objection to Softbank acquiring Sprint Nextel, a decision that clears the way for the Federal Com...
Article | 7/06/2013 Google, Cisco to pay TiVo in patent settlement
Cisco Systems and Google will give digital-video-recorder pioneer TiVo lump-sum payments totaling US$490 million as part of a deal that will end the c...
Article | 6/06/2013 Report: NSA, FBI collecting content from Google, Facebook, other services
The U.S. National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have access to servers at Google, Facebook and other major Internet services, co...
Article | 5/06/2013 Dell combines faster and cheaper SSDs in one box, with automatic tiering
Many enterprise storage systems include two or more types of hard disk drives, with data automatically moved between those two tiers of storage. The s...
Article | 4/06/2013 Dell takes converged systems to small sites with PowerEdge VRTX
Dell has introduced a converged computing, storage and networking system for small and remote offices, the PowerEdge VRTX, saying it will let customer...

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