Verizon

Verizon service steps up analysis of security risks

ITworld staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:20:22 -0500

Verizon Business is boosting the vulnerability-scanning and risk-correlation capabilities in its managed security services lineup.

Verizon to include Microsoft Live Search on phones

ITworld staff — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:34 -0500

Microsoft has struck a five-year deal with Verizon to pre-install its Live Search as the default search engine on all phones sold in the U.S.

Verizon wins $31 million judgment in cybersquatting case

ITworld staff — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:51:55 -0500

Verizon has won $31.15 million in damages in a cybersquatting case against OnlineNIC. Microsoft and Yahoo are also pursuing OnlineNIC for cybersquatting.

Waiting and waiting and waiting for Fios

ITworld staff — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:56:10 -0500

With the U.S. economy in a recession, and low broadband sign-ups during the past two quarters, you'd think broadband providers would be eager for new customers. In my case, it seems like not so much.

Verizon employees fired for accessing Obama's cell record

ITworld staff — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:26:11 -0500

Verizon has quietly fired the employees who couldn't resist the temptation of peeking at the President-elect Obama's cell phone records.

DOJ requires Verizon to sell assets in Alltel acquisition

ITworld staff — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:50:59 -0400

The DOJ requires Verizon to sell off some wireless assets in its acquisition of Alltel.

Verizon exposes the wrong 1,200 e-mail addresses

ITworld staff — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:13:16 -0400

This should be a vendor's first rule when inviting 1,200 IT pros to a seminar about securing data and protecting personal information: Make sure you protect the personal information of the 1,200 professionals you're trying to impress.

Verizon offers free DSL for up to six months

ITworld staff — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:52:58 -0400

Verizon, following a quarter when it lost 133,000 DSL customers, has rolled out an offer of up to six months of free DSL with a yearlong contract.

What a Verizon-Google deal would mean for mobile search

ITworld staff — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:43:24 -0400

With Google reportedly poised to strike a deal to become Verizon's default mobile search engine, many Verizon subscribers may be wondering what's in it for them.

Verizon helps customers get a knack for NAC

ITworld staff — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:56:31 -0400

Verizon Business is offering to help its customers deploy and manage network access control (NAC) technologies that grant users access to networks based not on their IP addresses, but on a combination of their identities, end points and behaviors.