Global vendor strategies - 23/10/05

Siemens once again has signed a strategic alliance with 3Com. Few years ago, Siemens already made a broad strategic deal with 3Com to bring enterprise solutions to businesses. It is not clear what the new agreement brings. The deal announcement highlights focus on enterprise data networks and security.

Following its purchase of DataPower, IBM will reinforce security, Web performance and integration in its SOA architecture with a hardware solution.

Motorola filed a lawsuit against Mike Zafirovski, who was recently appointed as president and CEO of Nortel.

Pirelli Cables & Systems becomes Prysmia.

Cisco invests $50m for new campus in Bangalore (India).

Alcatel announced it will set up APAC tech center in Shanghai.