Global vendor strategies - 1/10/05

French Government would rather sell part of its 31% stake in defense electronics group Thales to Alcatel than to European Aeronautics Defense & Space (EADS).

Ericsson could be interested in Marconi, while Huawei could offer $1.2bn to takeover Marconi.

IBM introduced new components in its WebSphere Series and enhances its service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Intel will equip new RIM's Blackberry development.

ZTE will open an office in The Hague of Netherlands.

Huawei is said to sell its stake in Sunday (HK) to PCCW.

Nortel announced a new organization based on two units: Enterprise Solutions and Packet Networks and Mobility and Converged Core Networks.

Cisco is acquiring network memory system developer Nemo Systems startup for $12.5m in cash.

Siemens is overtaking Garderos Software Innovations GmbH, an operational support systems startup, strengthening its wireless broadband portfolio.