Monthly Archives: November 2002
Brocade Income Dips, CTO Resigns
Amid executive resignations, layoffs and negative fiscal projections, storage switch maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. announced on Thursday income of $15.7 million for the...
Corporate Elephant Trainer Lou Gerstner Takes Center Stage
Taking one last curtain call as his tenure comes to an end, outgoing IBM boss Louis Gerstner is going public with many recollections, observations...
McNealy: Complexity Under Attack
LAS VEGAS—Appearing before a Comdex keynote audience that had heard from Microsoft Corp.s Bill Gatesthe night before, Sun Microsystems Inc. Chairman and CEO Scott...
Alcatel LAN Switches Open to Attack
A back door in the operating system that runs on some of Alcatel Internetworking Inc.s LAN switches enables an attacker to gain complete control...
Halla Predicts a Semi Boom
Offering a new law of technical progress to his Comdex keynote audience this week, National Semiconductor Corp. President and CEO Brian Halla asserted that...
BMC Closes Remedy Deal for $355 Million
BMC Software Inc. on Thursday announced that it has closed its $355 million acquisition of Peregrine Systems Inc.s Remedy business unit.Houston-based BMC will allow...
OASIS at Work on Standard for Office Apps
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, or OASIS, has established a working group to create a standard data format for office...
FreeMarkets New Fix for an Old Problem
Sourcing software and services provider FreeMarkets Inc. is looking to tackle an old problem with a new solution. The company announced today its FreeMarkets...
HP Revenue Grows to $18 Billion for 4Q
Hewlett-Packard Co., still undergoing the massive task of absorbing Compaq Computer Corp., on Wednesday reported revenue of $18 billion and net income of $390...
Cisco Continues to Beef Up Security
Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday continued to deliver on its strategy to integrate security functions across its product line with 12 new offerings that...