eWEEK EDITORS

EMC Corp. today announced more growth, earning $1.48 billion in revenue and $82 million in profit in the second quarter of 2003. On the heels of its biggest-ever acquisition—it paid $1.3 billion for software company Legato Systems Inc.—EMC beat both its prior quarter, when had $1.38 billion in revenue and $35 million in income, and […]

Perhaps indicative of the competitive nature of the wireless market, GlobeSpanVirata agreed late Tuesday to buy Intersils wireless operations for $365 million in cash and stock. The deal places a sizeable premium on Intersils wireless business, which Intersil believes will generate $55 million for the second quarter of 2003, or about $270 million for the […]

Enterprise Storage IBM to Offer Ciscos iSCSI-savvy IP Storage Switch IBM this week said it will begin reselling Cisco Systems Inc.s MDS 9000 IP storage modules, which allow users to plug remote storage devices into storage-area networks (SAN) via the iSCSI protocol and tunnel between SANs using the FCIP (Fibre Channel over IP) protocol. Cisco […]

To testers whove been awaiting Microsofts first beta release of its next version of its SQL Server database: The wait is over. Microsoft on Tuesday released the first “private beta” of “Yukon” to 500 customers and partners. Microsoft will release the beta to another 1,500 testers by the end of the month. The company is […]

Know which technology firms are reporting earnings this week with our Earnings Season Calendar. Markets open at 9:30 a.m. Eastern.Markets close at 4:00 p.m. Eastern. Tuesday, July 15, 2003:Intel Corp. reports at market close.Motorola Inc. reports at market close. Wednesday, July 16, 2003:EMC Corporation reports prior to market open.Network Associates Inc. reports prior to market […]

Will this weeks Macworld CreativePro Conference and Expo herald an update to Apples success with the iPod and the Apple Music Store? Along with iTunes, they compose the tune triumvirate that should represent an important new revenue source for the company. The combo also constitutes what for the moment is likely the worlds largest digital […]

On this anniversary of bastille day, its not too much of a stretch to note that were at the threshold of revolutionary liberation in computing platforms. The choices that are presented by 64-bit processor competition, open-source operating systems and cross-platform application technologies bring with them a degree of freedom thats in the spirit of the […]

Microsoft to Dump Stock Options Microsoft will end its long-standing practice of compensating employees with stock options, starting this September, officials announced last week. A new Stock Award program will let staff earn actual shares of Microsoft stock, rather than being awarded options that give them the right to purchase stock at a set price, […]

EMC Corp.s $1.3 billion acquisition of backup software maker Legato Systems Inc. could prove to be positive for the pairs thousands of mutual users. For the deal to succeed, EMC will have to redouble its efforts to prove itself an objective, independent software provider, customers say. The deal, which is expected to close by next […]

Network Appliance Inc. announced Monday a new switch option for its Fibre Channel customers, spanning several operating systems. The specialist in network-attached storage devices launched versions for SANs (storage area networks) last fall, using Brocade Communications Systems Inc. switches. Now, as planned in late 2002, theyre also interoperable with McData Corp. units, said Steve Hogan, […]

Enterprise A little more than three months after announcing its intention to purchase IntruVert Networks Inc., Network Associates Inc. announced its first release of IntruVert technology, a new hardware appliance that provides intrusion detection and prevention to mid-size networks and corporate branch offices. The IntruShield 1200 is a 1U rack-mount hardware appliance that is both […]

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