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From: Steve BallmerSent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:47 PMTo: Microsoft and Subsidiaries: All FTESubject: Realizing Potential The executive staff recently spent several days at a retreat where we had some breakthrough discussions about the companys mission and what we value. We developed a strong consensus about our mission going forward and the values that are […]

NEW YORK — Enterprise storage leader EMC Corp. will enter the storage-over-IP market, more actively pursue a channel strategy for sales to midrange and low-end customers, and “virtually merge” its supply chain with partner Dell Computer Corp.s, Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci said here Thursday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and Hitachi Ltd., EMCs sole […]

The two top storage switching vendors are planning to take slightly different paths into the future. Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and McData Corp., along with other switch makers, have three choices before them: to focus on the current Fibre Channel market, on the storage management software battle, or on next-generation technologies like IP storage. Brocades […]

Warning of weaker than expected demand in Europe, Intel Corp. on Thursday lowered its revenue projections for the quarter, rekindling concerns that the high-tech industry has yet to recover its footing after a more than year-long slump. The worlds largest chipmaker said it now expects its second quarter sales to range from $6.2 billion to […]

The long-awaited Mozilla open-source browser is finally available for download, and AOL Time Warner Inc.s Netscape 7 is in beta. So, where is the next release of Internet Explorer? Microsofts not talking beyond IE 6, which it shipped last fall. Nonetheless, there is some browser movement back at the companys Redmond, Wash., headquarters. According to […]

“Mozilla 1.0: Stick a fork in it, its done.” So reads the home page (www.mozilla.org) for the group thats been building and testing the open-source browser and related component technologies for the past four years. On Wednesday, the Mozilla team released the long-awaited version 1.0 for download. Mozilla includes a Web browser, graphics engine (Gecko), […]

IBM has agreed to sell its more than 45-year-old hard drive business to Tokyo-based electronics giant Hitachi Ltd. for $2.05 billion, the two companies announced Tuesday. The sale comes as IBM struggles amid slumping demand for IT equipment, with the company warning Tuesday that it will take a charge of up to $2.5 billion this […]

BOSTON—Securities analysts got an up-close look at how Hewlett-Packard Co.s integration of Compaq Computer Corp. is going Tuesday. More dollars will be spent on research and development, inventory times will decrease for consumer and imaging products, HP and Compaq-branded computers may be targeted at different markets, and middleware software will be eliminated, HP executives said […]

Its time for action on universal broadband deployment. Always-on, high-speed connectivity transforms the Net experience, providing chances for learning, communication and economic development that all citizens should have. We support federal regulatory and incentive programs to make broadband Net access available and affordable to all. Thats why we welcome the Broadband Telecom Act of 2002 […]

Senator Backs National Strategy Calling the availability of broadband a key to economic recovery, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., last week said he will introduce legislation this week that would force the Bush administration to develop a national broadband strategy. Liebermans focus isnt on the debate on Capitol Hill about how to spread available broadband […]

Intel Corp. says its upcoming 1ghz Itanium 2 chip will outperform Sun Microsystems Inc.s yet-to-be-released 1GHz UltraSPARC III, based on Intels own estimates, and will deliver twice the performance of the chips predecessor. At the Intel Developers Forum in Munich, Germany, last week, the chip maker offered the most details released to date on its […]

Intel Corp.s decision to abandon its 2-year-old plan to produce Infiniband hardware will have a far-reaching effect on other companies efforts to bring the emerging high-speed I/O technology into the mainstream. Although major manufacturers such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have no plans to scrap their respective Infiniband-enabled rollouts set for this […]