Attempting to dispel long-standing concerns that Compaq is not fully committed to its 64-bit Alpha microprocessor technology, Alpha, the company today announced investments of $US500 million in the chip architecture.
Alcatel SA, the French telecommunications and network equipment maker, yesterday reported increases in third quarter income and revenue in line with expectations.
It's not only outsourcing that integrators need to get their heads around. According to GartnerGroup, you will also have to concentrate on sourcing. Participants at the GartnerGroup European Symposium/ ITxpo 99 last week heard much about electronic commerce, wireless technology and `sourcing' - a new buzzword Gartner uses to describe the various ways that corporations can staff IT projects.
Packard Bell NEC is closing its manufacturing plant in Sacramento, California, as part of a larger reorganisation that will result in layoffs of some 80 per cent of the company's US staff, and the withdrawal of the Packard Bell brand from the US consumer PC market.
Twenty-one per cent of homes in the US will be networked with wireless and wired technology by the year 2005 in what may spell the end of fixed networks. Multiple home PCs and mobile phones will drive the trend, according to a study released last week by Strategy Analytics, a UK-based telecom and new media analysis firm.
Cisco Systems has signed a definitive agreement to buy TransMedia Communications, a privately-held company that makes IP (Internet protocol) gateways for third-generation networks.
Philips Electronics NV is closing its business electronics division in a move that reflects both a shift in the market for the Dutch company's electronics equipment and the desire to trim costs.
Microsoft and 3Com will work together to produce co-branded home networking products that will allow consumers to connect their home PCs to share Internet access, peripherals and applications.
Apple Computer is reportedly going to cut 500 jobs at its Cork, Ireland facility, moving production of the iMac computer to other locations such as Wales.
Lucent Technologies and Ascend Communications have signed a definitive agreement to merge, the companies announced on Wednesday.
The explosion of multiple-PC households, including home-offices, means that home networking products will be among the hottest technology areas in 1999, according to a new study by IDC.
Networking and telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies is reportedly nearing a merger with its smaller rival, Alameda, California-based Ascend Communications, which is likely to be worth $US16 billion [B].
