At a preview event here to help launch its upcoming Pentium III processor, Intel was joined by a legion of software, hardware and content providers that have optimised products to take advantage of enhanced multimedia capabilities in the new chip.
Cisco Systems has partnered with a handful of application vendors and consulting firms to create a program designed to make it easier for businesses to set up an electronic commerce system on the Internet.
Under heavy pricing pressure from rival Intel, microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) issued a warning that it may incur an operating loss in its first fiscal quarter, which ends in March. The latest consensus estimate from brokers polled by research company First Call was for AMD to post a profit of 13 US cents per share for the quarter. In the first fiscal quarter of 1998 the company reported a loss of 39 cents per share.
Sun Microsystems officially launched its new Jini technology last week, pitching it as an easy-to-use, vital platform for connecting together appliances over home networks and the Internet. Jini is designed to allow a whole range of electronics devices - from handheld computers and cellular phones to VCRs and dishwashers - to "talk" to each other in a network and share information and resources regardless of their underlying operating system or hardware, Sun officials said.
Intel will gather hundreds of industry partners and pull out all the stops at an event scheduled for February 17 in San Jose, where the chip giant will show off the multimedia prowess of its forthcoming Pentium III processor to media and analysts. "This will probably be the largest thing we've ever put on, the largest thing we'll do all year," an Intel spokeswoman said. "It's going to be an amazing show."
Intel will this month roll out a program for value-added resellers (VARs) which should allow them to provide computing support services more promptly and at lower cost for small and medium business customers, Intel officials said yesterday.
As expected, Computer Sciences this week said it has agreed to buy a majority stake in CSA Holdings, a Singapore-based systems integrator.
Enterprise software and tools vendor Inprise this week announced plans to restructure itself into two separate operating divisions, called Inprise and borland.com. The move will involve reducing by 20 per cent its global workforce of about 950 employees, Inprise said
Strong growth in PC shipments combined with software purchases made in preparation for expected year 2000 problems helped push Microsoft's revenue and income to record levels in the second quarter of fiscal year 1999.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD),will introduce the first mobile versions of its K6-2 processor this week, the fastest of which -- for a short while at least-sports an industry -- leading clock speed of 333MHz.
Seasonally strong PC demand in the second half of 1998 helped lift Intel's fourth-quarter revenue to $US7.6 billion, a record for the company and a 17 per cent increase from the $US6.5 billion revenue reported for the same quarter last year, Intel said.
Data networking giant Cisco Systems unveiled a far-reaching strategy here today to extend its business into consumer markets. Part of Cisco's new strategy calls for it to develop products and technologies for building a high speed network within the home that will link a range of electronics devices, the company said.
Microsoft Corp. has asked a U.S. district court to give it more time to comply with a preliminary injunction that gave it 90 days to make changes to its products that use Java technology, a Microsoft spokesman confirmed late today.
Iomega this week released a 250MB version of its Zip drive, increasing the capacity of this popular product by two and a half times. The vendor also rolled out the first in a series of portable, 40MB drives for use with digital cameras, handheld computers and notebooks.
Microsoft has teamed with systems integration firm Cambridge Technology Partners in a global initiative to offer pre-packaged computing solutions based on Microsoft's enterprise software. Under the terms of the strategic alliance, the companies will jointly develop technology and service packages that allow businesses to more easily deploy platforms for electronic commerce, data warehousing investment trading and customer retention. Cambridge will also help customers develop and deploy customised applications using Microsoft COM+ technology and the Microsoft Visual Studio development system, the firms said.
