Electronic Business articles from November 2001

Electronic Business archives from November 2001

Thanksgiving in Silicon Valley.(Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
November 1, 2001... I can hardly open the Wall Street Journal anymore. It's filled with nothing but bad and worse news. I'm a news junkie, but this isn't the way to rev my engine and start my day. So I've been imposing my own mini news blackout. It's healthy to...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2001... LIFE WITH LINUX On behalf of the membership of the Embedded Linux Consortium, thanks for your balanced story on Linux ["Buyer beware: Embedded Linux has a huge upside, but don't ignore the risks," September 2001, page 78]. I commend EB for...

CORRECTIONS.(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2001... In our September Top CMS list, page 58, we incorrectly specified a company name. The correct name is Plexus Corp. EB regrets the error. In our September story, "Buyer Beware: Embedded Linux has a huge upside, but don't ignore the risks,"...

Technology against terror.
November 1, 2001... I've had a while since the September attacks to collect my thoughts about how technology can deter and mitigate the effects of terrorism. I'm sure I'll have more to say in coming months, and I welcome your thoughts as well. If you're interested...

Promises not to compete sometimes unenforceable.
November 1, 2001... A promise is supposed to be a promise. But when it's a promise not to compete after the termination of employment, courts sometimes look the other way. Some states refuse to enforce a promise not to compete unless it was associated with...

Life goes on...but everything has changed.(as result of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... The most frequently asked questions of economists in the days immediately following the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington were "What will be the impact on the U.S. and global economies?" And: "Well, this makes recession...

IPO drought.(initial public offerings)
November 1, 2001... Economy, terrorist attacks dry up market for public stock offerings Anyway you slice it, 2001 has been a dreadful year for initial public offerings in the electronics industry and elsewhere. It was bad enough before the terrorist attacks in...

Bright spots amid the rubble.
November 1, 2001... Teleconferencing, telecommuting and cell phones get a boost from September's disaster Before the smoke stopped rising from the rubble of New York City's World Trade Center in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Wall Street began...

Security matters.(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 2001... In wake of terrorist attacks, electronics companies review their readiness When the terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, National Semiconductor Corp. activated an emergency operations center at its Santa Clara, CA, headquarters. Around the...

AeA lobbies Congress for measures to aid economic recovery.(American Electronics Association)(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 2001... High-tech business leaders want to be at the forefront of America's economic recovery, says AeA (American Electronics Association) President William Archey. At an October board meeting in San Jose, CA, the industry association...

Grid and bear it.(grid computing)
November 1, 2001... Industry moves suggest momentum for grid computing Grid computing--a strategy currently used mainly in the research arena--is gaming momentum in the corporate market. The computer strategy, which harvests unused compute cycles for...

Federal Trade Commission examines standards-setting procedures.
November 1, 2001... Government agency looking into how high-tech companies handle IP Who polices standards bodies? Nobody, really, but the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating several high-tech companies' behavior in standards bodies in an...

Getting smart about panels.(using system on a chip technology)
November 1, 2001... SoC technology to benefit display market It seems as though technology nowadays doesn't become more advanced, it just gets "smarter." So what's the next new market to get smart? According to Stanford Resources, an iSuppli Corp. company, El...

Compassion and competitiveness.(aftermath of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks)
November 1, 2001... HR staffs must find the right balance in the wake of tragedy Employees of Alameda, CA-based Netopia Inc. were understandably nervous--amid talk of war, losses and layoffs--when company officials summoned the entire staff to a meeting a week...

BIG BLUE SILICON.(IBM Microelectronics)(Company Profile)
November 1, 2001... IBM's semiconductor division is outdistancing many larger rivals with its leading-edge technology SILICON VALLEY always seems to get most of the credit and attention when it comes to semiconductor technology. Recently, however, many of...

The 24-Hour Prototype.(National Semiconductor's Webench Web site)
November 1, 2001... From Concept To Kit In A Day When design engineers at digital signal processing board developer Escape Communications needed to integrate the power supply on a small form factor board, the last thing they expected was to have a prototype...

SOUNDING THE ALARM.(semiconductor industry)
November 1, 2001... Many say basic research is losing ground in the United States, even as the economy faces new technological barriers to expansion CARVER MEAD was one of the great visionaries of the high-tech age from his perch as a professor of electrical...

INTELLECTUAL Phantasy (IP).
November 1, 2001... With visions of ARM dancing in their heads, IP companies dream of impossible revenues THE ORIGINAL BUSINESS PLAN for Pixim Inc., Mountain View, CA, proposed an intellectual property (IP) licensing model for the start-up's digital imaging...

CAN GAME CONSOLES GET SERIOUS.
November 1, 2001... Sony and Microsoft aim for more than fun and games IN THE COMEDY CLASSIC, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," King Arthur and his idiot knights build a "Trojan rabbit" that successfully entices French defenders to lower the drawbridge and...

GASPING FOR AIR.
November 1, 2001... Will LACK of spectrum SAP U.S. WIRELESS INDUSTRY of VITALITY? U.S. wireless carriers are suffocating for lack of spectrum. Already hard-pressed to meet current demand, vendors say the situation could become even more dire as the industry...

ROI defines winners in tough telecom market.
November 1, 2001... Even in bad times, the $700-billion telecommunications industry drives much of the U.S. economy, and its very troubles provide significant opportunities. Less than 5% of U.S. households have high-speed Internet access, most new-generation...