Computergram International articles from July 23 2003

Computergram International archives from July 23 2003

HP's Taiwan Boss Calls for Cross Strait Links.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... The chief of Hewlett Packard's Taiwanese operation has stepped into the thorny debate over the island state's relationship with China, saying that Taipei government should not mix politics with economics. China views Taiwan as a renegade...

Iraqis Gain Cellular Access at Last.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... Iraqis were catapulted into the cellular phone age yesterday, although it remains a mystery how this was achieved. Under the Saddam regime ordinary Iraqis did not have access to wireless communications. Communications in the country were...

NetScaler Adds SSL VPN Features, Looks Outward.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... NetScaler Inc delivered on its promise to increase the clientless VPN functionality in its application switches this week, yesterday announcing SSL remote access additions to its 9000 Series of data center devices. The company called it...

Keynote Makes Acquisition, Says More Planned.(Streamcheck Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... By Kevin Murphy Keynote Systems Inc yesterday said it has picked up privately held Streamcheck Inc, in order to expand its performance measurement services into streaming media, and CEO Umang Gupta said more similar deals are likely. ...

JDA Software Beats Analyst Expectations.(Q2 2003)(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... Demand chain software and services supplier JDA Software Inc has beaten analyst expectations for its second quarter, citing a strong performance in software license sales as well as "disciplined financial controls." For the second quarter,...

Infineon Sees Upturn Ahead Despite Widening Loss.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... Infineon Technologies AG has seen the first signs of a positive market trend in the last quarter and looks forward with optimism for a stronger improvement of demand in both its logic segments and memory products. The bullish outlook from...

ARM Earnings and Revenue Continue to Fall.(Q2 3003)(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... It continues to be a bad year for RISC chip designer ARM Holdings Plc, after its second-quarter results revealed a 62% fall in net profit, on sales that dropped 26%. For the second quarter, net income was down 62% at 4.3m pounds ($6.8m),...

SCO Buys Partner for Web Services Strategy.(Vultus Inc.)
July 23, 2003... SCO Group Inc has bought the assets of presentation and interface development tools partner Vultus Inc to help build-out the company's SCOx web services strategy. The deal, announced Tuesday, will see SCO buy Vultus' WebFace Solution...

BPM Survey Highlights Need for Corporate Accountability.(business process management Forum )(Brief Article)
July 23, 2003... The latest survey published by the business process management (BPM) Forum shows that companies still have their work cut out for them in achieving financial transparency and performance accountability. The survey, entitled "Benchmarking...

Siebel Bites Bullet, Prepares for Continued Uncertainty.
July 23, 2003... Siebel Systems is cutting products and staff as it struggles to maintain profitability against a backdrop of continued weak performance and economic uncertainty. Company CEO Thomas Siebel said Tuesday 490 staff will be cut by the end of...

Sun Ekes Out Small Profit in Fiscal Q4.
July 23, 2003... By Timothy Prickett Morgan Sun Microsystems made good on its promises to get profitable by its fiscal fourth quarter 2003, squeaking by with a net income of $12m on sales of $2.98bn. That is a drop of 12.8% compared to last year's...

Red Hat and SuSE Dismiss SCO's Linux Copyright Claims.
July 23, 2003... By Matthew Aslett Linux distributors Red Hat Inc and SuSE Linux AG have dismissed SCO Group Inc's copyright claims against Linux, and see no need for Linux users to license SCO's UnixWare under its new copyright enforcement plan. ...