Networking and Telecomms
Cisco set to acquire voice switch maker ; Use of fibre channel for Intel servers; 3Com strategy chases networking cash cow; Cabletron rolls out SmartSwitch
Stories by IDG staff
News in Review
Users to decide Novell's fate; JNA gets the boot from Cisco's gold list; GST won't hamper e-commerce -- minister; SEARCC'98 strengthens ties with South East Asia; Consultants -- we want you!; Java kings to come down-under, AJUG to be incorporated; Salaries soar as skills crunch bites
PCs and Servers
Compaq's new Proliant server; HP launches Windows-based terminals; AMD gives Intel a run for its money!; Sun delays UltraSPARC III
Is knowledge management in trouble?
How's it going on the knowledge management front?
Not too well, judging from a recent survey on 25 management techniques conducted by international management consultancy company Bain & Co.
PCs & Servers
Sun Microsystems is getting ready to roll out a 64-bit edition of its Solaris operating system that could enable customers to run mainframe-calibre applications on high-end servers.
Web Watch
Round-up of interesting Web sites
Networking & Telecomms
Cabletron buys into xDSL; Global telco leaders join universal ADSL group; NetWare to be spun off
Industry
Motorola to lay off 15,000, expects Q2 operating loss; It's official -- Borland is now Inprise; Mass resignations rock Cabletron; Budget: Y2K tax relief for business; Report shows 25 per cent of all Australians use Internet;
Software
Lotus, IBM bring a unified voice to messaging; Oracle looking at XML for warehouse repository plan; Domino 5.0 to include availability services
Prize job to head up local outfit up for grabs!
By the time you read this, it's likely that a new managing director for the recently combined Compaq/Digital Australian entity would have been appointed.
Digital's Palmer to leave as part of management shuffle
Robert Palmer, chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Digital Equipment, said he will leave the company.
Win 98 might be here, but does anyone really care?
By now, Microsoft's long-scheduled release of Windows 98 should finally be out. But when it comes to managing costs, it is Windows NT that has the attention of corporate managers, not Windows 98, thin clients, Unix or Novell's NetWare.
Industry news
As expected, Intel last month reported disappointing results for its first fiscal quarter, prompting the chip maker to announce staff reductions of up to 3000 employees.
Networking & Telecomms
Claiming its customers have little interest in open high-speed token ring products, networking kingpin Cisco Systems announced it had withdrawn from the High-Speed Token Ring Alliance, a vendor association created to drive development of products that run at 100Mbps.
Web Watch
A round up of interesting web sites