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Cisco names new CTO
CISCO SYSTEMS RESHUFFLED THE
executive deck in its product
development organization last
week when it named Charles
Giancarlo chief technology officer.
Giancarlo, who retains his post
as president of Cisco-Linksys, becomes the third CTO in Cisco’s
history. The post has remained
vacant since Judith Estrin resigned
in April 2000. Giancarlo joined
Cisco when it bought Kalpana in
1994.
Cisco also reorganized its
technology division and announced several appointments.
Jayshree Ullal, who joined Cisco
11 years ago from Crescendo
Networks, was tapped to lead the
new Security Technology
Group. Cisco also set up
a new Data Center,
Storage, Switching and
Wireless Technology
Group under the direction
of Luca Cafiero, also an
11-year Cisco veteran.
—Paula Musich
Samsung shipping
new SMB lasers
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS THIS
month is shipping a new line of
Quarterly earnings roundup
COMPANY
NOTABLE NUMBERS
AMD
Profit in Q2 of $32.2 million, up from a loss of
$140.1 million last year; revenue rose to $1.26
billion
Apple
Fiscal Q3 profit rose to $61 million, from $19
million a year earlier; sales rose 30 percent, to
$2.01 billion
Intel
Posted a 96 percent jump in Q2 profit but saw
lower-than-expected revenue and profit margins
Juniper
Net loss for Q2, but better than expected, accounting for acquisition of NetScreen Technologies
Red Hat
Restated three years of earnings due to change in
revenue booking; stock tanked
Nokia
Warned that Q3 revenues and earnings would fall
short of expectations; stock fell
Yahoo
Second-quarter net income more than doubled;
raised revenue expectations for the year
scanners, multifunction printers
and other USB devices to a network. It has four USB 2.0 ports
and one 10/100M-bps Ethernet
port. Priced at $229, the SX5000U2 will ship at month’s
end.
The SX-3700WB, a wireless
single-port USB server, lets
users connect network-enabled
USB peripherals to a WLAN
(wireless LAN). Priced at $179,
the SX-3700WB will be available
early next month.
The SX-300U, available now, is
a $99 print server that connects a
USB printer to a 10/100M-bps
network. —Shelley Solheim
ACQUISITIONS
Adaptec snaps up
Snap Appliance
ADAPTEC IS EXPANDING ITS STOR-
PRINTING
BY THE NUMBERS
18 e W E E K n J U LY 1 9 , 2 0 0 4
monochrome laser printers aimed
at small and midsize businesses
and workgroups.
The ML-2250 Series prints 22
pages per minute at up to 1,200
dot-per-inch resolution. Equipped
with a 166MHz processor, the
new printer has 16MB of DRAM
(dynamic RAM) memory, which
can be expanded to 144MB. It
holds 300 sheets of paper, with
an additional 250-sheet tray
available for extra cost.
The base model, priced at
$229, includes USB 2.0 and parallel interfaces. The networked
Samsung’s laser is positioned for
SMBs and workgroups.
version, the ML-2251N, includes
a 10/100BaseTX interface. It
costs $299. The ML-2252W,
priced at $499, adds 802.11b
WLAN connectivity. —Shelley
Solheim
Silex servers
handle devices
SILEX TECHNOLOGY AMERICA THIS
week will unveil several USB
(Universal Serial Bus) servers for
printers and other devices. The
SX-5000U2 connects printers,
age line by buying Snap Appliance.
The companies announced the
$100 million deal last week.
Snap brings to Adaptec new
storage subsystem technology,
an expanded sales channel and
customers in a variety of industries. Snap’s GuardianOS software manages block and file
data.
Snap leads in NAS (networkattached storage) sales and fills
an important hole in Adaptec’s
product line, analysts said.
The deal, which will include
$91 million in cash and about $9
million in stock, is expected to
add $40 million to Adaptec’s bottom line over the next four quarters, Adaptec officials said.
—John S. McCright
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The idea of not being able to do recounts
is something that all people can understand.
Software is buggy. Bugs in these files can
cause miscounts to occur.
Barbara Simons, computer scientist, on electronic voting systems
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