> Entrust is OpenSRS/Tucows partner for providing digital certificates, so
> here's a little news that I haven't seen on the discuss list yet.
>
> There was this announcement from Entrust last week:
> TUCOWS.com partners with Go2Net's Authorize.net and Entrust Technologies
to
> offer complete e-merchant solutions
> http://www.entrust.com/news/files/05_30_00_298.htm
Check back on the dates, this goes back over a year.
>
> And then yesterday there's the positively-spun announcement that Entrust
is
> laying off 400 workers, restructuring, closing some of its offices, and
> taking a $400 million charge:
> http://www.entrust.com/news/files/06_04_01_748.htm
>
>
> Doesn't make me feel good about offering my clients Entrust certificates.
>
It's the new reality of the Internet Russ. The smart companies are laying
people off as they strive towards profitability. The rest have turned a
blind eye and are hoping for the best.
Entrust is in a hot space and they've taken some punches, but they certainly
aren't down for the count. Neither is Intel, JDS, Nortel, AOL, Baltimore
etc., etc., etc. A dotcom that hasn't laid someone off over the last six
months is like a dotcom circa 1997 that hasn't received a $500mm valuation
from an exuberant VC.
-rwr
