======================================================================== NETWORKING REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Friday, October 1, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * Siemens launches new unit to focus on end-to-end systems * Hitachi, NEC launch networking equipment joint venture * Nortel plans to lay off 3,250 employees * Update: Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- IP - A Rallying Cry For more than two decades, IP has been a rallying cry for simple, functional, and standard data communications. Learn how IP Telephony can improve your business. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7EB:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SIEMENS LAUNCHES NEW UNIT TO FOCUS ON END-TO-END SYSTEMS ======================================================================== Posted October 01, 2004 4:54 AM Pacific Time Synergy was the word Siemens AG used several years ago when it talked about combining its carrier and enterprise network and mobile phone businesses under one roof. Then the company spun off these operations into separate divisions to be able to focus -- it said -- more closely on customers' individual needs. Now the manufacturer is pulling everything back together and the buzzwords are end-to-end systems and convergence. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7E4:2B910B2 HITACHI, NEC LAUNCH NETWORKING EQUIPMENT JOINT VENTURE ======================================================================== Posted October 01, 2004 4:46 AM Pacific Time Alaxala Networks Corp., the backbone-network router and switch joint venture announced by Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. earlier this year, began operations on Friday, it said in a statement. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7E6:2B910B2 NORTEL PLANS TO LAY OFF 3,250 EMPLOYEES ======================================================================== Posted September 30, 2004 3:07 PM Pacific Time Nortel Networks Corp. will lay off approximately 1,400 employees in the U.S. and about 950 in Canada, with those employees to be notified by the end of June 2005, the network equipment vendor said in a regulatory filing Thursday that fleshed out earlier announcements of the coming layoffs. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7E3:2B910B2 UPDATE: LINKSYS GOES DUAL-BAND ON WI-FI ======================================================================== Posted September 30, 2004 4:31 AM Pacific Time With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems Inc.'s Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7E5:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Looking for a new IT Career? InfoWorld.com jobs database is now powered by CareerJournal.com, the Internet's premier, free career site for IT professionals, executives & managers. Search for a new position or post your resume on InfoWorld.com because it offers the web's most confidential search and resume database. If you are an employer and have a variety of job openings, become a corporate member and post an unlimited number of jobs. Go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7E9:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7E7:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7EA:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=90B7E8:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
