CenterBeam
Press Release, 7/16/02: CENTERBEAM CTO ELECTED TO BOARD OF INTERNET GOVERNING BODY
Ricart To Serve as Treasurer of Internet Society
SANTA CLARA, CALIF., July 16, 2002 – CenterBeam’s chief technology officer and co-founder, Dr. Glenn Ricart, has been elected to the board of directors of the Internet Society and will serve as treasurer on the board’s executive committee. The Internet Society is the most important governing body of the Internet, responsible for setting all of the Internet’s engineering standards and active in setting the agenda for Internet policy.
CenterBeam Clients Benefit from Ricart’s Leadership
“Ricart is a world-class figure in the history and the future of computer systems and networks,” said Kevin Francis, CenterBeam’s president and chief executive officer. “Our customers are delighted to have access to a level of vision and technological excellence typically only available to the world’s largest corporations and governments.”
Ricart: Internet Pioneer, Technology Visionary, Successful Entrepreneur
Ricart’s election to the board of the Internet Society is the most recent accomplishment of his career. Ricart has consistently been in the forefront of computing and networking technologies. His accomplishments include:
• DARPA liason to the Clinton White House
• Chief technology officer of Novell, Inc., a leader in networking technology
• CIO of the University of Maryland and the National Institutes of Health
• Architect of the original backbone for the National Science Foundation’s Network (NSFNet), what later became simply known as the Internet
• Founder of the first commercial internet service provider, SURAnet
• Author of the first TCP/IP networking software for the IBM PC
About CenterBeam, Inc.
CenterBeam is an outsourcing company that helps companies lower the cost and improve the delivery of end-user IT services through centralized management. CenterBeam cost-effectively and comprehensively manages all aspects of end-user IT services including desktop and server computing, network and system administration, and help desk. CenterBeam has strategic, financial and technical investments from Microsoft, Intel, Dell and EDS. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, CenterBeam can be reached at 408.844.0900 or www.centerbeam.com.
IT Management
Information Week, 7/15/02: Business Technology: Time To Do More With Less July 15, 2002
By Bob Evans
Nine months ago, we at InformationWeek launched a monthly magazine called Optimize that focuses on business strategy and execution (optimizemag.com). With articles written by subject-matter experts ranging from C.K. Prahalad and Mike Hammer to Clayton Christensen and Rob Carter, Optimize helps its 70,000 executive-level readers gain deeper insights into such fields as leadership, return on investment, marketing, finance, collaborative strategies, and others.
These days, the drive for optimal achievement is indeed everywhere: in cost-cutting, in operations, in sales-force deployment and behavior, in pricing, purchasing, positioning, negotiating, and more. Companies are looking to their business-technology leaders not only to help them do more, but also to do more of the right things -- often with less: fewer people, less spending, less time, less margin for error.
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Wireless
The New York Times, 7/15/02: Talks Weigh Big Project on Wireless Internet Link
By JOHN MARKOFF
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15 — Several leading computer and telecommunications companies are discussing the joint creation of a wireless data network that would make it possible for users of hand-held and portable computers to have access to the Internet at high speeds nationwide.
The Intel Corporation, I.B.M., AT&T Wireless and several other wireless and Internet service providers including Verizon Communications and Cingular are exploring the creation of a company to deploy a network based on the increasingly popular 802.11 wireless data standard, known as WiFi, according to several people close to the talks.
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Microsoft
Reuters, 7/16/02: Microsoft to Release New Multimedia Windows XP
By Reed Stevenson
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Forget the keyboard and the mouse. What the newest edition of Windows XP ( news - web sites) really needs is a common household gadget -- the remote control.
Microsoft Corp. announced an addition to its flagship Windows XP series of operating systems on Tuesday, Windows XP Media Center, which aims to transform desktop computers into remote-controlled digital entertainment hubs.
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IDG, 7/15/02: Microsoft maps Exchange's future
Stacy Cowley and Matt Berger, IDG News ServiceNew York Bureau
The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange server software, code-named "Titanium," is scheduled for availability in mid-2003 and will be released to hold customers over before shipping a future version of the software based on its .Net code, according to company executives.
Titanium will be based on the same code used for its predecessor, Exchange 2000, Microsoft's messaging and collaboration server software. Titanium will not be part of Microsoft's .Net portfolio, though it will support the technology Microsoft has developed for delivering applications and services over the Internet. A future release of Exchange, code-named "Kodiak" is the one that will be built on the .Net code base, according to Microsoft.
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Intel
The Wall Street Journal, 7/16/02: Intel CEO's Planned Speech Fuels Talk of Imminent Cuts
By DON CLARK
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
An address by Intel Corp.'s chief executive officer to employees Tuesday, combined with a dismal personal-computer market, is prompting speculation the chip maker may announce massive layoffs or other cost-cutting measures along with its second-quarter earnings.
CEO Craig Barrett is scheduled to speak to employees at the Santa Clara, Calif., company after stock markets close, about the same time as the chip maker discusses its second-quarter results in a conference call with analysts.
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