25th August 1998 Archive
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The R Word
Taylor made -- by Roy Taylor
What do you call an industry losing billions of dollars a year that keeps making more of the same products to worsen its debts? Stupid? Well, yes, we could certainly say that about the DRAM business -- but how about another term, unregulated. A report in this week’s Electronics Weekly here in the UK, has stated that LG Semicon …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 06:31
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Intel delays PII/mobile 300MHz to avoid product swamp
When will Great Stan come clean on roadmap?
Intel confirmed that it delayed releasing its Pentium II/mobile processor running at 300MHz so that it would not be swamped by the announcements on its PII/450MHz and Mendocino Celeron processors. At the same time, more details have emerged of the price cuts it will make in mid-September which will dictate the way the Christmas …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 09:55
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Seagate reshuffles R&D units
Faster, quicker, cheaper
Seagate is reorganising its research and development units for the second time in a week, in an effort to bring to market new technology more quickly. The disk drive vendor is splashing out $30 million on a new disk-drive research centre based in research magnetic and optical materials, processes, and technologies. Based in …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 13:38
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User 2 seeks refurb franchisees
But they don't come cheap
The failure of franchising in PC retail is being challenged by User 2 Computers, which has launched an ambitious programme to sign up around a dozen franchisees. The retailer based in the North East of England, claims that - for the £110,000 cost of a franchise - it can provide franchisees with a fully fitted shop and stock to …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 13:51
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Ikon truffles for more UK acquisitions
Rockliff the third of many
US copier and printing giant Ikon Office Solutions - which last week forked out for £45 million dealer Rockliff - is on the look-out for more UK dealers to buy, as it moves into networking services. Ikon has already bought three UK dealers in the last year, and said that it wants to buy more across the country. The majority of …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 13:53
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NetStore gets £3 million from 3i and two clearing banks
System will ensure road warriors obey the rules
3i has brokered a funding deal for the NetStore Group in which it, NatWest and Barclays Ventures will fund the services company to the tune of £3 million. This is the second round of funding for NetStore. In the first round, 3i financed the deal. Daniel Morgan, a senior consultant at 3I, said: "As an investor, you need to listen …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 14:02
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CD-RW is the new floppy
next "universal data interchange", HP forecasts
CD-RW has the potential to become the next universal data-interchange medium for computers, a position the 1.44MB 3.5-inch floppy disk has held since the late 1980, Hewlett-Packard says. The first CD technology to be used with computers was CD-ROM, a read-only technology. In the early 1990s, CD-Recordable (CD-R) drives became …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 14:05
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Networking equipment market shows healthy growth
Remote access leads the way
An increased reliance in business on networking capabilities has boosted the remote access concentrators market, but failed to support sales of remote access servers, according to a report from Dataquest. Meanwhile Dell'Oro, another research group, reports that sales of shared hubs and LAN switches rose by eight per cent to $2.5 …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 14:08
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Hercules unchained
Graphics card pioneer goes for a song
ELSA, a PC peripherals developer, has bought Hercules, the one-time pacesetter in the graphics card market, for $8.5 million in cash. The deal includes the transfer of all assets, including brand rights, and some of Hercules' liabilities to ELSA. Hercules generated revenue of $30 million in 1997. Hercules was one of the first …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 14:40
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Bluck off
Darrell Bluck he gone
UK has lost its sales director, Darrell Bluck, within two weeks of his appointment. The UK arm of the Taiwanese PC giant is said by sources to be awash with discontented staff, with Bluck just one of a growing number of departures. One source within the Acer UK channel said Bluck, who had been channel sales manager at Acer, was …
Business 25 Aug 1998, 14:44
