A brief timeline of network industry milestones 2001 Jump to a year198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006 March 2001 Google hires former Novell CEO Eric Schmidt as its first CEO.April 2001 Enterasys Networks announces industry’s first prestandard 10 Gigabit Ethernet product.April 2001 Department of Health and Human Services lets HIPAA health-privacy rules take effect, but promises change.June 2001 Starbucks Coffee announces plans to roll out high-speed Internet access in all 4,000 of its North American shops.September 2001 HP merges with Compaq.September 2001 Kamikaze-style terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon test resiliency of Internet, telecom networks.Sept. 2001 Canadian teenager Mafiaboy sentenced to eight months detention for massive February 2000 distributed DoS attacks against e-commerce sites.October 2001 Windows XP Professional ships. Related content how-to Doing tricks on the Linux command line Linux tricks can make even the more complicated Linux commands easier, more fun and more rewarding. By Sandra Henry-Stocker Dec 08, 2023 5 mins Linux news TSMC bets on AI chips for revival of growth in semiconductor demand Executives at the chip manufacturer are still optimistic about the revenue potential of AI, as Nvidia and its partners say new GPUs have a lead time of up to 52 weeks. By Sam Reynolds Dec 08, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry news End of road for VMware’s end-user computing and security units: Broadcom Broadcom is refocusing VMWare on creating private and hybrid cloud environments for large enterprises and divesting its non-core assets. By Sam Reynolds Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Mergers and Acquisitions Industry news analysis IBM cloud service aims to deliver secure, multicloud connectivity IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh is a multicloud networking service that includes IT discovery, security, monitoring and traffic-engineering capabilities. By Michael Cooney Dec 07, 2023 3 mins Network Security Cloud Computing Networking Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe