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NetFlash: Tech companies show you the money

Opinion
Jan 16, 20043 mins
Networking

You may not have gotten your W-2 yet, but plenty of tech companies are issuing their own earnings statements. Out of the murkiness of the reports come some interesting and rather groovy facts – like how HP is making billions off Linux and Juniper is making a killing in routers. Intel had its best quarter ever, revenue-wise, and IBM is on an upswing, too. Just about the only bad news came from the direction of Sun, which has had some troubles of late. HP claims $2.5 billion in Linux revenues http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115hpclaim.html?net Juniper bags big in Q4 http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0115juniearn.html?net IBM income up; Palmisano cites investments http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115ibmq4.html?net Intel posts record Q4 revenue, chip shipments http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0114updatint.html?net Sun posts net loss of $125 million http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115sunposts.html?net

You may not have gotten your W-2 yet, but plenty of tech companies are issuing their own earnings statements. Out of the murkiness of the reports come some interesting and rather groovy facts – like how HP is making billions off Linux and Juniper is making a killing in routers. Intel had its best quarter ever, revenue-wise, and IBM is on an upswing, too. Just about the only bad news came from the direction of Sun, which has had some troubles of late.

HP claims $2.5 billion in Linux revenues

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115hpclaim.html?net

Juniper bags big in Q4

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0115juniearn.html?net

IBM income up; Palmisano cites investments

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115ibmq4.html?net

Intel posts record Q4 revenue, chip shipments

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0114updatint.html?net

Sun posts net loss of $125 million

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115sunposts.html?net

AMD chips include buffer overflow protection

How often have we heard of software vulnerabilities caused by the possibility of a “buffer overflow”? AMD revealed this week that its Opteron and Athlon 64 chips have the ability to prevent a hacker from taking advantage of a buffer overflow.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0114amdchips.html?net

GXS buys software maker Haht Commerce

Global Exchange Services announced Thursday plans to acquire software maker Haht Commerce in a cash and stock deal valued at $30 million.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115gxs.html?net

Intel ships 802.11b/g wireless chip

Intel announced its first 802.11g wireless chip Thursday for notebooks bearing the Centrino banner, the company said in a release.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0115intelships.html?net

This week’s top 5 stories so far:

1. Wireless LAN worries

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0112wlansecurity.html?net

2. High-flying glory days past, Microsoft builds for future

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0112microsoft1.html?net

3. 3Com upgrades flagship switch

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0112inf3com.html?net

4. Ultra Wideband’s destiny up in the air

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0112uwb.html?net

5. Microsoft warns of VoIP vulnerability

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0113microissue.html?net