Happy Friday the 13th. In honor of the notorious date, we have several tales of financial ugliness for you. First, 3Com is laying off 10% of its employees, mostly in the Silicon Valley office. Next, Covad is acquiring 23,000 business DSL customers from Qwest – a move analysts say is a lose-lose-lose situation. And finally, while PeopleSoft isn’t suing Oracle over its hostile bid, J.D. Edwards has called in the lawyers.3Com to lay off 10% of workforcehttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0612threecom.html?netCovad buys Qwest DSL business https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0612covad.html?netJ.D. Edwards sues Oracle over PeopleSoft bid https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0613updatjd.html?netUtility hype?Have you drunk the utility computing Kool-Aid? Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie clearly hasn’t. She points out in her Weblog this week that vendors have made strides toward making computing more utility-like, but the distance from here to there is still extraordinary.https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/002952.html?netSCO stands by ultimatum to revoke IBM’s licenseThe SCO Group is threatening to revoke its license to IBM for the use of Unix next week, sticking to the ultimatum it set when it sued Big Blue in March. AIX is IBM’s flavor of Unix, but SCO owns the rights to some elements of Unix. Revoking the license would invalidate all AIX customer licenses, so users of the software would be operating with an invalid license, according to SCO. https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0612scostand.html?netBT, Cisco team on IP services in EuropeBT Group is teaming with Cisco to develop and sell a new range of converged IP services in the U.K. and Europe, in a move that they say will allow local businesses and governments to reduce costs by gaining extra capabilities from their networks.https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0613btcisco.html?net This week’s top 5 stories so far:1. Feature: Ten common management mistakeshttps://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/0609mistakes.html?net2. 802.11g set to shake up WLAN markethttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/060911g.html?net3. Survey: Security cuts both ways on IT planshttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609nw500.html?net4. Telecom show features long-lost sight: Optimismhttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609supercomm.html?net5. Server consolidation helps JetBlue soarhttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609jetblue.html?netGot a network news tip?Don’t be shy about telling us something we don’t know. Send me your industry-related news and gossip at mailto:jcaruso@nww.com Related content news Broadcom to lay off over 1,200 VMware employees as deal closes The closing of VMware’s $69 billion acquisition by Broadcom will lead to layoffs, with 1,267 VMware workers set to lose their jobs at the start of the new year. By Jon Gold Dec 01, 2023 3 mins Technology Industry Mergers and Acquisitions news analysis Cisco joins $10M funding round for Aviz Networks' enterprise SONiC drive Investment news follows a partnership between the vendors aimed at delivering an enterprise-grade SONiC offering for customers interested in the open-source network operating system. By Michael Cooney Dec 01, 2023 3 mins Network Management Software Network Management Software Network Management Software news Cisco CCNA and AWS cloud networking rank among highest paying IT certifications Cloud expertise and security know-how remain critical in building today’s networks, and these skills pay top dollar, according to Skillsoft’s annual ranking of the most valuable IT certifications. Demand for talent continues to outweigh s By Denise Dubie Nov 30, 2023 7 mins Certifications Certifications Certifications news Mainframe modernization gets a boost from Kyndryl, AWS collaboration Kyndryl and AWS have expanded their partnership to help enterprise customers simplify and accelerate their mainframe modernization initiatives. By Michael Cooney Nov 30, 2023 4 mins Mainframes Cloud Computing Data Center Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe