21 st Communiqué - Newsletter #5
Index
1. Wireless LANs From Cisco and Symbol Expected Soon
2. Newmont Uses The Complete Story to Address Its Social Responsibility
3. Viruses to Attack Cell Phones
5. Wireless Internet Access Available to Fans at SBC Park
“Outsourcing has become one of today's most controversial business trends. Lost in the debate is a related idea that could be far more vital to future competitiveness: insourcing…the practice of opening operations in foreign countries, not to do current jobs more cheaply, but to generate new products and services that spur growth and create jobs.”
Robert Buderi
Editor, Technology Review
1. Wireless LANs Soon in Your Plans?
According to eWEEK , two networking companies, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Symbol Technologies, Inc. plan wireless LAN product rollouts that tout advanced manageability and integration. Cisco and Symbol can expect competition from startup WLAN infrastructure manufacturers like San Jose-based Aruba Wireless Networks. Aruba CEO Don Lebeau told eWEEK his company is in the midst of a deal with AT&T Corp. to offer managed WLAN services. “People want to use electricity, but they don't want to manage it,” Lebeau said.
2. Newmont Launches Worldwide Mixed-Media Platform
Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. now broadcasts a mixed-media program on social responsibility using 21 st Communications Companies indexed, on-demand information platform The Complete Story . The program, “Our Social Responsibility,” ( http://www.newmont.com/en/social/index.asp ) has been in development over the last year. "It was a big job compressing into one medium and product Newmont's multicultural experience of operating on five continents and the story of how we relate to our communities and the environments they live in. The Complete Story platform was ideal for this,” said Christopher Anderson, Newmont Group Executive for Community Relations.
3. Healthy Cells
Don't let anyone kid you. Phone spam is already here. That probably means phone viruses aren't far behind. According to Technology Review , security software companies are now developing dedicated antivirus products for cell phones . Leading the list of antivirus developers is F-Secure of Helsinki , Finland . California-based Symantec, the largest antivirus software vendor for PCs, earlier this year began working with Nokia, the world's leading phone maker, to install virus protection.
4. Will Wall Street Make Google Eyes?
The eCommerce Times reports that Google has filed the initial paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise as much as $2.7 billion through an initial public offering of stock . The company will price the shares via a public internet auction that appears to seek two objectives: make the stock available to average investors rather than the insiders and institutional investors typically favored in IPOs and avoid the lawsuits that haunted many previous internet companies when their IPOs quickly surged and then plummeted. The filing with the SEC reveals that Google made profits of $105.6 million on revenue of $962 million in 2003 and that first quarter revenue in 2004 puts the company on pace to generate $1.5 billion in sales this year.
For more on this story, please click on the following link: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/33588.html
5. “It's A Pop-Up Ad in Right Field…”
According to Minnesota Public Radio's Future Tense , the San Francisco Giants' SBC Park , home to Barry Bonds, McCovey Cove and gourmet garlic fries, has a new attraction: free wireless Internet . The Giants, along with SBC Communications, Intel and other corporate partners, have installed 121 high-speed Wireless Internet access points. The stadium is one giant Wi-Fi hot spot. Fans with laptops or handheld computers can check their e-mail or visit any site on the Web. They can also log on to the Giants network to get baseball video, stats and scores from around the league as well as interactive games.
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