11th October 2004 Archive

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• Chip biz slowdown to stretch through Q1 '05

  Possibly longer, say foundry chiefs

  The chip business' current slowdown will last well into Q1 2005 and possibly beyond that, foundry chiefs have warned. However, they believe the industry will pick up again once as customers' inventory correction schemes come to fruition during that period. Certainly, a number of foundry executives interviewed by Silicon …

  IT Channel 11 Oct 2004, 09:32

• Intel defeats AMD in court

  EC anti-trust probe may not see Intel documents

  AMD's attempt to persuade the US court to sanction the release of over 60,000 pages of Intel documentation to a European Commission anti-trust enquiry has failed. The documents in question were brought to court during Intel's legal battle with Intergraph. AMD believes they show its arch-rival to be guilty of anti-competitive …

  IT Channel 11 Oct 2004, 10:09

• Market float for reseller consolidator

  A little less conversation and a little more action

  Maxima Holdings has taken over SAP reseller Azur for £16.7m. The firm intends to fund the takeover by floating on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) later this month. Maxima is a new venture set up by Kelvin Harrison and Geoff Bicknell. The firm is looking for more acquisition targets among UK reseller and service …

  IT Channel 11 Oct 2004, 11:13

• Cisco offers security certification

  Security SMEs get cert

  Cisco is offering a new certification for resellers who sell to small and medium businesses. The Cisco Security Virtual Private Network and Firewall Express specialisation is the third programme aimed at the SME market. It is aimed at single site, or limited site, entry level network security projects. Luca Marinelli, managing …

  IT Channel 11 Oct 2004, 13:55