Re: PRESS: Informix in the News
What!! No merger with Apple? On 13 Aug 1997 14:53:24 -0400, usergrp@informix.com (Christine Shannon) wrote: >List of Informix related articles. > >Format: >PUBLICATION >"Article Name" >Summary of Article >[Date, Location in Publication, Author] > >Informix in the News >--------------------------------- >(08/13/97) > >CNN ONLINE >"Informix sets new course" >Monday, Informix CEO and President Robert Finocchio appeared on CNNfn's >"Digital Jam" -- CNN's financial news broadcast program -- where he >outlined the company's future and answered questions pertaining to the >second-quarter financial earnings announcement made last week. Finocchio >explained actions being taken to correct policies and reasons for restating >1996 transactions. Additionally, Finocchio made references to hiring >additional executive staff, working on operation skills and execution >performance within the company, and keeping a strong position in advanced >technology. "There's tremendous customer support for the product," >Finocchio said in the interview. "I think the marketplace in general wants >our company to thrive and be successful." >(8/11/97, www.cnn.com, Steve Young) > >COMPUTER RESELLER NEWS >"Informix charts new course" >This article reviews Informix's NT strategy, the company's future and >plans from a reseller's perspective. "Informix's challenges are not ones >of 'Does the product work?' or 'Is there a market there?'," said Informix >CEO and president Robert Finocchio. "There is a solid foundation of great >products and ... a validated market for the products." Also mentioned were >Informix's move to a three-tier architecture, plans for building a channel >to address NT products, and a "major" announcement regarding >INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server, according to Informix's Brett Bachman. >(8/11/97, pg. 125, Shawn Willett) > >WEB WEEK >"Haht to build Informix version of Web tools" >Informix received additional coverage on the announcement, made last month >at its user conference, with partner Haht Software. The Informix edition of >Haht, called HahtSite Integrated Publisher, will provide a visual >environment for Web design with support for publishing pages to the >database. The agreement also allows Web site designers to mix the HahtSite >Web design environment with Informix's Web Application Server. >(8/11/97, pg. 21, David Carr) > >INFOWORLD >"Pipeline" >Informix has formed a strategic partnership agreement with Lucent >Technologies' Inferno Network Software Solutions group to market Inferno >1.1 operating system for use with smart phones and set-top boxes. >INFORMIX-Universal Server will be used to deliver multiple data types to >all devices across any network. The two companies will first target their >combined solution for the telecommunications market; pricing will begin at >$108. >(8/11/97, pg. 57, staff writer) > >Additional coverage: >CLIENT SERVER NEWS >"Billy grams" >(8/8/97, pg. 8, staff writer) > >DATAMATION >"Where the rubber meets the road" >In this feature article on competitive advantage applications, the recent >IT developments made by Sears Automotive Group are discussed, including the >development of a "tire point-of-sale" (TPOS) system comprised of >INFORMIX-Extended Parallel Server, IBM/Lotus Domino hardware and Boundless >Technology PCs in stores. To enhance sales, the $38 billion company made >plans to open 875 new stores in the next four years, resulting in a need >for a more consolidated, service-oriented operation. "We extended [the >Sears Roebuck system running an Informix 2 terabyte data warehouse] >significantly and customized it for the tire-selling process," said Sears >CIO Steve Junk. >(8/97, pg. 49, Anne Knowles) > >INTERNET WORLD >"Dealmakers" >Informix, Netscape Communications and Silicon Graphics are pooling >resources to become "The Silicon Network," a consortium offering customized >Internet, intranet and extranet services. >(8/11/97, pg. 16, staff writer) > >COMPUTERWORLD >"Informix/Lawson team" >In this brief, Informix and Lawson Software's announcement to bundle >INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server with Lawson's client/server application >package is reported as Informix's third enterprise vendor deal over the >past few months. Other vendors to partner with Informix include Baan Co., >which dropped its proprietary database in favor of Informix, and Marcam >Corp. which selected Informix in June for its application package. >(8/11/97, 55, staff writer) > >COMPUTER RESELLER NEWS >"10-Q: Consolidation watches over channel" >Informix received coverage in CRN's second-quarter financial report, which >focuses on consolidation within the channel. To overcome current >challenges, recommendations made to Informix include stabilizing its >finances, formulating a comeback plan and keeping concentrated efforts on >Windows NT. Also summarized in the report are Oracle, Microsoft, Sybase, CA >and IBM. >(8/11/97, pg. 43, Gregory Hale) > >THE WALL STREET JOURNAL >"Informix reports 2nd-quarter loss; net for '96 to be revised sharply lower" >Last Friday, Informix reported its second-quarter revenue at $164.7 >million, with a loss of $120.5 million. The company said it will restate >its 1996 financial results due to errors in the recording of revenue. The >reported second-quarter figure includes a charge of $62.1 million due to >personal reductions of certain assets. "We've got to cut costs, fix the >company's ability to execute, articulate the company's position in the >marketplace and get great products out the door," said Informix CEO and >President Robert Finocchio. >(8/8/97, pg. B14, Quentin Hardy) > >Additional coverage: >BUSINESS WIRE >"Informix reports loss, to restate 1996 results" >(8/7/97, www.reuters.com, staff writer) > >C/NET >"Informix reports losses, errors" >(8/8/97, www.news.com, Mike Ricciuti) > >COMPUTER RESELLER NEWS ONLINE >"Informix drops financial bombshell" >(8/8/97, www.crn.com, Steven Burke) > >COMPUTERGRAM >"Informix disaster continues: $120M loss, has to restate 1996" >(8/8/97, www.computerwire.com, staff writer) > >COMPUTERWORLD >"Informix posts $120M loss" >(8/11/97, pg. 8, staff writer) > >DOW JONES NEWS SERVICE >"Spotlight: Informix reports loss, will restate '96 results" >(8/8/97, www.dowjones.com, staff writer) > >INFORMATIONWEEK ONLINE >"Informix reports gloomy financial news" >(8/8/97, www.informationweek.com, Lisa Nadile) > > THE NEW YORK TIMES >"Informix to restate financial results" >(8/8/97, pg. C6, staff writer) > >PC WEEK ONLINE >"More red ink at Informix" >(8/8/97, www.pcweek.com, Tom Schmidt) > >SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE >"Informix finds huge accounting mistakes" >(8/8/97, pg. C1, Julia Angwin) > >SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS >"Informix posts a hefty second-quarter loss" >(8/8/97,