Siemens agrees partnership with Novell unit SUSE. Siemens Business Services (SBS), the IT services arm of German technology conglomerate Siemens <SIEGn.DE>, said on Tuesday it had agreed a partnerhip deal with Novell's (nasdaq: NOVL - news - people) newly acquired unit SUSE Linux. Linux software is open-source, meaning it can be freely copied and modified, unlike proprietary software such as Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) Windows. In the past months clients have been asking more and more for open-source platforms, SBS said in a statement which said SUSE would have premier partner status. SBS is one of Europe's top 10 information technology service providers. Linux, once the exclusive province of a few dedicated enthusiasts, is now seen as the only serious rival to Windows and is supported by U.S. giant International Business Machines (nyse: IBM - news - people), among others. Its advocates, who include big businesses and government departments, argue it is cheaper, simpler and more secure than Windows.
Intel investiert Milliarden in Werks-Modernisierung. Der weltgroesste Chiphersteller Intel will nach Firmenangaben mit milliardenschweren Investitionen seine aelteren Werke modernisieren, um ihnen die Fertigung kleinerer Microprozessoren zu ermoeglichen. Ziel ist die Umstellung aelterer Anlagen auf die Produktion von 65-Nanometer- von 90-Nanometer-Chips. Der Konzern befinde sich mitten in einem Modernisierungsprogramm ueber fuenf Mrd. Dollar, sagte Intel-Chef Craig Barret am Sonntag zum 30. Jahrestag der Taetigkeit von Intel in Israel. Die aelteren Anlagen sollen auf die Produktion von 65-Nanometer- von 90-Nanometer-Chips (ein Nanometer ist ein Millionstel Millimeter) umgestellt werden. Wir haben eine Menge 65-Nanometer-Investitionen. Dafuer geht der groesste Teil der Aufwendungen von 5 Mrd. $ drauf, sagte Barret. Er verwies dazu insbesondere auf die US-Werke in Phoenix, Portland und Oregon sowie die Anlage in Irland. In zwei Jahren seien noch kleinere Halbleiter moeglich, sagte er. Im zweiten Halbjahr 2007 sollte es die 45-Nanometer- Technologie geben, erklaerte Barret. Er lehnte es jedoch ab, sich zu den Finanzergebnissen des Konzerns zu aendern. Er sagte lediglich, das Geschaeft wachse weltweit. Kraeftiges Wachstum sei in den Schwellenlaendern zu verzeichnen.
Siemens AG currently has no plans to sell its troubled mobile phone division, chief executive Heinrich von Pierer told Die Welt newspaper in an interview to be published tomorrow. We have a clear schedule for bringing the unit out of the red he said. We are working through this schedule speedily, but not hastily. There is nothing to announce yet.
Intel has record quarterly sales. Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, has posted its best quarterly sales figures, boosting optimism about earnings throughout the industry. Revenue growth was driven by sales of chips used in servers and portable computers, as well as demand in booming economies such as India and China. Intel also said it had sorted out inventory problems. Sales in the three months ending 25 December were $9.6bn (5.1bn) from $8.7 a year earlier. Profit was $2.12bn. Analysts had expected sales of $9.42bn. Turning point "It's a terrific report," said Stephen Leeb, president of Leeb Capital. "Intel is clearly the bellwether, and this report could easily turn the tech sector." Total sales for 2004 were $34.2bn, 14% higher than in the previous twelve months. Intel shares rose 3% to $23.20 in electronic trading after Wall Street had closed. The news also lifted stocks such as Applied Materials, a company which makes equipment used to produce computer chips. Until Intel's announcement, analysts and industry insiders had been cautious about the outlook for earnings. Intel rivals Advanced Micro Devices and STMicroelectronics have both disappointed investors with forecasts. AMD shares fell 26% on Tuesday after the firm issued a profits warning, citing a "challenging" market for its flash memory products - used in devices like mobile phones and digital cameras. Fourth quarter profits were expected to be "down significantly" from the third, AMD said. By contrast, Intel said that it was targeting sales of between $8.8bn and $9.4bn in the current three month period, with chief financial officer Andy Bryant hinting that the company may be slightly pessimistic. Mr Bryant, however, said that there still is fierce competition from rivals.
Deutsche Bank under investigation. A window being cleaned at Deutsche Bank's headquartersDeutsche Bank is Germany's biggest banking institutionGermany's biggest bank - Deutsche Bank - is being investigated on suspicion it may have manipulated its balance sheet.The investigation is in connection to a long-running legal dispute with the now-defunct Kirch media group.Deutsche Bank is alleged not to have set aside provisions to cover damages and compensation that a court ordered it to pay to Kirch.Kirch imploded in 2002 shortly after Deutsche's former boss questioned its creditworthiness in a TV interview.ViolationA probe had been launched against "Deutsche Bank officials", a spokesman for state prosecutors said, without providing any further details.Back in December 2003, a court in Munich ruled that Deutsche Bank's then chairman Rolf Breuer had violated his duty of client confidentiality by publicly questioning Kirch Group's creditworthiness on television in 2002.The court ordered Deutsche Bank to pay unspecified compensation to Kirch, but the bank has challenged this ruling.Shortly after Mr Breuer's remarks, banks began to refuse to lend Kirch any more money and KirchMedia, the main pillar of the Kirch Group, filed for insolvency in April 2002.Deutsche Bank declined to comment.
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