Week ahead: Countdown to Cisco
It's a quiet week for IT events, but earnings could generate some cheers if tech titans Cisco Systems and EDS bat out a profit as expected.
Networking giant Cisco Systems is stepping up to the earnings plate next, preparing to bat out some profits. The tech titan will be joined by a host of other companies, such as Electronic Data Systems (EDS), that are rolling out their quarterly results.
Information technology events, however, will be few and far between. Some of the events scheduled include Business Intelligence 2003 and Boundaryless Information Flow: Keeping IT Secure.
The information was gathered from First Call, Hoover's Online, CCBN's StreetEvents and CNET Investor.
Events scheduled this week:
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Sunday, Feb. 2
- Fiber systems and remote sensoring are among the topics at the Advanced Solid-State Photonics, set for Feb. 2-5 in San Antonio, Texas.
Monday, Feb. 3
- Data warehousing, business intelligence and knowledge management will be some of the topics discussed at the Business Intelligence 2003, scheduled for Feb. 3-4 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Saturday, Feb. 8
- What does the future hold? A billion transistor chips in mainstream enterprise platforms are among the answers at the HPCA-9 Ninth International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, scheduled for Feb. 8-12 in Anaheim, Calif.
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Monday, Feb. 3
- Corel makes graphics software. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of 12 cents a share.
Tuesday, Feb. 4
- Cisco Systems, a networking company, is expected to report a second-quarter profit of 13 cents a share.
Wednesday, Feb. 5
- Copper Mountain Networks provides broadband hardware and software for competitive local exchange carriers and others. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of 79 cents a share.
Thursday, Feb. 6
- Click2learn.com makes software to collect, manage and dispense information for corporations. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of 6 cents a share.
Friday, Feb. 7
- Vishay Intertechnology makes discrete semiconductor chips. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 9 cents a share.
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- Auto and Truck Sales is the total of domestically produced vehicles sold. January auto sales are expected to decline to 5.7 million, from 6.1 million the previous month. Truck sales are expected to fall to 7.5 million, from 8.7 million the previous month.
Tuesday, Feb. 4
- Factory Orders is the total of durable and nondurable goods orders. The December total is expected to rise to 0.3 percent growth, compared with a 0.8 percent decline the previous month.
- Initial Claims is the weekly total of new claims filed for unemployment compensation. The total is expected to fall to 390,000 for the week ended Feb. 1, from 397,000 the previous week.
- The Unemployment Rate is the percentage of American workers looking for jobs. The January rate is expected to remain flat at 6 percent from the previous month.