<..I personally don't think their next earnings report is going to
materially affect the stock either way, unless it is varies widely from expectations. This stock is trading on future potential earnings and contracts, as well as the (perceived)health of this technology...>
I agree 100%. And Seaman's called in sick a full 2 months ahead of having to face investors/analysts on the conference call. I don't expect much there.
(Also good to know that someone else who followed this exchange understands these points (EPS, non-recurrings and expectation). Unfortunately heavy bs-spin was NOT left on the AMTX thread. Just can't escape ignorant blowhards and hypesters)
Gentia (GNTIY- formerly "Planning Sciences") was once thought an important "middleware" player ( biz.yahoo.com ), but they stumbled horribly. Today's press may be part of their recent bounce. (FTR, I owned them long ago, but haven't touched them for a long time and would be very cautious now):
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PR-NETSPEED(TM) AND SIECOR ANNOUNCE COOPERATIVE EFFORT
Companies to Integrate Central Office and Customer Premises POTS
(Plain Old Telephone System) Splitter Solutions
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSpeed, Inc. and Siecor
Operations, LLC announced today that the companies will cooperate to
provide central office and customer premises POTS Splitter solutions
for NetSpeed's family of ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
products. Siecor will integrate NetSpeed POTS Splitter circuit boards
into Siecor's central office and customer premises products for
distribution to the marketplace.
"Joint collaborations of this kind to introduce integrated splitter
solutions will foster innovations in the industry and accelerate the
introduction of ADSL technologies," according to Barry Slotnick, Siecor
ADSL Business Development Manager.
The Siecor and NetSpeed ADSL MDF POTS Splitter is one of the most
integrated central office POTS splitter solutions available on the
market. The ADSL MDF (main distribution frame) POTS Splitter, is
designed to mount on the distribution side of a conventional central
office main distribution frame. Single wire-wrap terminals are provided for connection of twisted pairs to the outside plant line, the POTS switch equipment and the ADSL transmission unit (ATU-C). The Siecor and NetSpeed ADSL MDF POTS Splitter is also compatible with NetSpeed's EZ-DSL(TM) no-truck roll technology at the customer premises.
For applications requiring customer premises POTS Splitters, Siecor
offers the ADSL NID POTS Splitter (remote end splitter). One version is packaged in a Protected Terminating Device(TM) (PTD(TM)) line module for installation inside a Siecor Network Interface Device NID (network interface device) NI-2000 series. A RJ-11 test jack provides the voice path, while a RJ-45 test jack provides the data transmission path. Several other versions are planned to be offered to provide alternative packaging solutions.
"Our customers are delighted at the combination of NetSpeed's
end-to-end ATM service architecture and DSLAM innovation with Siecor's
de-facto standard in central office MDF and customer NIDs," said Kent
Savage, vice president of sales and marketing for NetSpeed.
Siecor and NetSpeed POTS splitter products will also include versions
that support advanced maintenance features like test signatures.
These allow POTS splitters to be managed by network operational support systems and identification by metallic loop test systems. The
signatures are designed to be active only in the maintenance mode and
will not interfere with normal circuit operation.
For additional information on Siecor products, please contact Siecor at 1-800-SIECOR5 (1-800-743-2675) or at www.siecor.com.
Siecor, owned equally by Siemens Corporation and Corning Incorporated
(NYSE: GLW), continues to lead the industry in developing and
manufacturing optical fiber and copper communications products for
voice, data and video applications. Formed in 1977, the company is a
major supplier for telephone companies, cable television operating
companies, customer premises communications and utility applications.
Siecor is the largest manufaave lengthened while customers sort out the multitude of offerings in the data warehousing, business intelligence and decision-support market," Mr. Rolph said. "Also, the current pressure to resolve Year 2000 issues reduces the attention and budget that information technology professionals can devote to our products and services. Part of Gentia's response to this situation is our ongoing shift from technology-led to solutions-led sales. This shift improves our competitive position by highlighting Gentia's unique product advantages including its positive impact on customer ROI."
"Our longer-term outlook is as positive as ever," Mr. Rolph continued.
"Gentia achieved its sales hiring plan for 1997, having hired six new
sales people in the fourth quarter, and has continued on this track in
1998, building a competent and enthusiastic solutions-based sales
force. As part of our strategy, Gentia is focused on a large and
growing niche where our software technology will be delivered as a
finished application solution. The company is pursuing a key strategic partnership that will enhance our ability to provide solutions in this way, and we expect to announce more specifics shortly."
About the Company
Gentia Software provides a complete environment for building,
deploying and managing enterprise Business Intelligence (BI)
applications. Through sophisticated analytical processing and an open
network architecture, Gentia enables the delivery of a new class of BI
applications such as Balanced Scorecards that ensure delivery of
information to all decision-makers throughout an organization.
The company is headquartered in London, England, and maintains its U.S. headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. Offices are located throughout North America in such major cities as Dallas, Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. International subsidiaries are located in Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Germany, France, Belgium and The Netherlands. The company also operates internationally through a network of distributors in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Israel, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and The Philippines.
Gentia has more than 400 corporate and public-sector clients. Among
them are major organizations such as J. P. Morgan and Company, Federal
Express, Swiss Reinsurance, Sun Microsystems, Motorola, Barclays Bank,
Volvo, Hewlett-Packard and Citibank.
Internet users can obtain additional information about Gentia and its
products by navigating to gentia.com
This news release contains statements of a forward-looking nature
relating to the financial performance of Gentia Software. Such
statements are based upon the information available to management at
this time, and they necessarily involve risk because actual results
could differ materially from current expectations. Among the many
factors that could cause actual results to differ from those set forth
in the company's forward-looking statements are changes in general
economic conditions, actions taken by customers or competitors, and the receipt of more or fewer orders than expected. |
