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Technology Stocks : Hummingbird Comm. (HUMC)

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To: Mitch Vine who wrote (1832)4/27/1999 8:46:00 PM
From: John Chatterton  Read Replies (1) of 2018
 
Does anyone have an opinion as to whether the following story suggests a threat to HUMC's connectivity business?
(Also, by the bye, I noticed that HUMC is nowhere to be seen on the current list of most favorite shorts on NASDAQ. I guess every cloud has a silver lining!)

Sun Microsystems
Dow Jones Newswires -- April 27, 1999
Sun Microsystems Unveils I-Planet Remote-Access Software

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) unveiled i-Planet business portal software,
which allows remote access to corporate computer network.

In a press release Tuesday, the company said the software allows authorized users secure access to
corporate intranets and extranets from Java technology-enabled browsers as though they are working
from an in-office desktop.

Sun-Netscape alliance will sell the software as part of its portfolio of e-commerce offerings for businesses.

As reported, Sun's i-Planet, expected to be available on May 19, runs on corporate-server machines and
starts at $10,000 for as many as 100 computer users.
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