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To: Paul Engel who wrote (109649)	9/11/2000 9:05:54 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 186894

Golly pauLie, Outstanding 'Droid post you made! Where have you been? Since Grove has let it go on for soooooooo long, it must scare you to consider the possibility there is no one around to initiate any changes. Better start a petition drive! Maybe some of the SI iNteL employee posters can help. Ooops, not many of them left! __________________________________________________________ December 1999 Message 11717983 __________________________________________________________ Paul/Yousef, your buddies at iNTEL must be slipping. gamecenter.com Intel News Network (Cnet) posting benchmarks showing how the Athlon remains the FASTEST PC PROCESSOR IN THE WORLD! iNTEL: "We know what's best for our customers!" Too bad about Barrett. He shouldn't take all the blame for iNTEL's failures, but then again he does spend too much time worrying about AMD. Maybe with Barrett gone iNTEL can get back to worrying about iNTEL and not AMD. Paul, you're an example of what is happening at iNTEL: too much time preoccupied with Jerry and AMD. AMD IS NOT iNTEL's biggest problem; iNTEL is iNTEL'S biggest problem. The Paul/Yousef FUDD pucker factor yesterday was at it's highest and iNTEL's morale must be at it's lowest. Maybe next quarter........ _________________________________________________________ December 1999 Message 12173511 __________________________________________________________ intel ain't gonna change until they change management. Grove left, and Barrett can't keep it going. Period. This "atmosphere" will continue until heads roll. And not the peon's heads, even though they will be the first to go. It's not a "team", it's not a "group", it's the front office. ___________________________________________________________ Make it so! Mysef

To: Paul Engel who wrote (109649)	9/11/2000 9:11:34 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 186894

Intel Introduces New Virtual Private Networking Family Of Products Under NetStructure™ Brand New VPN Devices Deliver World-class Performance in Space-saving Design BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 11, 2000 - Intel Corporation today announced a new family of high-performance virtual private networking (VPN) products that securely connect remote users to branch offices and business partners over the Internet while helping to save on traditional private leased line and long-distance dial-up charges. The new products are designed to be used by corporations, Web hosting companies and other service providers offering managed Internet services. The new VPN devices are part of the growing Intel® NetStructure™ product line, which includes highly reliable and scalable network control equipment, Internet appliances and services that add greater intelligence to computer networks in order to help companies provide a faster and more reliable e-Business experience. With the growth of the Internet and online access, companies are increasingly using the Internet to augment or replace the use of private networks, instead routing private information over the Internet's public infrastructure through encrypted VPN "tunnels." These tunnels act as a secure pipeline to protect the transmission of data over the Internet. VPN products such as Intel's are rapidly being deployed by service providers and enterprises as a way to eliminate expensive long-distance dial-in and leased-line connections, reducing costs without sacrificing security or performance. The worldwide market for VPN equipment and software will more than triple from $1.2 billion this year to $3.7 billion in 2004, according to Infonetics Research in San Jose. The demand for VPNs has been growing rapidly in corporate environments and among Application Service Providers (ASPs), Hosting Service Providers (HSPs) and a growing category of VPN service providers (VSPs) that offer managed VPN services. With VPN services, service providers can offer customers outsourced management of their VPNs, secure access to their hosted data centers, and secure delivery of hosted applications. "To succeed in today's highly competitive e-Business marketplace, service providers are demanding unparalleled cost savings, integrity and performance, whereas corporations want ubiquitous and secure access for their employees, customers and partners," said John Miner, vice president, Intel Communications Products Group. "Intel's NetStructure VPN products deliver the high performance, density, security and affordability that service providers need to offer their corporate clients." "UUNET is excited about the release of the new high-performance Intel NetStructure VPN product line," said Greg Moore, vice president, products and development, UUNET. "The inclusion of Intel's products in UUNET's VPN Vendor Alliance Program has allowed UUNET to extend its portfolio of leading-edge, high-performance VPN solutions to meet the needs of businesses today." Intel® NetStructure™ VPN Gateway Family Intel's scaleable family of NetStructure VPN products allow customers to select the performance level necessary to meet their specific requirements. The products are fully compliant with the popular IPSec 1.1 industry security standard, and include an ICSA firewall, unlimited remote clients and BlackICE** Defender personal firewall. Intel's highest-performing VPN gateways -- the Intel NetStructure 3130 and 3125 VPN Gateways -- deliver up to 95Mbps of throughput and 10,000 simultaneous tunnels for demanding VPN environments. The 3130 offers expandability with additional PCI slots in a 4U chassis. The 3125 provides the same performance in a compact, 1U chassis for space conservation. Both include the Intel NetStructure VPN Management Suite, unlimited remote clients and personal firewall capabilities. The Intel NetStructure 3120 VPN Gateway offers up to 20Mbps of throughput and 2,000 simultaneous tunnels for a medium- to large-sized branch office or small central site. The lower-cost Intel NetStructure 3110 VPN Gateway provides up to 2Mbps performance and 100 simultaneous tunnels for a small- to medium-sized branch office. The Intel NetStructure VPN Management Suite enables service providers to easily set up Intel VPN gateways and VPN clients for delivery and management of services. Included are the Intel NetStructure Access Manager for comprehensive user and tunnel management; the Intel NetStructure Reporting Tool for VPN security audits and usage analysis; and the Intel NetStructure VPN Client Deployment Tool for centralized, Web-based management and deployment of VPN client software. Intel will also offer a VPN software upgrade for its Express 8200 and 9500 routers to allow existing customers to integrate VPN, firewall, wide area network (WAN) access and advanced routing functionality without having to buy additional hardware components. The routers -- which provide up to 1.3 Mbps of VPN throughput -- can be used in conjunction with NetStructure VPN Gateways to connect small sites with central offices. Pricing & Availability The Intel NetStructure 3110, 3120 and 3130 VPN Gateways will be available Sept. 14 at the suggested U.S. list price of $3,495, $10,995 and $20,995, respectively. The Intel NetStructure 3125 VPN Gateway will be available Nov. 22 at the suggested U.S. list price of $20,995. The VPN upgrade for the Express 8200 and 9500 routers will be available Sept. 29 at the suggested U.S. list price of $499 for a single device upgrade, or $3,499 for a 10-device upgrade. These products can be complemented with Intel's NetStructureSM Support Services, a comprehensive service portfolio that includes phone, hardware and software subscription support contracts; comprehensive support contracts; and product installation support. Intel networking products are available worldwide through a network of distributors, value-added resellers and service providers. Additional product information is available at www.intel.com/network or (800) 538-3373 for U.S. and Canadian customers; (44) 1-793-431-155 for European customers; or (503) 264-7354 for other international customers. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. * Third party marks and brands are property of their respective owners. ** BlackICE Defender is a trademark of Network ICE Corporation.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (109649)	9/11/2000 5:38:55 PM
From: Pigboy	Respond to of 186894

Paul, << Intel's strongest asset is its name and reputation - that is how and why it can charge - and get - higher prices than AMD. As Intel keeps trying to destroy its own reputation by their own ineptness, they continually chip away at their quality image - one that has taken 32 years to build. >> Good point. I hope Intel can sharpen their focus going into 2001. I can't imagine Barrett and Grove are pleased with some of the recent news. I have faith they will act accordingly. thanks for your thoughts, pigboy

To: Paul Engel who wrote (109649)	9/11/2000 7:09:30 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, RE:"Clearly, the management of the microprocessor group has SCREWED UP big time - and they should be held accountable by losing their jobs. Albert Yu should be the first to go. Craig Barrett better make it happen - or else he may also need to go. I can't see him benefitting while Intel's reputation is continually smeared with engineering screw up after screw up. Re: "I guess I'm just trying to figure out how much of the recent news is overhyped or not and how much it will actually hit margins/bottom line?" You said>>>Intel's strongest asset is its name and reputation - that is how and why it can charge - and get - higher prices than AMD. As Intel keeps trying to destroy its own reputation by their own ineptness, they continually chip away at their quality image - one that has taken 32 years to build. It takes a lifetime to build a reputation - and an instant to destroy it. It is already hurting their bottom line - by allowing AMD to regain their footing - and competing effectively with Intel." ---- Man, it seems I'm one of the few left that think Intel is doing a good job, at least with damage control. Forget the benchmarks we've seen so far for Willamette. Intel is sandbagging. Willy will kick some butt...Scumbria will be shocked at the benchmarks.... Rambus prices are dropping. Dell ought to be able to sell P4 units for under $3000 with help from Intel. They will sell like hotcakes...(lots of power dissapation <G>) As far as heads rolling at Intel...I've been calling for that for a while. Otellini and Yu first...Unfortunately, some of it leads back to the paranoid one... Jim

To: Paul Engel who wrote (109649)	9/12/2000 7:48:17 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Hi Paul, Re: "Clearly, the management of the microprocessor group has SCREWED UP big time - and they should be held accountable by losing their jobs. Albert Yu should be the first to go." Intel does not appear to be sufficiently focused on the processor division - who would be the person in charge of this particular decision? RE: "Craig Barrett better make it happen - or else he may also need to go. I can't see him benefitting while Intel's reputation is continually smeared with engineering screw up after screw up." I believe Intel's brandname has to be protected in the old microprocessor business (which has a lot of visibility), in order for Intel's brandname to succeed in the new business. Thus, an investment in protecting the old business, would actually assist the new business. Who is in charge of investment allocations of resources between the divisions? Do any of Intel's financial reports indicate how much money is invested into the different divisions? I would be interested in reviewing this. RE: "It is already hurting their bottom line - by allowing AMD to regain their footing - and competing effectively with Intel." Paul No doubt AMD has a foothold, but fortunately, this foothold is restricted by their limited capacity. As you know, Intel's capacity is many times more than AMD's capacity. I think this is a fab war and one which is very lopsided in favor of Intel. Having said that, Intel's fabs shouldn't be the fortress that protects Intel. A strong brand-marketing executive needs to go up to bat for Intel's brandname and take on any executives who get in the way of this, as a strong marketer should do. Protecting the company's brand, should be one of the most important tasks for a marketing executive. Regards, Amy J