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When Mexico's largest flourmaker, Maseca, wanted to exploit the government's recent deregulation of the tortilla industry, its delivery fleet needed instant access to warehouse data. Houston-based Compaq, which sent its new iPAQ pocket PC service south of the border this year, nailed a deal to put its handheld wireless devices in hundreds of Maseca drivers' pockets...
...Compaq or HP seems to be under any illusion about the arduous tasks ahead--blending their cultures, cutting costs ruthlessly (the target is $2.5 billion by 2004) and cracking the services market. Compaq founder Canion, for one, is cautiously optimistic. "These are strong companies being judged in a tough time," he says. At the very least, his baby's new mom has managed to defer judgment for a little while longer...
Manufacturers hoping to boost a sagging PC market are racing to equip computers for wireless networking. "It's considered something of vast importance, given the economic slowdown," says International Data Corp. (IDC) analyst Jason Smolek. Compaq, Gateway and Dell are all selling computers with built-in wireless networking capabilities. IBM launched a top-line Wi-Fi equipped laptop named ThinkPad T23 in late July that offers enhanced security features. Apple, which virtually pioneered wireless home networking when it launched AirPort in 1999, is ahead of the pack. All its computers have been WLAN-ready since then...
Indeed, after two years of embarrassing delays and technical glitches, Bluetooth consumer products are finally trickling out--mainly as cell phone, computer and PDA attachments made by companies such as 3Com, Palm, Compaq and Motorola. Simon Ellis, chairman of marketing for Bluetooth SIG, says 9 million Bluetooth chipsets will be shipped this year. But most Bluetooth-enabled consumer hardware will be out next year. Meanwhile, Bluetooth is earning its stripes in industrial applications. UPS, for instance, announced a $100 million plan last month to use Bluetooth in ring scanners for package sorters and Wi-Fi in its world-wide mobile...
Person of the Week RECIPE FOR GROWTH Derided over a failed bid for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina served up an even tastier treat: a $25 billion merger - the industry's largest - with rival Compaq. Too bad that a bearish Wall Street quickly took one-fifth off the deal's value...