Alcatel-Lucent Expects Poor Q4

Alcatel-Lucent SA said revenue and profit for its fourth quarter will be significantly lower than it was a year earlier, blaming consumer and employee uncertainty about the merger of Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. The merger closed on Nov. 30. The company now expects combined fourth-quarter revenue to total '4.42 billion ($5.7 billion U.S.), down from '5.25 bil'lion ($6.77 billion U.S.) last year. The results will be announced Feb. 9.

McAfee tool causes Notes problems

The latest upgrade to McAfee Inc.'s VirusScan Enterprise security software is causing hiccups for some versions of IBM's Lotus Notes. The problem affects users of Virus'Scan Enterprise 8.5i who are also using the R6 or R7 versions of Lotus Notes. The companies recommend disabling two settings in McAfee's software: "Scan all server databases" and "Scan server mailboxes."

Sun reports first profit in a year