Business Wire articles from Monday, March 4

Business Wire back issues from Monday, March 4:

International Billing Services names Dawne Chandler vice president of business improvement and quality.

Mar 04, 1996 ... RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- International Billing Services (IBS) has announced the appointment of Dawne Chandler as vice president of business improvement and quality.In her new position, Chandler will develop processes, procedures and methods ...

Intel Announces First in a Family of Pentium Overdrive Processors for Upgradable Pentium Processor-based Systems; Speeds up 60 through 100-MHz Pentium Processor-Based Systems With Advanced Pentium Processor Technology.

Mar 04, 1996 ... FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Intel Corporation today announced the availability of Pentium OverDrive processors for upgradable Pentium processor-based systems.Based on the same advanced .35 micron silicon technology used for Intel's fastest Pentium processors, ...

MicroScript announces MicroScript WorkStation for Windows NT at HIMSS.

Mar 04, 1996 ... ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--MicroScript Corp. today announced the next generation of MicroScript WorkStation for the Windows NT operating system.MicroScript Corp., the leading interface tool supplier to the healthcare marketplace, made the announcement at the Health ...

ETI and DBStar sign alliance agreement; together companies will provide legacy data migration and data warehouse technology.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--DBStar Inc. and Evolutionary Technologies International (ETI) Monday announced that the two companies have signed a partnering agreement to offer complementary data migration and data warehouse technology.This combination of ETI's data ...

Voysys Debuts VoysConnect, First Unified Voice Communications System for Small Businesses; Combines functionality of telephone system, call processing, voice messaging, off-site notification, fax switching and information delivery in a single solution.

Mar 04, 1996 ... FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Voysys Corporation, a leading supplier of voice communications systems, today introduced VoysConnect, an unprecedented unified voice communications system that delivers complete call handling and extensive voice messaging capabilities in a ...

S3 Announces Support for Microsoft Direct3D with ViRGE Family of 3D Multimedia Accelerators; S3d Technology and Direct3D Bring 3D Capabilities to the Mainstream PC Market.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- In conjunction with Microsoft, S3 today announced that its recently-launched ViRGE and ViRGE/VX 3D graphics and video accelerators fully support Microsoft's new Direct3D API.Developers of 3D applications can now use Direct3D to ...

AppSource announces support for Essbase 4.0; WIRED for OLAP plug-and-play with new release of Essbase.

Mar 04, 1996 ... ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--AppSource Corp. announced that its WIRED for OLAP software now includes full plug-and-play support for the newly released version 4.0 of Arbor Software's Essbase(r) OLAP Analysis Server.WIRED for OLAP(tm) is a powerful, easy and ...

Wildfire Electronic Assistant places and manages conference calls, any time, any place, from any phone; Upgrade adds breakthrough, on-the-fly conferencing features; new 'reception assistant' offers small businesses a single communications solution.

Mar 04, 1996 ... LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Wildfire Communications, Inc., today announced a significant upgrade to the Wildfire Electronic Assistant, which coordinates all of a professional's daily telephone communications the way a secretary once did. In a breakthrough for traveling ...

Centigram's Series 6 Selected For VoiceStream Wireless Nationwide PCS Rollout; First Implementation of VoiceStream Wireless Offers PCS Enhanced Messaging Services to Hawaiian Subscribers.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Centigram Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: CGRM), a leading global provider of communications solutions, today announced that VoiceStream Wireless, Western Wireless' brand name for Personal Communications Services (PCS), has chosen ...

Intel and Cisco Team on Networking Technology; Virtual LAN technology helps users reduce costs and problems of large network management; Intel plans to implement Cisco VLAN technology on Fast Ethernet adapter.

Mar 04, 1996 ... HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Intel Corporation and Cisco Systems today announced plans to work together to deliver enhanced capabilities for virtual local area networks (VLANs) to help companies reduce the costs and eliminate many of the problems of managing large ...

Investors Bullish on Science Multimedia.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Maris Multimedia, the London-headquartered publisher of award-winning CD-ROM titles, has announced funding of $3 million, provided by investment capital group 3i of London, and Maxis Inc. of Walnut Creek, Calif., itself a leading publisher ...

Paramount Real Estate Services Inc. announces 138,000 square foot mixed medical office complex contract.

Mar 04, 1996 ... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Paramount Real Estate Services Inc. (Paramount) has announced that it has been selected to manage the 138,000 square foot Palm Court Plaza Medical Complex located adjacent to Delray Community Hospital in Delray Beach, Fla.Palm ...

Integrated Information Technology (IIT) to Change Name to 8x8, Inc.; New Corporate Identity Will Focus on Processors for Videoconferencing and MPEG.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Integrated Information Technology, Inc. today announced that it has changed its name to 8x8, Inc. to reflect its renewed focus on high-performance multimedia processors. The 8x8 name underscores the company's focus on programmable ...

Wildfire Communications drops prices; New unbundled pricing offers Wildfire at 40% below original price.

Mar 04, 1996 ... LEXINGTON, Mass--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Wildfire Communications, Inc., announced today a new sales model, resulting in a dramatic reduction in the price of its award-winning Electronic Assistant, which coordinates all of a professional's daily telephone communications the way a ...

3Com Announces Participation in the Joint Development of New Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Global data networking leader 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) today announced its participation as a joint development partner of Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), the new networking standard underlying multi-protocol Virtual ...

Geoworks Appoints Industry Veteran as Vice President of Marketing; Senior executive brings 15 years of experience in strategic planning, marketing, and engineering.

Mar 04, 1996 ... ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Geoworks (Nasdaq/National Market System Symbol: GWRX), a leading provider of operating systems and application software to the emerging consumer computing device (CCD) market, today named Grover Righter to the newly created position of Vice ...

Worldwide Office Suite Market Grew 57 Percent in 1995; Microsoft Extended Its Lead with Nearly 90 Percent of the Market.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Despite all the transactions and turmoil in the suite market in 1995, the market continued its steady growth with worldwide revenue increasing 57 percent, according to Dataquest's preliminary results.Lotus was acquired by IBM, ...

NCD Systems and IBM To Jointly Market NCD Xstations to IBM Customers; NCD estimates $50 million revenue stream over first three years of agreement.

Mar 04, 1996 ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--NCD Systems Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Network Computing Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:NCDI) and leader in the design and manufacture of enterprise network computing solutions, today announced an agreement with IBM to jointly market and ...

MSA Signs as a Tandem Healthcare Alliance Partner; MSA's imaging solution ported to Tandem's Integrity NR servers.

Mar 04, 1996 ... ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Tandem Computers Incorporated announced today an alliance partnership with Raleigh, N.C.-based Management Systems Associates, Inc. (MSA).This partnership brings together nearly 50 years of expertise in US healthcare markets. MSA's ...

RICHARD D'ANGELO, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY, JOINS ATALLA AS VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND MARKETING; "Internet security is about to boom. We needed a Sales and Marketing leader who could help us build the partnerships that will allow Atalla products to make the Internet safe enough for commerce." -- Bob Gargus, President of Atalla.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Atalla, a division of Tandem Computers Incorporated, and the leader in hardware-based transaction security, announced today that Richard D'Angelo has been appointed as the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing."We see that our ...

Mitsumi introduces full-size Windows 95 compatible keyboard; Ergonomic 104-key YA keyboard features three new Windows 95-specific keys.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Mitsumi today expanded its personal computer keyboard product line with the introduction of the new full-size Mitsumi YA 104 Keyboard.The full-size YA Keyboard joins Mitsumi's space-saving ZW Keyboard, which was announced last ...

Edify Announces New Page Call Application; Direct Connect to Internet for Call Centers; Integration Between Telephony and Internet Now Possible.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Edify Corporation, a leader in software for self-service applications, today announced the immediate availability of Page Call, an application of its Electronic Workforce software. Page Call allows World Wide Web users to easily initiate ...

Sun Microsystems Showcases Internet Solutions at Healthcare Conference.

Mar 04, 1996 ... ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1996--Sun Microsystems demonstrated the future of advanced healthcare today at the HIMSS '96 conference, put on by the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society.Sun showed how emerging network computing technologies for the Internet and ...

Arbor Software Ships ESSBASE 4.0; New Version Delivers Operational OLAP for the Agile Enterprise.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Arbor Software Corporation, a leading provider of client/server software for business planning, analysis and management reporting, today announced the immediate availability of Essbase 4.0.The new version of Essbase enables ...

Socket Names Martin Levetin President and CEO; Wireless Messaging Pioneer Brings Broad Experience to N-PCS Company.

Mar 04, 1996 ... FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Socket Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ SmallCap: SCKT, SCKTW; PSE: SOK) today announced that Martin S. Levetin became the company's president and chief executive officer effective March 1, 1996.Dr. Levetin brings over 25 years of ...

Chips and Technologies' HiQVideo Controller Brings Full Motion Video to New High Performance Toshiba Notebooks; Video controller delivers full motion video for conferencing, TV and entertainment applications.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Chips and Technologies, Inc. and Toshiba America announced today the first notebook computer to incorporate Chips' HiQVideo graphics accelerator -- the new Tecra 720CDT multimedia notebook PC from Toshiba America Information Systems. ...

ESSBASE 4.0 Garners Broad Support From Leading Software Vendors; 25 Leading Products Integrate With Enhanced Essbase Server.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Arbor Software Corporation, a leading provider of client/server software for business planning, analysis and management reporting, today announced that the newly released Essbase 4.0 has garnered support from 17 leading software vendors. ...

ECO2 Receives Letter Of Intent From The Export-Import Bank Of The U.S.

Mar 04, 1996 ... HAWTHORNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--ECO2, Inc. (NASDAQ:TIRE) announced today, it has received a signed Letter of Intent from the Export-Import Bank of the United States, in Washington D.C., for the financing of a $10.5mm ECO2 reactor facility to be constructed in Moscow, Russia ....

METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC. ACQUIRES HOLOSCAN, INC.

Mar 04, 1996 ... BLACKWOOD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Metrologic Instruments, Inc.(NASDAQ-NMS: MTLG), a leading manufacturer of laser bar code scanners, today reported that it has acquired Holoscan, Inc. ("Holoscan") of San Jose, California. Holoscan designs holographic laser bar code scanners. ...

Tan Range Exploration - Exclusive Exploration Rights Finalized With Ethiopian Government.

Mar 04, 1996 ... VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--TAN RANGE CORPORATION(Alberta Stock Exchange: TNX.A ) Mr. Marek J. Kreczmer, President and Chief Executive Officer, is pleased to announce that the Exploration Agreement between Tan Range Exploration Corporation and the Ministry ...

Ultratech Announces the Appointment of a President and COO; Watkins Johnson veteran James Schram tapped to fill newly created position.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Ultratech Stepper, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTEK), a leading supplier of photolithographic steppers used to manufacture semiconductors and thin film heads for disk drives, announced today that electronics industry veteran James L. Schram (48) has joined ...

ExecuTrain named computer training franchisor of the year.

Mar 04, 1996 ... ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--ExecuTrain Corp. today announced it has been named the number one computer training franchisor in Entrepreneur Magazine's seventeenth annual Franchise 500 award. ExecuTrain also announced it was ranked 98th in the magazine's International Franchise ...

Cameron Ashley Building Products, Inc. completes acquisition of Ogden, Utah branch of Premdor, Inc.

Mar 04, 1996 ... DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Cameron Ashley Building Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:CABP) announced today that it completed its acquisition of the Ogden, Utah distribution facility of Premdor Corp., a subsidiary of Premdor, Inc. The distribution facility's 1995 sales were approximately ...

New Compaq Desktop PCs, Breakthrough Storage Technology Significantly Increase Business Productivity Price Reductions, Enhancements Add More Customer Value; Pentium Pro Shipping.

Mar 04, 1996 ... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Editor's Summary Compaq today announced:o New Business Desktop PCs: 35 new models, including the fastestPentium and Pentium Pro processors, deliver enhanced functionality,features and power to businesseso Breakthrough ...

Telecommunications services revenues to grow to $239 billion by the year 2000; New IDC report forecasts the telecommunications services market from 1995 through 2000.

Mar 04, 1996 ... FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- Total telecommunications services revenues will grow from $176 billion in 1994 to more than $239 billion by the year 2000 according to a new report from IDC/LINK.This research reveals that significant changes are underway in the ...

Compaq First to Offer Innovative Solution in Personal Storage Management; New Technologies: 120MB Diskette Drive, Rewritable Optical Drive, Scanner Keyboard.

Mar 04, 1996 ... HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- March 4, 1996 -- In a strategic move to further enhance its commercial desktop options offerings, Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) today introduced the LS-120 Drive, the industry's first 120MB diskette drive, a breakthrough in drive technology for data ...

INTERNATIONAL FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT ENDS DISCUSSIONS TO ACQUIRE MAJORITY STAKE IN DIGITAL CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY IN PAKISTAN.

Mar 04, 1996 ... VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--M.G. "Pat" Robertson, chairman of International Family Entertainment, Inc. ("IFE") (NYSE: FAM), today announced that IFE's subsidiary, Mobilink Partners, Inc., ("Mobilink") has terminated its stock purchase agreement to purchase a majority ...

Internet access devices -- Hype, hope or happening?; New IDC research sizes the Internet access device market.

Mar 04, 1996 ... FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Is the so-called "dumb" terminal about to make a comeback -- reincarnated as a low-cost access device for the World Wide Web -- or is it just another wave of hype crashing on the Internet shore? According to new International Data ...

Whittaker Communications Demos Future of Healthcare Data Integration at the Health Information Management Systems Show (HIMSS).

Mar 04, 1996 ... ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Whittaker Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Whittaker Corporation (NYSE:WKR), in collaboration with HUBlink, Inc., Columbus, Ohio and Global Telemedix, Inc., Lexington, Mass., is demonstrating the future of healthcare data integration in ...

Whittaker to buy Xyplex Inc. from Raytheon for $117.5 million, boosting communications position.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--In its second major communications acquisition in less than a year, Whittaker Corporation (NYSE:WKR) announced today it has agreed to acquire Xyplex Inc. from Raytheon Co. (NYSE:RTN), Lexington, Mass.The acquisition enhances the ...

Score Board Previews Fiscal 1996 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results; Results Were Impacted by Higher than Expected Product Returns.

Mar 04, 1996 ... CHERRY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--The Score Board Inc. (NASDAQ: BSBL) reported today that higher than expected product returns, as well as delays in shipment of certain products, impacted its fourth quarter and fiscal 1996 year-end results.Due to the weakness being ...

U.S. ROBOTICS ACQUIRES AMBER WAVE SYSTEMS, INC.; Company Enters Fast-Growing LAN Switching Business with Key Technology Acquisition.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SKOKIE, Illinois--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--U.S. Robotics Corporation (NASDAQ:USRX) today announced that it has acquired Amber Wave Systems, Inc. (Amber Wave) a technology leader in workgroup LAN switching. The acquisition enables U.S. Robotics to offer low-cost LAN switching products ...

PAPELES NACIONALES ANNOUNCES 1995 RESULTS.

Mar 04, 1996 ... PEREIRA, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--The consolidated audited results of Papeles Nacionales for 1995 in Colombian Pesos resulted in net sales of $58,955 million, an increase of $18,017 million or 44% over the previous year. Gross profit of $23,121 million was 92.7% greater ...

Arizona Instrument Corp. fourth-quarter net income is 3 cents per share vs. a loss of 1 cent per share as revenue rises 27 percent to $3,635,000.

Mar 04, 1996 ... PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Arizona Instrument Corp. (NASDAQ:AZIC) Monday announced that net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 1995, increased to $219,000, or 3 cents per share, vs. a net loss of $62,000, or 1 cent per share, for the fourth quarter of 1994. ...

Cognex completes acquisition of Isys Controls.

Mar 04, 1996 ... NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Isys Controls, Inc., an Alameda, CA company specializing in developing machine vision systems for ...

Capstone Pharmacy Services completes acquisition of IMD Corporation; Adds $16.2 Million in Revenues.

Mar 04, 1996 ... BALTIMORE--(HealthWire)--March 4, 1996--Allan Silber, Chairman of Capstone Pharmacy Services, Inc. (Nasdaq National Market: DOSE (common stock), DOSEW (warrants)) ("Capstone") today announced that the Company has completed the acquisition of the assets of IMD Corporation, operating under the ...

SMC Acquires Personal Computer Systems Logic Technology From EFAR Microsystems, Inc.

Mar 04, 1996 ... HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMC) has announced its acquisition of the assets and technology of EFAR Microsystems, Inc. (EFAR), a Santa Clara, California, and Taiwan-based supplier of highly-integrated chipsets for X86-type (including ...

Amerigon announces fourth-quarter and year-end results.

Mar 04, 1996 ... MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Amerigon Inc. (NASDAQ:ARGNA) Monday reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 1995.For the fourth quarter, revenues increased almost four-fold over last year to $3,003,000 from $757,000. The company sustained ...

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES ACQUIRES PEN PAL SOFTWARE SUITE AS IT EXPANDS SYMBOL PEN COMPUTING OFFERING.

Mar 04, 1996 ... BOHEMIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Symbol Technologies Inc. (NYSE:SBL), world leader in bar code-driven data transaction systems, today announced that it has acquired the rights to the full suite of Power Pen Pal(R) software development tools of Pen Pal Associates, Inc. of ...

Storage Properties Inc. and Public Storage Inc. make announcement.

Mar 04, 1996 ... GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Storage Properties Inc. (ASE:STG) and Public Storage Inc. (NYSE:PSA) Monday announced that the corporations had agreed, subject to certain conditions, to merge.In the merger, STG would be merged with and into PSA, and each ...

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and John J. Anton to acquire Ghirardelli Chocolate Company.

Mar 04, 1996 ... DALLAS and SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 4, 1996-- Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated, of Dallas, a leading private investment firm, C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., a food industry management affiliate of Hicks Muse, and John J. Anton, current chief executive officer of Ghirardelli ...

ADC Expands Systems Integration Capabilities with Acquisition of Da Tel Fibernet; Acquisition enhances ADC's single source solution for support services and customized system integration.

Mar 04, 1996 ... MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- ADC Telecommunications, Inc., announced today that is has acquired Da Tel Fibernet, a leading telecommunications firm whose portfolio includes engineering, design and installation services. Da Tel Fibernet also manufactures telecommunications ...

Dillard Department Stores reports financial results.

Mar 04, 1996 ... LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Dillard Department Stores Inc. announced that sales for the year ended Feb. 3, 1996 were $5,918,038,000 vs. last year's sales of $5,545,803,000, an increase of 7%.Sales in comparable stores increased 2% over the previous year on a ...

Commercial Firewall Market To Experience Exponential Growth, 1996 the Year of the Firewall IPO; New IDC Report Forecasts the Worldwide Firewall Market From 1995 Through 2000.

Mar 04, 1996 ... FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--The emergence of the commercial firewall market broke speed records in 1995, according to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC). Driven by the adoption of Internet technology and Web servers (both Internet and intranet), IDC ...

International Data Corporation opens dedicated Latin America market research center.

Mar 04, 1996 ... CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- International Data Corporation (IDC), the leading supplier of information technology (IT) market research and consulting worldwide, announced effective March 1, 1996 the opening of a dedicated Latin America research center in Coral Gables, ...

MathSoft introduces Axum 4.1, powerful Windows graphing program; Seamlessly Integrates with Mathcad 6.0.

Mar 04, 1996 ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--MathSoft, Inc., (NASDAQ:MATH) today introduced Axum 4.1, a new version of the award-winning technical graphics and data analysis package for professional-level, publication-quality output.Axum 4.1 delivers drag-and-drop ...

Data Translation introduces Broadway, First Practical MPEG video solution for the desktop; Broadway Eliminates Price/Performance Barriers to High-Quality Digital Video on Desktop PCs and the Internet.

Mar 04, 1996 ... MARLBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Data Translation Inc. (NASDAQ:DATX) today introduced the Broadway video capture and compression system, the first practical and cost-effective way to enliven World Wide Web pages, business presentations, CD-ROM and other media with ...

OnLive! and ElectroMedia team up to add 3D voice chat community to top entertainment Web site, Virtual Vegas.

Mar 04, 1996 ... CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--OnLive! Technologies today announced that ElectroMedia's popular entertainment Web site, Virtual Vegas, will be the first Web site to implement an OnLive! 3D community for real-time, multi-participant voice chatting.OnLive! ...

MeetingPlace Addresses Everyday Problems With Conferences; Release 2.0 incorporates fax, pager, and voice processing technologies to ensure everyone knows about a meeting, has meeting materials, and can effectively contribute.

Mar 04, 1996 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Latitude Communications today announced a major enhancement to its market-leading MeetingPlace(TM) conference server.The industry's first conference server, MeetingPlace is a customer premises audioconference system that ...

BroadBand Technologies to partner with Samsung; Samwoo to bring full service networks to Korea; BroadBand's FLX-2500 product to provide Interactive switched digital video, high speed data.

Mar 04, 1996 ... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- BroadBand Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBTK), the leading provider of interactive switched digital video (SDV) systems, today announced the establishment of an exclusive supply agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. LTD. and Samwoo ...

FDA Accepts Chiron Diagnostics' Filing to Market Quantiplex HIV bDNA Viral Load Test.

Mar 04, 1996 ... EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Chiron Diagnostics, a business of Chiron Corporation (NASDAQ: CHIR), today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration has accepted its filing of a Premarket Approval Application (PMA) for its quantitative HIV bDNA probe ...

Xicor Adds Block Lock Data Protection to New 2-Wire Serial Interface E2PROMs; Two New 16K and 32K Density Devices Provide Programming Protection and Low Standby Current.

Mar 04, 1996 ... MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Xicor Inc. today announced the availability of two new highly configurable, 2-wire serial E2PROMs.The new devices -- the 16K-bit X24165 and the 32K-bit X24325 -- are the first 2-wire serial interface E2PROMs to offer user ...

Cabletron and Seagate Bring Customers New Levels of Intelligence and Scaleability in Managing Networks; SPECTRUM and NerveCenter Combine as the Industry's Most Efficient Package for Correlating Alarms from Network and Computer Systems.

Mar 04, 1996 ... ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Two of the computer industry's most innovative leaders in network and systems management -- Cabletron Systems' (NYSE:CS) and Seagate -- have developed integration software to provide customers with unparalleled efficiencies in resolving ...

Harris Computer Systems and Webster Network Strategies announce alliance to offer WWW Monitoring Capabilities through Firewalls.

Mar 04, 1996 ... FORT LAUDERDALE/NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- Harris Computer Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:NHWK) and Webster Network Strategies Monday announced an alliance to offer WebTrack Internet monitoring services with the CyberGuard Firewall.The alliance will allow Harris Computer ...

PMT SERVICES REPORTS NET INCOME PER SHARE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL 1996 INCREASED 37.5% TO $0.11.

Mar 04, 1996 ... NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Richardson M. Roberts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PMT Services, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: PMTS), today announced financial results for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 1996. For the second quarter, which ended January ...