EDP Weekly's IT Monitor back issues from March 2003:
EMC enhances Symmetrix 8000 systems.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Delivering on its promise made at this month's Symmetrix DMX launch, EMC Corporation has rolled out major enhancements to its popular and widely installed Symmetrix 8000 series of information storage systems. New native Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for remote replication and the addition ...
AXA Group and IBM sign $1b on demand services contract.
Mar 03, 2003 ... AXA Group and IBM have announced a technology services agreement to enhance the performance and efficiency of AXA's global computing infrastructure. The deal is worth approximately $1 billion over a six-year term, with options to extend. AXA expects to save several hundred ...
Philips standardizes on Synopsys' digital front-end design platform for advanced process technologies.(Brief Article)
Mar 03, 2003 ... Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) has announced that Philips (NYSE:PHG) has signed a multi-year volume purchase agreement (VPA) with Synopsys for its front-end design platform. Synopsys' platform will become a design standard at Philips' semiconductor division, enabling it to develop complex ...
Cisco qualifies Emulex host bus adapters for use with its Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Emulex Corp. (NYSE:ELX) recently announced its LightPulse family of HBAs, including the award-winning PCI-X LP9802 and 2Gb/s LP9002L, are tested and qualified by Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) for use with its Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches. The ...
Dataram doubles memory in HP'S Itanium 2 based workstations with up to 24GB.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAM), a provider of server, workstation, and PC memory, has announced the availability of memory upgrades for HP zx2000 and zx6000 workstations. In addition to the standard 512MB, 1GB and 2GB memory options, Dataram features a 4GB memory upgrade that ...
Palomar introduces 6-axis optical alignment stage.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Palomar Technologies has introduced the FAST 6, a 6-axis optical alignment system for test and production applications. The FAST 6 provides high resolution, fast, accurate and reliable assembly of an optical component, fiber or fiber array to a device. The production-grade ...
Rainfinity debuts integrated High Availability Platform.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Rainfinity recently introduced the RainWall High Availability Platform, the first single solution security administrators can use to ensure non-stop, scalable performance for all their Internet gateway applications. Instead of using disparate technologies to build redundancy into each ...
Mitsubishi Electric launches 350-MHZ, 18-Mbit Network SRAM with ultra-wide 72-bit bus.
Mar 03, 2003 ... As industry-wide adoption of broadband connectivity continues, the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc., has announced an 18-megabit (Mbit) SigmaRAM Network SRAM that achieves a 350-MHz clock speed and offers a 72-bit bus width. The new double-late-write ...
Hitachi "Pixie Dust" brings high capacity to HP notebook users.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is working with HP to enable the world's highest-capacity notebook PC. Using the Hitachi Travelstar 80GN with patented "Pixie Dust" technology, the HP Pavilion ze5300 will be the first notebook to offer a record-breaking 80 GB of storage. The ...
Callidus Software announces support for IBM DB2 database.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Callidus Software, the industry expert in Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM) solutions for enterprise customers, has announced that it has certified IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 8.1 as a supported database for its TrueComp product suite. Callidus now also supports IBM AIX 5L ...
Altova and Versim to simplify XML doc differencing.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Versim Technologies and Altova recently announced the availability of Versim Differencing plug-in for XMLSPY. Now, XML developers are able to quickly and accurately identify differences between XML documents directly from within Altova XMLSPY 5's powerful development environment. ...
Scimagix improves Scientific Image analysis.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Scimagix Inc., the pioneer of enterprise image informatics solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development (R&D), recently announced the commercial availability of ProteinMine 1.5. Image informatics, the integration of valuable image and non-image data, enables ...
Cisco extends ECDN category.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Cisco Systems, Inc. has extended the capabilities of an Enterprise Content Delivery Network (ECDN) with its Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS). New Cisco ACNS Software, Version 5.0, and new hardware appliances and router-integrated modules bring significant performance, ...
Adobe ships updated form solution for speeding data capture processes.(Adobe Form Server and Form Designer software)
Mar 03, 2003 ... Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced the immediate availability of Adobe Form Server and Form Designer software for improving data capture processes across the extended enterprise. Through the combination of XML, HTML and secure electronic forms in the Portable Document ...
Centerstone launches e-Center One version 4.1.
Mar 03, 2003 ... Centerstone Software, Inc. has announced a new version of its e-Center One enterprise solution for workplace executives and managers. Version 4.1 brings major new functionality and more advanced features to those involved in complex move management by eliminating time spent in the planning ...
SIA: world chip sales $12.2b in January 2003.(Semiconductor Industry Association )
Mar 10, 2003 ... Global semiconductor sales totaled $12.2 billion in January 2003, a 2.4% decrease from the $12.5 billion in revenue reported in December 2002 and a 22% increase from the $10.0 billion total recorded in January 2002, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported recently. ...
ATI ships one millionth Microsoft DirectX 9-class graphics product.
Mar 10, 2003 ... ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT) (TSX:ATY) recently reached a remarkable milestone, shipping its one millionth DirectX 9 compliant cinematic visual processing unit (VPU). One million users are now able to experience cinematic-quality graphics and blistering performance with RADEON 9700- ...
HP captures number one position in Western European server market in 2002.
Mar 10, 2003 ... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has announced that it has captured the number one position in the Western European server market for 2002, according to the latest IDC server report, with revenue market share of 32.1 per cent. Sales from HP and Compaq combined for 2002 show a clear leadership position in the ...
EMC launches Symmetrix z8000 series systems optimized for mainframe environments.
Mar 10, 2003 ... EMC Corporation recently introduced the Symmetrix z8000 series of networked information storage systems. Symmetrix z8000 is a pre-packaged, high-end networked storage solution optimized for FICON and ESCON connectivity in mainframe environments. The Symmetrix z8000 series ...
Sharp expands BlueStreak microcontroller line.(Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas )
Mar 10, 2003 ... Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas has announced the mass production shipment of its BlueStreak family of ARM-based 16/32-bit general-purpose microcontrollers (MCUs). The four new MCUs combine high integration with an ARM7TDMI-S core to meet the needs of engineers designing ...
NSA partners with ISC2 to create new InfoSec certification.(International Information Systems Security Consortium wins contract with National Security Agency )
Mar 10, 2003 ... The International Information Systems Security Consortium (ISC)2 has announced a five-year contract with the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) to develop and administer the new Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) credential for ...
Department of Agriculture chooses OnDemand training software.(OnDemand Personal Navigator software from Knowledge Products)
Mar 10, 2003 ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently completing its implementation of OnDemand Personal Navigator software from Knowledge Products, a division of Global Knowledge, enabling the federal agency to more rapidly deploy its PeopleSoft applications and achieve higher ...
EDS deploys Cisco Info Center software to monitor Navy-Marine Internet.
Mar 10, 2003 ... EDS is deploying Cisco Info Center on the Navy-Marine Corps Internet (NMCI), providing a secure and scalable tool for EDS to manage its service-level agreements (SLAs) with the NMCI. Using Cisco Info Center, EDS can more easily manage the daily operations of the NMCI and demonstrate to ...
ITAA finds much to praise in national cybersecurity plan.(Information Technology Association of America )(Brief Article)
Mar 10, 2003 ... The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) recently commended the Bush Administration on release of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. ITAA called the plan comprehensive, timely and on target. "We are gratified that after a full and open process, the ...
Precise: policy-based SRM solution for Network Appliance USS.(Precise Software Solutions' Precise/StorageCentral SRM 5.1)
Mar 10, 2003 ... Precise Software Solutions (Nasdaq:PRSE) has announced the release of Precise/StorageCentral SRM 5.1, an enhanced version of the company's industry-leading, policy-based Storage Resource Management (SRM) solution. Precise/StorageCentral SRM 5.1 dramatically expands Precise's market reach ...
Anteon awarded $10m blanket purchase agreement by DoD Comptroller.
Mar 10, 2003 ... Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT), an information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Department of Defense, Office of the Comptroller. This BPA has a ceiling ...
Spirent announces enhanced security testing to protect networks from attacks.(denial of service attack module for its Avalanche/2200 system)
Mar 10, 2003 ... Avalanche DDoS Attack Module Helps Test for Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Spirent Communications, a wholly owned business group of Spirent plc (NYSE:SPM) (LSE:SPT), has announced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) Attack Module for its Avalanche/2200 system. The new ...
HP: new wireless-ready notebook PC.(Compaq Evo N620c)
Mar 17, 2003 ... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has unveiled the Compaq Evo N620c, a wireless-ready notebook PC for business customers looking for greater mobility with no sacrifice in performance. The notebook delivers up to six hours of battery life, has a lightweight design and offers flexible, secure wireless ...
AMD: new processors powering Fujitsu notebook.
Mar 17, 2003 ... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced its low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors will power the new Fujitsu LifeBook S2000 notebook. Less than four pounds and 1.36 inches in height, the first-ever AMD processor-based thin-and-light notebook available in the U.S. is designed to meet the ...
Avocent intros next gen multi-user AMX analog KVM switching system.(Avocent AMX5010)(Brief Article)
Mar 17, 2003 ... Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ/NM: AVCT), a provider of KVM switching and network connectivity appliances, has announced its new high density AMX5010 analog matrix KVM switch, extending its popular AMX analog matrix switching system that provides centralized control of hundreds of servers ....
U.S. Realtel, Inc. launches wireless networking trials.
Mar 17, 2003 ... U.S. RealTel, Inc. (OTCBB:USRT), a national broadband services holding company, announced recently that it will be conducting trials of various wireless networking technologies over the next several months as part of its national Wi-Fi strategy. Through its acquisition of ...
Fujitsu shatters tradition with new LifeBook S2000 notebook.(Brief Article)
Mar 17, 2003 ... Fujitsu PC Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), recently debuted a new addition to the LifeBook S Series family--the LifeBook S2000 notebook. With all the functionality of a LifeBook S Series notebook, plus the latest low-voltage mobile AMD Athlon XP-M ...
ADC and LightPointe team up to serve wireless carriers.
Mar 17, 2003 ... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT) and LightPointe have announced that the companies have demonstrated interoperability between ADC's Digivance radio over fiber solution and LightPointe's Flight Free-Space Optics (FSO), expanding the target applications for ADC's patented Digivance system. Digivance ...
EMC announces new SAN Copy software.
Mar 17, 2003 ... EMC Corporation recently announced SAN Copy, a new data movement application that enables businesses to centrally manage the movement of data between current and legacy EMC CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage systems without consuming host resources. SAN Copy delivers increased operational ...
IBM and BellSouth team to offer e-business on demand services.(Brief Article)
Mar 17, 2003 ... IBM and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) has announced an agreement to collaborate on the delivery of hosting and network services to business customers in the United States. The agreement combines IBM's leadership capabilities in e-business hosting and application services with BellSouth's ...
Avocent's DSView 2.0 features DSWebview for browser-based access to multiple servers.(Brief Article)
Mar 17, 2003 ... Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ/NM: AVCT), a provider of KVM switching and network connectivity appliances, recently announced DSView 2.0, which features DSWebview, a browser-based version of the management software that is the cornerstone of Avocent's KVM OVER IP switching systems. These ...
WinDVD hits 45m copies sold.(Brief Article)
Mar 17, 2003 ... InterVideo, Inc. has announced that WinDVD, its software for playing DVDs on a PC, has now sold over 45 million copies around the world since its initial introduction. It continues to be the most popular PC DVD player in the world for watching DVD movies on a PC. "45 million ...
Radware and NetScreen team to provide robust, highly available VPN solution.
Mar 17, 2003 ... Radware (Nasdaq:RDWR), a provider of intelligent application switching (IAS), ensuring availability, performance and the integrity of networked applications across the enterprise, and NetScreen Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:NSCN) have announced the two companies have teamed to provide a robust ...
Mainsoft extends availability of Visual MainWin 5 to twelve Unix platforms.(Brief Article)
Mar 17, 2003 ... Mainsoft Corporation has announced it will significantly broaden the availability of its flagship product Visual MainWin 5, by adding seven new Unix operating systems to its list of supported platforms. Mainsoft will deliver all of the new platforms by June 1, 2003. "Our latest ...
Symantec expands university research program to U of Auckland B-school.
Mar 17, 2003 ... The University of Auckland, New Zealand's largest university, has become the first educational institution in the world to partner with Symantec (Nasdaq:SYMC) to build an information security laboratory on campus. Symantec will provide The University of Auckland Business School ...
HP and AT&T Wireless to offer wireless access to info.
Mar 24, 2003 ... HP (NYSE:HPQ) and AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE) are working to extend the reach of mobile computing by offering customers seamless wireless access to critical information while on the road. In conjunction with HP Services, AT&T Wireless Link+Sync(SM) software--part of the AT&T ...
Toshiba selects ViXS' XCODE chip to provide video over IP networks.
Mar 24, 2003 ... ViXS Systems Inc. has announced that the ViXS' XCode chip, which provides broadcast-quality video distribution over any local, wired or wireless IP network is now integrated with the new Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) AVM79R reference design. The TX7901 MIPS ...
Gartner says half of business Intel projects will not reach their full potential in 2003.(Brief Article)
Mar 24, 2003 ... During 2003, at least 50 percent of business intelligence (BI) projects will not reach their full potential or will be hopeless failures, according to Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT and ITB). Through 2004, more than 50 percent of Global 2000 enterprises will fail to use BI properly, ...
ATI'S NXT2004 and NXT6000 receiver technologies selected by Comtech.
Mar 24, 2003 ... ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT) (TSX:ATY) announced recently that Comtech Technology Co. Ltd, has chosen the NXT2004 VSB/QAM Receiver and the NXT6000 DVB-T Receiver for its latest generation of digital terrestrial tuners. Based in Taiwan, Comtech manufactures tuners, modules and ...
Consultis selects BluePoint data storage's managed services suite and data protection services.
Mar 24, 2003 ... BluePoint Data Storage, Inc. (U.S.TICKER:BLPDF) (TSX Venture:BLP), announces that Consultis, Inc. has selected Bluepoint's suite of managed DataSafe services for the Boca Raton-based IT Staffing firm. The BluePoint solution provides managed backup for all Consultis database, ...
Dataram intros low-cost 4GB memory upgrade for Sun Blade & Sun Fire.(Dataram DRSB2000A/4096)(Brief Article)
Mar 24, 2003 ... Dataram, a provider of server, workstation, and PC memory, announced recently the immediate availability of its latest low-cost 4GB upgrade for Sun Microsystems' Sun Blade 1000/2000 and Sun Fire 280R systems, offering customers a cost savings of about 50% over Sun's equivalent product. ...
EMC launches world's first integrated ATA networked storage solution.
Mar 24, 2003 ... EMC Corporation has introduced CLARiiON with ATA--the world's only storage system with integrated ATA and Fibre Channel disk drives. Through the integration of low-cost ATA drives into an existing storage architecture, the EMC CLARiiON networked storage systems enable customers to bring ...
EzThin platform lowers cost of technology for businesses.(EzThin Business server )(Brief Article)
Mar 24, 2003 ... Thousands of computers have been given new life with the release of the new EzThin server (www.ezthinnetworks.com).Previously, these systems have cost up to $60 apiece for disposal, but now they can be used productively again. The EzThin client solution is Linux-based and utilizes nothing ...
IBM and CAS form strategic alliance.(Brief Article)
Mar 24, 2003 ... IBM and CAS, a provider of enterprise sales, marketing and trade management applications for the consumer products industry, recently announced a strategic alliance to deliver collaborative business solutions to the consumer packaged goods industry. CAS' consumer products ...
CSC and Motorola sign $1.6 billion 10-year outsourcing agreement.
Mar 31, 2003 ... Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC), one of the world's leading information technology (IT) services companies, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions, recently announced that they have signed a global ...
Semagix delivers anti-money laundering software.(CIRAS (Customer Identification and Risk Assessment)
Mar 31, 2003 ... Semagix announced recently that it is shipping its Customer Identification and Risk Assessment software solution, known as CIRAS. The CIRAS software is used by financial institutions to comply with `Know Your Customer' requirements detailed in the USA PATRIOT Act, Section 326. ...
Marconi chooses Acterna's ANT-40G advanced network tester.
Mar 31, 2003 ... Acterna (OTCBB:ACTR) has announced that Marconi (MONI) has chosen to use the Acterna ANT-40G advanced network tester at its optical network research and development labs in Genoa, Italy. Marconi's Genoa facility develops a broad range of flexible, high-speed and high capacity ...
Unitrends expands line of data protection units, with terabyte capacity.(Brief Article)
Mar 31, 2003 ... Unitrends Corporation recently announced the introduction of four new models of its Data Protection Unit (DPU), with the largest of the new DPUs enabling companies to cost-effectively secure more than a terabyte of information, with rapid restore through its disk-to-disk (D2D) formatting. ...
Xerox researchers develop breakthrough technology to bring benefits of fiber optics to small businesses, homes.
Mar 31, 2003 ... Although the information superhighway is here, the "off-ramps" are more like one-lane dirt roads because of the high cost of routing fiber optic networks that last mile. However, a new technology from Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) could help change that, by assisting the effort to bring ...
Intersil first to deliver dual hot plug power controller for new PCI Express bus.
Mar 31, 2003 ... Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and wireless networking solutions, has announced the industry's first dual-rail hot-swap controller targeted primarily for the new PCI Express bus. The new Endura ISL6161 allows boards to ...
Parvus Corp. now shipping its Biothenticator PC/104 biometric fingerprint sensor module.(Brief Article)
Mar 31, 2003 ... Parvus Corp. has announced that its Biothenticator PC/104 biometric fingerprint sensor board is now available for integration into embedded systems applications requiring user authentication. The module is priced at $400/each in orders of 100+ units. Based around a solid-state ...
Dataram introduces market's only 1GB upgrade for dell precision 450 and 650 workstations.(Brief Article)
Mar 31, 2003 ... Dataram Corporation, a provider of server, workstation, and PC memory, announced recently the immediate availability of ECC (error-correcting code) protected memory for Dell Precision 450 and 650 Workstations. This unique 1GB upgrade allows customers to double the maximum ...
CSC continues support of Army's land warrior system.
Mar 31, 2003 ... Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) is continuing its support of the U.S. Army's Land Warrior program with the award of a subcontract from General Dynamics (NYSE:GD). The agreement, worth $7.2 million over four years, adds to the $71 million that CSC has won collectively since the ...
DRS awarded Navy contract to provide engineering services for combat system computer networks.
Mar 31, 2003 ... DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:DRS) announced recently that it has received a new U.S. Navy contract to provide engineering and technical support services for conducting land-based reliability testing, integration and certification of surface combat system computer networks. The ...
U.S. DOD expands facial recognition license with Viisage Technology.
Mar 31, 2003 ... Viisage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISG) has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has expanded its licensing of Viisage's identity verification solutions. The DoD's Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office (CTTSO) sponsors the development of advanced technology for ...
Anteon awarded major contract to support Army units.
Mar 31, 2003 ... Anteon International Corporation (NYSE: ANT), a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it has been awarded a five-year contract to provide support to U.S. Army units and installations worldwide through the U.S. Army Forces ...
Sikorsky Aircraft selects SGI Technology for advanced concept projects.
Mar 31, 2003 ... SGI Origin 300 Complements Computing Infrastructure for Design and Development of World-Class Helicopters SGI Federal, an SGI company (NYSE: SGI), recently announced that Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has selected SGI Origin 300, a compact, modular supercomputer, to support ...
Veridian Systems Division, Inc.(Brief Article)
Mar 31, 2003 ... Veridian Systems Division, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich., is being awarded a $7,365,447 firm-fixed price contract modification for three Eagle Vision data integration segments and option for two Eagle Vision data integration ...
Science, Engineering and Technology, Arlington, Va.(Brief Article)
Mar 31, 2003 ... Science, Engineering and Technology, Arlington, Va., is being awarded an estimated $5,727,195 cost-plus-fixed-fee-service, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for systems engineering research & development support services. Contractor will support dynamic battle management ...
General Dynamics Decision Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz.(Brief Article)
Mar 31, 2003 ... General Dynamics Decision Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz., was awarded a $6,500,000 increment as part of a $19,863,200 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for ground based signals intelligence capability called Prophet (Block II/III (AN/MLQ-40(v)4) on March 7, 2003. Work will be performed in ...