Information Technology Newsweekly back issues from September 2008:
Study findings from J.M. Mcmahon et al provide new insights into science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "The constraints of operation in space have largely precluded the use of conventional solid-state laser systems for applications including remote sensing, communication relays, and active laser radars. A new technology, fiber lasers, may ...
New findings from National University in the area of science published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "We explore a novel silicide contact technology for effective Schottky barrier height Phi(Bn) and contact resistance reduction, which is compatible with an advanced silicon-carbon (Si1-xCx) source/drain (S/D) stressor technology," researchers in Singapore, Singapore report. ...
Reports outline science research from S.C. Liu and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "This paper deals with civil infrastructures in general, sensor and smart structure technology, and smart steel structures in particular. Smart structures technology, an integrated engineering field comprising sensor technology, ...
Study findings from M. Vechev et al broaden understanding of science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Acm Sigplan Notices, "Practical and efficient algorithms for concurrent data structures are difficult to construct and modify. Algorithms in the literature are often optimized for a specific setting, making it hard to separate the ...
Data on information technology detailed by T. Watanabe and co-authors.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Toyota, Japan, "It is very important to guarantee the quality of the industrial products by means of visual inspection. In order to reduce the soldering defect with terminal deformation and terminal burr in the manufacturing process, this paper proposes a ...
Research data from Gustavus Adolphus College update understanding of library science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "After seeing growing frustration among inexperienced undergraduate researchers searching a popular aggregated interdisciplinary database, the authors questioned whether the leading interdisciplinary databases are serving undergraduates' needs," researchers in the United States report. ...
USTelematics Announces Agreement to Provide Clearwire WiMax Service with Voyager Mobile IPTV.
Sep 02, 2008 ... USTelematics, Inc. (OTCBB:UTLM), at the forefront of the connected-car revolution, announced an agreement today with American Wireless, the first and one of the largest wireless master agents in the U.S., to provide WiMax service in automobiles equipped with USTelematics' Voyager Mobile ...
Talend Announces Open Source Data Quality Product.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Talend announced Talend Data Quality, the first product to combine data integration, data profiling and data quality in an open source suite. Talend Data Quality identifies "dirty data" such as nicknames, duplicated records and shortened street addresses and corrects them using ...
Office Depot Enhances Business Collaboration with Hubspan.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Hubspan Inc., the leading provider of on-demand integration solutions, and Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, announced that Office Depot will be implementing Hubspan's on-demand integration platform to support the Company's overall ...
Embarcadero Introduces ER/Studio Enterprise Portal.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Embarcadero Technologies is revolutionizing collaborative data modeling with today's introduction of ER/Studio Enterprise Portal, a search engine for data that transforms the way metadata, business rules and models are located and accessed in the enterprise. By providing global visibility ...
Opportunities for EDGAR Online Business Solutions Grow as XBRL Adoption Intensifies.
Sep 02, 2008 ... EDGAR Online, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDGR) announced that it supports the creation of IDEA (Interactive Data Electronic Applications) by the SEC as a replacement to the 1980s-era EDGAR System. IDEA is expected to employ XBRL interactive data technology which gives investors and analysts faster and ...
Research from La Sapienza University yields new data on science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Rome, Italy, "The design flow of a digital cryptographic device must take into account the evaluation of its security against attacks based on side-channel observation. The adoption of high-level countermeasures and the verification of the feasibility of new ...
Guardium Hosts Database Security and Compliance Seminar with Top Data Protection Experts.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Guardium, the database security company, will host an executive seminar on "Best Practices for Database Security & Compliance" on Tuesday, September 9th in San Francisco, featuring Forrester principal analyst Noel Yuhanna and database security expert Ron Bennatan, Ph.D., Guardium's CTO. ...
Palisade Systems Announces Consistent Trend of Data Loss By U.S. Organizations, Projecting 4,200,000 Violations Annually.(Financial report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Palisade Systems, a leading provider of data loss prevention products, announced the July 2008 results of their 5-Day Secure Assessment Program. The assessments, which are performed at no cost, analyze data loss and other security compliance vulnerabilities at U.S. corporations, including ...
WebLink International Aligns with Two Indiana Chambers to Support and Build Area Business.
Sep 02, 2008 ... WebLink International, a leading provider of online software for membership-based organizations, announces the addition of two new area clients: the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. Founded in 1996, WebLink International is a ...
Avasant's President & Managing Partner - Dr. Pradeep K. Mukherji Presents at the International Conference on Telecom & Information Technology - ICIT 2008 in Karachi, Pakistan.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Avasant, a leading provider of global sourcing solutions, announced that Dr. Pradeep Mukherji, President of Avasant's Asian operation, was invited to speak at the ICIT Asia 2008 Exhibition & Conference in Karachi, Pakistan. The ICIT Asia 2008 Exhibition & Conference is the ...
New research on information technology from Y. Hayashi and co-authors summarized.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Tokyo, Japan, "The security level of the Shannon cipher system is traditionally measured by equivocation 1/N H (Y | Z), where Y is a secret plaintext with length N and Z is its cryptogram." "But, Merhav and Arikan have considered another security ...
LifeLock Develops Comprehensive Fraud Advisory Board.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Designed to provide LifeLock(R) with new insight and unrivaled expertise, LifeLock, the industry leader in identity theft protection, has developed a comprehensive group of fraud and privacy experts. The LifeLock Fraud Advisory Board will not only provide insight on identity theft and ...
Boost eLearning Launches Google Search Training for Large Organizations.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Boost eLearning, the pioneer in Google search training for large organizations, announced Boost eLearning Google Search Training, a hosted application that trains information workers how to quickly and easily extract targeted information from the Web using search practices they never knew ...
John Sullivan Announced as CFO of Nair & Co.
Sep 02, 2008 ... John Sullivan has joined the Nair & Co team as Chief Financial Officer. Sullivan is a skilled finance professional with extensive commercial experience across multiple sectors within the UK and abroad and a track record of delivering significant value to corporate operations. ...
Research from Portland State University yields new findings on library science.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "This article presents a case study of an urban academic library's attempt to identify factors that influence the perceptions of students of color concerning the library as a welcoming space. The goal of this study is to determine if there are qualitative divergent factors along racial ...
Due Diligence on International M&A Activity Facilitated by World's First Global Virtual Data Room.
Sep 02, 2008 ... TransPerfect, a leading provider of global business services, announced the launch of world's first global virtual data room. With the release of Deal Interactive 7.0g, the newest generation of virtual data room (VDR) software is now available in over twenty languages. "The ...
expressor software Launches Global Partner Program as Part of Channel Expansion Strategy.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Today, expressor software, the leader in semantic data integration, announced the launch of its global partner program aimed at systems integrators, value added resellers, technology partners, and independent software vendors. The program is a key part of expressor's channel partner ...
ManTech Memory DD Version 1.3 for Forensic Analysis of Computer Memory Now Available.
Sep 02, 2008 ... ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT) announced the release of ManTech Memory DD(TM) 1.3, a physical memory acquisition tool for imaging Windows based computers. ManTech Memory DD captures a record of physical or random access memory which is lost when a computer is shutdown ....
HyPerformix Capacity Manager Delivers Advanced Automation for Capacity Planning.
Sep 02, 2008 ... HyPerformix, the leading provider of Predictive IT Management(TM) solutions for capacity and performance, announced the availability of the latest version of their flagship HyPerformix Capacity Manager(TM) product. Capacity Manager provides comprehensive support for IT decision makers who ...
Treehouse Software and Trinity Millennium Group Combine to Offer Comprehensive Adabas/Natural Modernization.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Treehouse Software, Inc., (TSI) of Sewickley, PA and Trinity Millennium Group, Inc. (Trinity) of San Antonio, TX announced that the companies have entered into a partnering agreement to meet the burgeoning demand for modernization of legacy Adabas/Natural applications with comprehensive, ...
New Report 'Business Data Storage Solutions Among US Businesses' Covers What US Firms Perceive As Threats To Their Business Data.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e850e9/business_data_stor) has announced the addition of the "Business Data Storage Solutions Among US Businesses" report to their offering. The author's April Storage survey of 325 US-based business ...
Not Your Typical Fall Foliage Activities.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Fall foliage - most of us have been there and done that. This year, editors at IgoUgo(R) have pulled together a list of autumn activities that are beyond the usual. Don't spend fall getaways in the car; check out the leaves while navigating a giant corn maze, or sipping wine at the ...
Research results from Cornell University update understanding of information technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, "The distributed source coding problem is considered when the sensors, or encoders, are under Byzantine attack; that is, an unknown group of sensors have been reprogrammed by a malicious intruder ...
Research from Osaka University provides new data about information technology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Using Bloom filters is one of the most popular and efficient lookup methods in P2P networks. A Bloom filter is a representation of data item indices, which achieves small memory requirement by allowing one-sided errors (false positive)," investigators in Toyonaka, Japan report. ...
Study data from University of Maryland update knowledge of library science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Portal - Libraries and the Academy, "Teams play an important role in the University of Maryland (UM) Libraries. Since 1998, teams and collaborative teamwork have become the way librarians address the myriad of issues affecting the needs ...
SPS Commerce Named as a "Best Places to Work" for Second Consecutive Year by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Sep 02, 2008 ... SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, announced that it has been named to Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's 2008 Best Places to Work. Winners were selected based on employees' responses to an independent survey addressing corporate culture, employee benefits, ...
EMC Unveils Solution Designed to Help Financial Institutions and Creditors Comply With FACTA Red Flags Rules and Prevent Identity Theft.
Sep 02, 2008 ... EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced a new solution designed to help financial institutions and creditors in the United States develop and implement an identity theft prevention program in compliance with the FACTA Identity Theft ...
Top Opportunities in Federal Information Security Market - FY 2008 Report Summarizes the Top Ten Information Security Related Opportunities in the Federal Government.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/77351f/top_opportunities) has announced the addition of the "Top Opportunities in Federal Information Security Market - FY 2008" report to their offering. The report summarizes the top ten information security ...
Industry Leaders Discuss the Role of Asset Information Management.(Company overview)
Sep 02, 2008 ... NRX, the market leader in Asset Information Management (AIM) solutions, is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its fourth annual executive forum, held at the exclusive Marriott Horseshoe Bay Resort near Austin, Texas. This year's event brought together asset-intensive ...
BayTSP Content Authentication Platform Increases Capacity; Now Scanning One Million Minutes of Online Video Daily from User-Generated Content Sites.
Sep 02, 2008 ... BayTSP, the leading provider of online intellectual property monitoring and enforcement services, announced that its Content Authentication Platform (CAP) is capable of scanning up to one million minutes video on user-generated content (UGC) and other video hosting sites daily. ...
NetApp Helps Burt's Bees Boost Data Center Sustainability.
Sep 02, 2008 ... NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) announced that Burt's Bees Inc., in keeping in line with its goal of sustainable computing, has dramatically enhanced its IT infrastructure with the recent deployment of NetApp(R) storage solutions. Thanks to NetApp, Burt's Bees has been able to streamline its storage ...
Scientists at University of Tsukuba release new data on information technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Tsukuba, Japan, "This paper addresses the problem of view invariant action recognition using 2D trajectories of landmark points on human body. It is a challenging task since for a specific action category, the 2D observations of different instances might be ...
Lexar Rolls Out New Hot Red JumpDrive FireFly USB Flash Drive With 16GB Capacity.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, announced the 16GB capacity JumpDrive FireFly USB flash drive. The powerful, high-speed USB JumpDrive FireFly is available in a wide range of high-capacity options, providing a convenient solution for storing, ...
Reports summarize information technology research from D. Gurov and co-authors.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Stockholm, Sweden, "We present a method for algorithmic, compositional verification of control-flow-based safety properties of sequential programs with procedures. The application of the method involves three steps: (1) decomposing the desired global ...
NetApp Accelerate 2009 Now Open for Registration.
Sep 02, 2008 ... NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced that registration is now open for NetApp Accelerate 2009, NetApp's first annual user conference. This educational forum is an exciting opportunity for customers, prospective customers, and NetApp partners to learn how NetApp(R) solutions can help them ...
Research on information technology published by I. Csiszar et al.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Budapest, Hungary, "Shannon-theoretic secret key generation by several parties is considered for models in which a secure noisy channel with one input terminal and multiple output terminals and a public noiseless channel of unlimited capacity are available for ...
NetMotion Wireless Deploys BigMachines to Improve Sales Quotes and Proposals.
Sep 02, 2008 ... BigMachines, Inc. announced that NetMotion Wireless, a leading provider of mobile productivity and management software, has successfully deployed BigMachines' configuration, pricing, quoting, and proposal generation solution. NetMotion is using BigMachines, integrated with ...
Findings from Ben-Gurion University provide new insights into information technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Secret-sharing schemes are a tool used in many cryptographic protocols. In these schemes, a dealer holding a secret string distributes shares to the parties such that only authorized subsets of participants can reconstruct the secret from their shares," investigators in Beer Sheva, Israel ...
Go Daddy Now Offers Unlimited Email Storage.
Sep 02, 2008 ... More people rely on email communication than ever, yet some individuals or businesses worry about having enough room in their inbox to receive new email, large attachments or photos. Worry no more - Go Daddy is stepping up to offer its customers email packages with no storage limits. ...
Guardium Expands International Reach with 29 New Partners and 5 New Regional Directors to Meet Growing Demand for Database Security and Compliance.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Guardium, the database security company, is aggressively expanding its international presence to meet increasing demand for safeguarding enterprise data and automating compliance controls. The company has formed new strategic partnerships with 29 international resellers and ...
KMWorld Selects Servigistics Strategic Service Management Suite as a 2008 Trend Setting Product.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Servigistics, the leading strategic service management solution provider, announced that KMWorld, the leading information provider serving the Knowledge Management systems market and covers the latest in Content, Document and Knowledge Management, named Servigistics Strategic Service ...
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Links Up with National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse.
Sep 02, 2008 ... California is the leading state for Hispanic-owned businesses and two premier Hispanic business organizations are joining forces to ensure these 744,791 firms have access to vital resources to grow and succeed. The California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and the National ...
Scientists at University of Massachusetts describe research in information technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "We introduce the notion of ranking robustness, which refers to a property of a ranked list of documents that indicates how stable the ranking is in the presence of uncertainty in the ranked documents. We propose a statistical measure called the robustness score to quantify this notion," ...
Researchers from University of Brasilia discuss findings in information technology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "In this paper, we deal with the task of obtaining oblivious transfer (OT) from noisy resources. We characterize which noisy channels/distributions are useful for obtaining OT," scientists in Brasilia, Brazil report. "We also introduce the problem of computing the ...
Voltaire Switches Drive World's Most Power-Efficient Supercomputers.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The high performance and power efficiency of Voltaire Ltd's (NASDAQ: VOLT) switching solutions are connecting the world's most energy efficient supercomputers, according to the new Green500 List (www.green500.org). Voltaire Grid Director(TM) InfiniBand switches are powering the world's ...
Research data from K. Sudo and colleagues update understanding of information technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Yokosuka, Japan, "We have proposed a method to detect and quantitatively extract anomalies from surveillance videos. Using our method, anomalies are detected as patterns based on spatio-temporal features that are outliers in new feature space." ...
New information technology study findings recently were published by researchers at Kyoto University.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Uji, Japan, "Augmented reality tasks require a high-reliability tracking method. Large tracking error causes many problems during AR applications." "Tracking error estimation should be integrated with them to improve the reliability of tracking ...
Softex Incorporated Partners With Campana Systems to Further Secure Access to Customer Data at AAA/CAA Auto Clubs.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Softex Incorporated, the world's leading supplier of innovative security software products and solutions for computing devices, and Campana Systems Inc., have partnered to provide Campana's AAA/CAA auto club customers with secure access to the AXIS business and information management ...
Electronic Arts Issues Update on Offer for Take-Two.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Electronic Arts Inc. ("EA") (NASDAQ:ERTS) issued an update on its offer to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. ("Take-Two") (NASDAQ:TTWO). On Friday August 15, John Riccitiello, Chief Executive Officer of EA, called Strauss Zelnick, Executive Chairman of the Board of ...
Softscape Announces Accelerated Growth & Continued Profitability.(Company overview)
Sep 02, 2008 ... Softscape, the global leader in integrated people management software, announced strong growth in the first half of 2008 with continued profitability and significant momentum across both mid-market and large enterprises. Growth is attributed to strong global demand for fully integrated ...
Unitask Fuels the Serena Mashup Exchange With their Oracle Expertise.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Unitask Software announced it has joined Serena Mashup Exchange with the immediate availability of a Business Mashup for the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite. Unitask remains a charter member of the Mashup Exchange, a marketplace to browse, test drive, publish and sell value driven Business ...
Veridigm Closes Purchase of Digital Media Distributer: MediaPal Inc.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Veridigm, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VRGD) (VRGD.F - Frankfurt, VRGDSG - Stuttgart, VRGD.DE - XETRA Level1) an Anglo American public investment company announced the closing of a definitive acquisition agreement between Veridigm Inc. and MediaPal Inc. The terms of the acquisition are undisclosed. ...
KPMG Forensic Launches Updated File Preservation and Collection Software Program.
Sep 02, 2008 ... KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, announced an enhanced File Preservation Program (FPP) with an encryption-handling capability that will help attorneys manage the risk of missing key e-mail messages during their document review. "During collection efforts, this ...
NetApp to Honor Customers With 2008 NetApp Innovation Awards.
Sep 02, 2008 ... NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) announced it is accepting nominations for the 2008 NetApp Innovation Awards to recognize customers who have helped their companies, customers, or communities through innovative deployments of NetApp(R) products and solutions. Award recipients are honored for achieving ...
California's Office of Systems Integration wins Digital Government Achievement Award.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The Center for Digital Government announced that California's Office of Systems Integration (OSI) has won the Digital Government Achievement Award for its management of large IT projects. OSI won the government-to-government category in the national competition. "Since its ...
Solidcore Joins PCI Security Standards Council as Newest Participating Organization.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Solidcore(R) Systems, Inc., the leader in change audit and configuration control, announced it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new participating organization. As a participating organization, Solidcore will work with the Council to evolve the Payment Card Industry Data ...
New information technology findings from Technical University published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Typechecking consists of statically verifying whether the output of an XML transformation always conforms to an output type for documents satisfying a given input type," scientists in Dortmund, Germany report. "In this general setting, both the input and output schema as well ...
Studies from X.N. Du and co-researchers yield new data on information technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Some new q-ary sequences with period q(3ek) - 1(q = p(m), p an odd prime, m, e, k integers) are first constructed and then, inspired by Antweiler's method, their linear complexity is examined," scientists in Lanzhou, People's Republic of China report. "The exact value of linear ...
Researchers from Iran University detail new studies and findings in the area of information technology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Iran, "In this paper a novel method for the purpose of random texture defect detection using a collection of 1-D HMMs is presented. The sound textural content of a sample of training texture images is first encoded by a compressed LBP histogram and then the local ...