Corporate IT Update articles from August 2005

Corporate IT Update archives from August 2005

MythicSoft unveils remote access solution.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new remote access solution called RemoteCommand has been unveiled by MythicSoft, a provider of alternative Windows solutions, for employees wishing to work occasionally from home. ...

FrontRange Solutions delivers IP Contact Center 5.0.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business software provider FrontRange Solutions has announced the availability of IP Contact Center 5.0 (IPCC) to the Communication Management solution family. According to the...

Yantra selected by Debenhams.(Yantra Multi Channel Order Management solution from Sterling Commerce)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Yantra Multi Channel Order Management solution from Sterling Commerce, a multi-enterprise collaboration company, has been selected by Debenhams, a UK department store chain. ...

New MPEG-4 network camera introduced by Axis.(Axis Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Axis Communications, a specialist in the network video market, has announced the launch of a new bandwidth-efficient network camera that utilises MPEG-4 image compression, called the...

MessageLabs forms partnership for ScanSafe technology.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A strategic partnership to provide a managed, hosted solution for e-mail and the web has been revealed by MessageLabs, a messaging security and management services provider. The...

ILOG unveils Gantt for '.NET' 3.0.(Microsoft .NET 3.0 )(Brief Article)
August 2, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A Gantt chart graphics tool with custom project management features for Microsoft '.NET' 3.0 has been unveiled by ILOG (NASDAQ:ILOG), an enterprise-class software provider. ILOG...

System downtime is costly for businesses - report.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD System downtime is costing UK businesses on average between GBP7,000 and GBP14,000 per incident, with the worst case costing GBP190,000, warns NTA Monitor, an Internet security company....

Riello Galatrek announces Multi Dialog power protection.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Riello Galatrek, the UK subsidiary of Riello UPS Manufacturing srl, a manufacturer of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), has unveiled its Multi Dialog power protection for...

Avocent announces DSR1031 switch.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT), a supplier of connectivity solutions, announced on Tuesday (2 August) a new IT management solution designed for managing distributed IT resources in...

Quantum introduces SuperLoader 3 solution.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SuperLoader 3, a third generation autoloader platform, has been introduced by storage products company Quantum Corp (NYSE:DSS). The backup, recovery and archive solution is said to...

Yahoo extends publisher network to smaller web site operators.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Small and medium sized web site operators are being asked to join Yahoo Inc.'s publisher network in an attempt to extend its advertising opportunities. The network is said to pay...

MobileDataforce reveals PointSync 2.0.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD PointSync 2.0, a system for building and deploying advanced applications on mobile devices, has been revealed by MobileDataforce, a provider of rapid application development solutions...

Witness reveals addition to IP recording solution.(Witness Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The addition of a new functionality to its IP recording solution has been revealed by Witness Systems (NASDAQ:WITS), an IP recording company and provider of workforce optimisation...

Webtrends research reveals holiday season trends and strategies of online retailers.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD WebTrends Inc, a web analytics company, has reported results from a survey of 242 online retailers about trends and strategies for the upcoming holiday season. According to the...

Businesses lose thousands of pounds due to spyware problems - report.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Security and management solutions provider FaceTime Communications and NewDiligence, a market research company, announced on Wednesday (3 August) the result of a survey on the impact...

SciVisum reveals that a quarter of website failures are self-inflicted.(survey on website failures during online campaigns)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web testing specialist SciVisum has revealed that according to the results of a recent study, up to a quarter of website crashes and overloads are self-inflicted and occur as a direct...

Majority of British businesses adopt wireless technology - report.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A majority of UK businesses are actively using some form of wireless technology, according to a survey conducted for PC World Business, a provider of IT solutions to business and the...

Sproqit introduces Workgroup Edition.(Sproqit Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sproqit Workgroup Edition, a wireless access solution for handheld mobile devices and smartphones, has been introduced by Sproqit Technologies Inc, an intelligent thin-client mobile...

# launches online portal.(CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc., www.cblpartnerportal.com)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Data recovery solutions provider CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc has launched its online partner portal for companies participating in its Data Recovery Advantage (DRA) program. ...

UK businesses threatened with email failure - report.(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK small businesses are in danger of their e-mail systems collapsing as employees on summer breaks send and receive holiday photographs and even videos as large e-mail attachments,...

Sabre CentralCommand launched in the UK.(Sabre Travel Network and Agresso Travel Industry Solutions launchs application system)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, has partnered with Agresso Travel Industry Solutions, a provider of financial and client services applications, to offer British travel...

IBM reveals corporate search concept.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT company IBM is reportedly planning to make key search technology using concepts and facts available for corporate data retrieval. Internet users can obtain information using...

IT service failures may cause customer churn - report.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The cost of customer churn due to technology-based service failures can be as high as 6%, according to research from service management company Tertio SMS. According to the survey,...

ISS introduces new managed firewall services.(Internet Security Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New managed firewall services have been introduced by Internet Security Systems (ISS) (NASDAQ:ISSX), a managed security services company. ISS has expanded its managed firewall...

PixAlert unveils Risk Assessment service.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new Risk Assessment service to enable organisations to identify the threat of illegal or inappropriate images on corporate PCs has been unveiled by PixAlert, a software and services...

Expand introduces WAFS and CIFS Acceleration.(new wide area file services and common internet file system from Expand Networks)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wide Area File Services (WAFS) and Common Internet File System (CIFS) Acceleration have been introduced to the core Accelerator platform from Expand Networks, an application...

Symantec extends range of products for Linux.(VERITAS Storage Foundation, VERITAS Cluster Server, VERITAS Volume Replicator)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Information security provider Symantec Corp (Nasdaq: SYMC) has announced that it has extended its range of enterprise Linux offerings. According to the company, Symantec now offers...

Sourcefire unveils Snort 2.4.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Snort 2.4, the latest version of the Snort intrusion prevention system, has been unveiled by Sourcefire Inc, an intrusion prevention company. The new version of Snort is said to...

Juniper Networks IDP systems protect against network-based attacks.(intrusion detection and protection)(ISG 2000)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IP communications security company Juniper Networks, Inc (Nasdaq: JNPR) announced on Wednesday (10 August) that its Intrusion Detection and Protection (IDP) security systems and ISG...

New web-based host analysis reporting tool offered by Packeteer.(Packeteer Host Analysis Plug-in)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Packeteer Inc (Nasdaq:PKTR), a provider of WAN application optimisation, has announced the release of a new troubleshooting and reporting tool called the Host Analysis Plug-in. The new...

Datum International launches KnowledgeWorker 3.1sean@dmeurope.com.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software development company Datum International has launched KnowledgeWorker version 3.1. According to the company, KnowledgeWorker is designed primarily for medium- to...

Sygate releases Sygate Enterprise Protection 5.0.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sygate Technologies, a provider of Network Access Control solutions, announced on Thursday (11 August) the launch of Sygate Enterprise Protection (SEP) 5.0. According to the...

D-Link unveils new wireless access point.(D-Link Systems Inc., AirPremier DWL-3200AP)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The AirPremier DWL-3200AP wireless access point, aimed at the SME and enterprise market, has been unveiled by D-Link, a networking and communication solutions provider. The...

Irish IT market continues to grow - report.(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Irish IT market is to continue growing in 2005, but IT departments in many organizations are facing pressure to cut IT spending, according to the latest edition of an annual user...

Portwise reveals security loopholes for mobile devices.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Portwise, a secure application access company, has revealed that new mobile devices such as laptops, mobile phones and PDAs are not entirely compatible with current enterprise security...

Data integration still important to UK IT - report.(Brief Article)
August 17, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK organisations are facing an increasing business need to integrate IT systems, according to research commissioned by data integration software vendor Informatica Corp (NASDAQ: INFA)...

Novell announces new investments in China.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Novell, Inc (Nasdaq: NOVL), a provider of infrastructure software and services, announced on Wednesday (17 August) new plans to expand investment in the China market. According to...

Plasmon introduces new RAID subsystem.(redundant array of inexpensive disks, Plasmon Raidtec FS3102)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The new Raidtec FS3102 RAID subsystem has been introduced by Plasmon (LSE:PLM), a professional data storage solutions company, to provide a low-cost Fibre Channel Storage Area Network...

Cybertrust releases recommendations for Windows 2000 PnP vunerabilities.(plug and play)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A significant number of enterprises are experiencing internal infections of Windows 2000 systems by worms, according to Cybertrust, a provider of information security services. ...

Intel acquires Sarvega.(Brief Article)
August 22, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT technology manufacturer, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), has announced it has acquired Sarvega Inc, a provider of XML solutions. XML is understood to be an industry standard language used...

ScanSafe solution selected by LA Fitness.(Brief Article)
August 22, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ScanSafe, a provider of managed web security, has announced that LA Fitness, a health and fitness chain, is using its Web Scanning service. LA Fitness chose to replace its existing...

PC users blame Microsoft for latest virus outbreak - report.(Brief Article)
August 22, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A large number of PC users blame Microsoft for the recent worm outbreak, according to a survey conducted by antivirus company Sophos. The results of a web poll of more than 1,000...

Tandberg announces repricing of its two products.(Tandberg 1U StorageLoader LTO2, Tandberg 1U StorageLoader DLT VS160)(Tandberg Data ASA)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Storage solutions provider Tandberg Data announced on Monday (22 August) the re-pricing of two of its most popular products. Tandberg Data is offering up to 20% off its...

AppSense reveals Systems Audits results.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The results of Systems Audits investigating the causes of security, legal and performance issues affecting enterprises, have been revealed by AppSense Ltd, a system performance and...

RAD introduces RICi-E3 and RICi-T3 intelligent converters.(RAD Data Communications)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Access equipment supplier RAD Data Communications has introduced the RICi-E3 and RICi-T3 intelligent converters that connect Fast Ethernet LAN over E3 or T3 circuits. According to...

Patch management vital to protect computers against known vulnerabilities - claim.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Siemens Communications has warned UK companies and organisations that investment in complex network systems could be negated by ineffective patch management. According to Siemens,...

Cryoserver researches e-mail compliance.(survey)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The results of a survey of 100 CIOs in the UK by Cryoserver, a forensic e-mail compliance company, have revealed information on the readiness of their e-mail systems to meet reporting...

Hitachi selects Brocade director and switch.(SilkWorm 48000 Director, SilkWorm 200E Switch)(Hitachi Data Systems Corp., Brocade Communication Systems Inc., contract)(Brief Article)
August 25, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 4Gb/s SilkWorm 48000 Director and SilkWorm 200E Switch from Brocade Communications Systems Inc (Nasdaq:BRCDE), a platforms and solutions provider, have been added to the networked...

IBM recovery software for small businesses.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Plans to introduce software designed to help small businesses to recover following computer crashes have been revealed by International Business Machines Corp (IBM). IBM is...

Plasmon launches Compliant Write Once UDO media.(ultra density optical, Plasmon Data Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Plasmon (LSE:PLM), a provider of professional archival storage solutions, has announced the launch of the new UDO (Ultra Density Optical) Compliant Write Once media. According to...

Select Comfort selects Informatica PowerCenter.(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a provider of data integration software, has announced that Select Comfort Corp, (NASDAQ: SCSS), a US bed retailer, has selected Informatica...

Verizon announces deployment of new services in Denver.(Verizon Wireless Inc., V CAST, BroadbandAccess)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US telecomms company Verizon Wireless announced on Monday (29 August) the launch of two services in greater Denver - one developed for the consumer market, the other for business...

Gomez integrates WorldView with HP OpenView Internet Services.(Hewlett-Packard Co., contract)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Gomez Inc, an Internet performance management intelligence company, announced on Monday (29 August) the immediate availability of Gomez WorldView for HP OpenView Internet Services. ...

RadioShack chooses CA's anti-spyware solution.(Computer Associates International Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 30, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Anti-spyware from Computer Associates International Inc (CA) (NYSE:CA), a management software company, has been chosen for use by RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH), a US consumer...

McAfee announces new secure messaging service.(Network Associates Inc., McAfee Secure Messaging Service)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD McAfee, Inc (NYSE: MFE), a provider of intrusion prevention and risk management solutions, has announced the availability of McAfee Secure Messaging Service for Small Businesses and...

CipherTrust introduces TrustedSource Portal.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2005... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Messaging security company CipherTrust Inc announced on Tuesday (30 August) the launch of its TrustedSource Portal, a free online resource that provides information about e-mail sender...