Corporate IT Update articles from January 2009

Corporate IT Update archives from January 2009

Citi announces completion of CGSL sale to Tata Consultancy Services.
January 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Citi, a global financial services company, announced on Wednesday (31 December) the successful completion of the sale of Citigroup Global Services Limited (CGSL), its India-based...

Tejari announces partnership with Excellent Systems.(Brief article)
January 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tejari, an on-line B2B marketplace for emerging markets, has announced a partnership with Excellent Systems Ltd of OMAN and a strategic expansion to the East African markets of Uganda...

RF Monolithics announces NASDAQ Capital Market listing approval.
January 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RF Monolithics Inc (RFM) (Nasdaq:RFMI), a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communications, has announced it has received approval from NASDAQ to transfer the listing of its...

RIM announces extended offer for Certicom.
January 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM) (TSX:RIM), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for the mobile communications market, announced on Wednesday (31...

Fisher Communications reaches agreement with Comcast.
January 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fisher Communications Inc (Nasdaq:FSCI), a Seattle, Washington State based communications company, announced on 31 December that it has reached an agreement in principle with Comcast...

Commnet Wireless acquires wireless assets of CC Communications.
January 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Commnet Wireless LLC, a US rural wireless operator, has completed the acquisition of the wireless assets of CC Communications, a telephone company based in Fallon, Nevada, according to...

Top Image Systems approves repricing of outstanding stock options.
January 5, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Top Image Systems Ltd (TIS) (Nasdaq:TISA) (TASE:TISA), a supplier of document recognition software, has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the repricing of its...

Tata Consultancy Services acquires Citigroup Global Services.
January 5, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE:TCS.BO) (NSE:TCS.NS), an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of financial...

Acceleware completes private placement of 8,200,000 common shares.
January 5, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Acceleware Corp (TSX VENTURE:AXE), a developer of special purpose software and hardware acceleration products, has completed a non-brokered private placement of 8,200,000 common shares...

Bravura completes migration of JP Morgan Asset Management to Rufus GTA platform.
January 5, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bravura Solutions (ASX:BVA), a supplier of wealth management applications and services, announced on 5 January that it has completed consolidation of the UK Asset Management product...

Activ Training acquired by BCS.(British Computer Society)(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British Computer Society, the Chartered industry body for UK IT professionals, announced on 5 December that it has acquired Active Training Limited to enhance the development of the...

Quake Global and Korea ORBCOMM chosen by Hyundai Heavy Industries.
January 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Quake Global Inc, a manufacturer of satellite modems for the heavy equipment industry, announced on Monday (5 January) that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, a heavy industries company,...

Intel and Adobe announce plans for collaboration.
January 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software company Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and silicon chip company Intel Corporation (Nasdaq:INTC) announced on Monday (5 January) plans to collaborate on the...

Kapersky and Carphone Warehouse join forces for in-store product promotion.
January 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kapersky Lab, a provider of Internet security applications, announced on 6 December that it has been selected by the Carphone Warehouse to provide Kapersky Internet Security 2009 and...

Jacanda and Tieto sign reseller agreement.(Brief article)
January 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Jacanda, a provider of unified desktop and process optimisation solutions for customer service operations, announced on 6 December that it has signed a reseller agreement with Tieto,...

SNIA appoints Infortrend executive to board.(Jon Ashley appointed at Storage Networking Industry Association)(Brief article)
January 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Europe, an organisation that fosters the adoption of networked storage, announced on 6 December the appointment of Jon Ashley, the...

BCS to provide BCS ARC to HSBC.(Business Control Solutions provides operational control software)(Brief article)
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business Control Solutions (AIM:BCT.L), a provider of management consultancy services and operational control software to the financial services sector, announced on Tuesday (6 January)...

Factonomy creates website for ScoRDS.
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Factonomy, a provider of web-based business solutions, announced on Tuesday (6 January) it had created, designed and implemented a knowledge sharing website for the Scottish Resilience...

Vodafone UK awarded contract by National Grid.
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Vodafone UK, a UK mobile operator, announced on Tuesday (6 January) that National Grid, which operates the high voltage electricity system and the high pressure gas transmission system...

ECS EliteGroup utilises Comsys' ComMAX CM1125 baseband processor in new Mobile WiMax devices.
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ECS EliteGroup Computer Systems (ECS), a manufacturer of computer motherboards, PCs, notebooks, servers and wireless solutions, and Comsys Communication & Signal Processing Ltd, a...

Devoteam selects Maconomy as preferred supplier.(Brief article)
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Devoteam Group, an IT consulting group, has selected business solutions provider Maconomy as its preferred supplier in an international framework agreement. According to the...

Management buy-out completed at IPWireless.
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IPWireless, a company involved in the development of 3GPP mobile broadband and multimedia broadcast technologies, announced on 7 December that the management team at the company has...

Sedona and Share One enter into MRM provision agreement.
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sedona Corporation (OTCBB:SDNA), a provider of multi-vertical Customer/Member Relationship Management (CRM/MRM) solutions and services specifically tailored to the financial services...

DRC announces full implementation of SACWIC across Ohio.
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Dynamic Research Corporation (DRC) (Nasdaq:DRCO), a provider of engineering, technical and IT services to federal and state governments in the USA, announced on 7 December that the Ohio...

GSE Systems gains three new upgrade contracts for nuclear simulators.
January 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GSE Systems Inc (Amex:GVP) a provider of real-time simulation and training systems, announced on 7 January that it has received orders valued at in excess of USD5m for nuclear simulator...

Convergys chosen by Leap Wireless.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Leap Wireless International Inc (Nasdaq:LEAP), the parent company of Cricket Communications Inc, a provider of wireless services, has announced that Cricket has signed a multi-year...

Alpha Trading Systems establishes connection to TNS extranet.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alpha Trading Systems, a recently launched automated trading system (ATS) in Canada, has establishing a connection to data communications services provider Transaction Network Services'...

PageOne chosen by OGCbuying.solutions as one of official suppliers.(Brief article)
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD PageOne, a UK based mobile messaging company, has announced it has been chosen by OGCbuying.solutions, an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which is a member...

Hornbill's Supportworks ITSM chosen by Kent City Council.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kent County Council, in the UK, has implemented Supportworks ITSM (IT Service Management) software from Hornbill Systems, a provider of IT support and service management solutions. ...

Cardiff Community Housing Association Chooses Carval HR Software.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Carval Computing, a UK provider of HR and Payroll software, announced on 7 December that it has been chosen to supply its SQL based HR Unity software to Cardiff Community Housing...

DS2 chipset chosen by D-Link for powerline network products.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD DS2, a developer and supplier of high speed powerline technology, announced on 7 December that D-Link, a consumer network solutions provider, has selected Aitana, DS2's 200Mb/s...

Virgin Media to install Digicore C-track vehicle tracking and reporting system.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD DigiCore, a company that develops and implements vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions and part of DigiCore Holdings (JSE:DGC), announced on 7 January that Virgin Media, a UK...

GLOBO acquires stake in ReachFurther Communications.(Brief article)
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GLOBO, a company involved on e-business solutions and a SaaS solutions provider, announced on 7 January that it has acquired a 35% equity interest in ReachFurther Communications, a...

NeoMedia's mobile barcode technology introduced by Spanish carrier Spanair Airlines.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NeoMedia Technologies Inc, a provider of optical transaction technology, announced on 7 December that Spanish carrier Spanair Airlines has introduced a paperless ticketing service at...

Blue Coat systems deployed in Honolulu.(Brief article)
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Blue Coat Systems Inc, a specialist in WAN optimisation and a provider of secure web gateway appliances, announced on 8 December that the city of Honolulu, Hawaii, has deployed its...

Symantec's Norton Internet Security to be pre-installed on ASUS Eee PC netbooks.
January 8, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Symantec Corp (Nasdaq:SYMC), a provider of Internet security software, announced on 8 January a multi-year deal that will see its Norton Internet Security 2009 software pre-installed on...

Sun acquires Q-layer.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sun Microsystems Inc (Nasdaq:JAVA), an IT company, announced on 8 December that it has acquired Q-layer, a Belgian based cloud computing company that owns technology to automate the...

Symantec Data Loss Prevention used by Energen Corp.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Symantec Corp (Nasdaq:SYMC), an IT security company, announced on 8 December that Energen Corp, an independent energy exploration and production company, is using Symantec's Data Loss...

i/o Data Centers acquires facility in Phoenix, USA.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD i/o Data Centers, a US-based integrated data centre services firm, announced on Thursday (8 January) that it has acquired a high-power industrial facility in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. ...

Confirmit and Magnetic North partner on hosted telephony platform.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Confirmit (OSE:CONF), a provider of software for Market Research (MR) and Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM), has partnered with Magnetic North, a provider of next generation...

LINZ and LANCOM partner to provide broadband Internet to rural areas in Austria.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD LANCOM Systems GmbH, a German manufacturer of network components for large enterprises and SMEs, public authorities and institutions, has been selected by LINZ AG, a provider of energy...

New Bamboo partners with Clearleft to develop interactive website for Tourdust.(Brief article)
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New Bamboo Ltd, a specialist in bespoke software development using Ruby on Rails, has partnered with Clearleft, a design and user experience consultancy, to develop a new interactive...

Alcatel-Lucent deploys 3G network in Reunion.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU). a network technologies company, announced on 8 January that it has deployed a 3G+ network for mobile operator SRR on the island of...

France's Axione selects Alcatel-Lucent's solutions to help bridge region's Digital Divide.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU), a network technologies company, announced on 8 January that it has been selected by Axione, a company specialising in the management of...

3M combines with Smartsm to trial stock management solution for libraries.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Diversified technology company, 3M, announced on 8 January that it has teamed up with Smartsm to run a six month trial at Bridgeall Libraries at the University of Sunderland in the UK...

CA signs agreement to acquire Orchestria.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CA Inc (Nasdaq:CA), an independent IT management software company, announced on 8 January that it has signed a definite agreement to acquire Orchestria Corporation, a provider of data...

Voyant subsidiary gains Basque client.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RocketStream Inc, a subsidiary of Voyant International Corporation (OTCBB:VOY.OB) and a developer of technologies and solutions to accelerate digital content delivery over IP networks,...

XeDAR to collaborate with IDV Solutions.
January 9, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD XeDAR Corporation (OTCBB:XDRC), a consulting and IT management and security company to the military and commercial sectors, announced on 9 January that it has reached an agreement with...

Fidessa LatentZero joins Fidessa in London headquarters.
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fidessa LatentZero, a providers of front-office software to the buy-side, has moved its London base to join parent company Fidessa Group plc (LSE:FDSA), a provider of multi-asset...

Broadcom signs license agreement for Cryptography Research's CryptoFirewall.
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cryptography Research Inc (CRI), a US security technology company, announced on Friday (9 January) that Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq:BRCM), a provider of solutions for wired and...

Brandes Investment Partners implements Cadis EDM Suite.
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cadis Software, a provider of enterprise data management systems, announced on Friday (9 January) that Brandes Investment Partners, an investment advisory firm, has implemented the...

Microsoft and Marathon Technologies announce development and marketing agreement.
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software company Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Marathon Technologies Corporation, a provider of high availability and disaster recovery software for physical and virtual servers,...

CyberLink and NextWindow announce collaboration.
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CyberLink Corp (TW:5203.TW), a company that enables digital multimedia on PCs and CEs, and NextWindow, a designer and developer of optical touch screen technology, have announced that...

Ericsson partners with BBC World Service Trust in Bangladesh.
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish telecomms solutions provider Ericsson (OMX Stockholm:ERIC A) (OMX Stockholm:ERIC B) (NASDAQ:ERIC) said on Monday (12 January) that it has been selected by the BBC World Service...

New CEO for Inca Digital.(Linda Bell appointed as chief executive officer)(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Inca Digital, an inkjet printing specialist based in the UK, announced on 12 January the appointment of a new CEO, Dr Linda Bell. The company said that Bell, who held senior...

Tadiran provides IP telephony network to Vietnamese bank.
January 12, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Israeli IP business telephony and communications supplier Tadiran Telecom announced on 12 January that its solutions have been selected by the Bank of Investment and Development of...

Rahmat Allied appointed Malaysian channel partner by Uplogix.(Brief article)
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Uplogix, a provider of secure remote management (SRM) solutions, announced on Monday (12 January) the selection of Rahmat Allied Sdn Bhd, a provider of professional services, as its...

1&1 announces partnership with Sedo to offer pre-owned domains.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 1&1 Internet Ltd, a UK-based web hosting company, launched on Monday (12 January) a new facility on http://www.1and1.co.uk, powered by Sedo, a marketplace for buying and selling domain...

Bell Micro signs vendor agreement with Xrio.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bell Micro, a specialist value-added distributor of high-tech products, solutions and services, announced on Monday (12 January) it has signed a new vendor agreement with Unified...

Cordys signs strategic partnership agreement with Inex.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cordys, a provider of next generation Business Process Management, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Inex, a European dedicated Business Process Improvement and Business...

Nobel selects DIGITALK Multiservice platform.(Brief article)
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Nobel Ltd, a Bermuda-based on-line vendor of prepaid phone cards, has selected the DIGITALK Multiservice platform from DIGITALK, an independent communications platform and applications...

Pirelli Broadband Solution implements Neptuny's Caplan SaaS.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Caplan Saas from Neptuny, a provider of performance optimisation solutions for IT and digital media, was adopted by Pirelli Broadband Solutions, the broadband access and photonics...

KWI chosen by Madura Garments.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kliger-Weiss Infosystems (KWI), a managed service provider for specialty retail industry, is providing a retail solution to Madura Garments, an apparel and retail company in India. ...

Omniture Inc offers new business optimisation software for retailers.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Omniture Inc (NasdaqGS: OMTR), a company that provides online business optimisation software, introduced yesterday (12 January) its new product, Discover OnPremise for Retail. ...

NDS video on demand solution selected by Israeli mobile telecomms operator.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, announced on 13 January that Israeli mobile telecomms provider Partner Communications, part of Hutchinson Telecom...

Ericsson wins contract in Madagascar.
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish telecomms solutions provider Ericsson (OMX Stockholm:ERIC A) (OMX Stockholm:ERIC B) (NASDAQ:ERIC) said on Tuesday (13 January) that it has signed a contract with the Zain Group...

Altlanta Technolgy implementing virtualised network for The Berkeley Partnership.(Brief article)
January 13, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Atlanta Technology, a hosted technology and virtualisation specialist, announced on 13 January that it has been selected by The Berkeley Partnership, a firm of management consultants,...

Arco implements supply chain management solution from Infor.
January 14, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business software provider Infor announced that Arco, a UK distributor of safety clothing and equipment, has selected its supply chain management (SCM) solution to improve customer...

21Net selected to operate Wi-Fi services on VIA Rail Canada trains.
January 14, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD As of 1 November, 2008, the Internet Wi-Fi services on VIA Rail Canada trains running between Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, Canada, are operated by 21Net, a...

BEW Global becomes channel partner of Core Security Technologies.
January 14, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Core Security Technologies, a provider of security testing software solutions, announced on Tuesday (13 January) BEW Global Inc, an information asset protection and network security...

Zoran licenses ARC International's configurable consumer IP solution.
January 14, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ARC International (LSE:ARK), a provider of consumer intellectual property (IP) to OEM and semiconductor companies, has announced that Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq:ZRAN), a provider of...

Vertica Systems Inc reports certification of MicroStrategy 8 to work with its Analytic Database.
January 14, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Vertica Systems Inc, a developer of analytic database technology, revealed on 13 January that MicroStrategy 8 software from MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a provider of...

Datawatch Corporation integrates Oracle Universal Records Management with its ECM product suite.
January 14, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH), an Enterprise Information Management (EIM) company, reported yesterday (13 January) the integration of Oracle Universal Records Management with...

Roxio enters into agreement with Douglas Stewart EDU.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Roxio, the consumer products group of Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC), a provider of digital media software, has entered into an agreement with Douglas Stewart EDU, a software distributor...

Global Marine Systems chosen by Telesur and Guyana Telephone & Telegraph.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Global Marine Systems Ltd, a sub-sea cable installation and maintenance company, announced on Wednesday (14 January) the award of a contract by telecomms service providers...

Ubiquisys and Percello announce collaboration.(Brief article)
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Ubiquisys, a supplier of 3G femtocells, and Percello, a UMTS/LTE femtocell SoC vendor, announced on Wednesday (14 January) that the companies are working together to integrate SoC...

Siano's CMMB receiver chip chosen by major Chinese brands.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Siano Mobile Silicon, a mobile TV chip maker, announced on Wednesday (14 January) that its CMMB receiver chip, the SMS1180, has been selected to power CMMB mobile TV for Chinese phone...

Meru implements WLAN at Kings Norton High School.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kings Norton High School, in Birmingham, UK, has deployed a high-performance IEEE 802.11 wireless network from Meru Networks, a provider of wireless infrastructure solutions. ...

Kodak to acquire scanner division of BOWE BELL+ HOWELL.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kodak Company, a digital imaging company, and BOWE BELL + HOWELL, a provider of high-performance document management solutions and services, have announced Kodak's agreement to acquire...

Verizon Business to provide NASA with conferencing services.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Verizon Business, a provider of communications and IT solutions and a division of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), is to provide NASA (US National Aeronautics and Space Administration)...

Quest Software Inc introduces Coexistence Manager for Notes.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Quest Software Inc (Nasdaq: QSFT), an enterprise systems management supplier, stated yesterday (14 January) that it has launched a new migration solution called Coexistence Manager for...

Melita integrates HSPA mobile broadband into its cable-TV network with Ericsson's solution.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish telecomms solutions provider Ericsson (OMX Stockholm:ERIC A) (OMX Stockholm:ERIC B) (NASDAQ:ERIC) said on Wednesday (14 January) that the Maltese company Melita has become the...

Ericsson and TeliaSonera sign contract for 4G mobile network.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish telecomms solutions provider Ericsson (OMX Stockholm:ERIC A) (OMX Stockholm:ERIC B) (NASDAQ:ERIC) said on Thursday (15 January) that it has signed an agreement with the...

Elcoteq SE starts restructuring measures, cuts 5,000 jobs globally.
January 15, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Finnish electronics manufacturing services provider Elcoteq SE (OMX Helsinki:ELQAV) announced on Thursday (15 January) that it has decided to launch an intense restructuring plan during...