Corporate IT Update articles from July 2008

Corporate IT Update archives from July 2008

Epicor announces collaborative agreement with IBM.
July 1, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Epicor Software Corporation (Nasdaq:EPIC), a provider of enterprise software solutions for midmarket companies, announced on Monday (30 June) a collaborative agreement with information...

SEDONA's MRM technology and services chosen by NE PA Community Federal Credit Union.
July 1, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SEDONA Corporation (OTCBB:SDNA), a software application and services provider that develops and markets web-based, vertical Customer/Member Relationship Management (CRM/MRM) solution,...

Smart Online enters extended relationship with MLM Holdings Inc and subsidiary Escape International.
July 1, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Smart Online Inc (OTCBB: SOLN), a developer and marketer of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products and services, said yesterday (30 June) that the company has entered into a relationship...

Halliwells selects Hornbill's Supportworks ITSM.(Hornbill Systems)(Brief article)
July 2, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Halliwells, a commercial law firm in the UK, has selected Supportworks ITSM from Hornbill Systems, a provider of IT support and service management solutions, as a service management...

Opera II v6.12 introduced by Pegasus Software.
July 2, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Pegasus Software, a supplier of accounting and business software, announced on Tuesday (1 July) it has launched version 6.12 of its Opera II business solution. According to the...

Southern Cross to use Nortel's 40G technology to boost capacity.
July 2, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Southern Cross Cables, a New Zealand network provider with backbone links for internet traffic from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii to the continental US, has selected Nortel's...

Sotelgui to use Cerillion interconnect billing software.
July 2, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sotelgui, the Guinean telecomms operator, will implement Cerillion's Interconnect Manager to support billing, settlement and least cost routing for all its interconnect agreements. ...

Poole Hospital deploys Alcatel-Lucent Wireless Local Area Network.
July 3, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) announced on Wednesday (2 July) that Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, located in Dorset, UK, is...

Fiberail expands optical network using Alcatel-Lucent systems.
July 3, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Malaysian fibre optic network operator Fiberail Sdn Bhd and Alcatel-Lucent (Alcatel) (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU), a network technologies company, today (3 July) announced that...

NEC Computers introduces final server in FT range.
July 4, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NEC Computers, a subsidiary of NEC Corp, announced on 3 July the availability of the NEC Express5800/320Fd server, which is reportedly to be the final product in its Fault Tolerant (FT)...

Telsource Selects Metrix and 360 to optimize scheduling.
July 7, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Metrix, a software company specialising in customer support and field scheduling applications, has announced that Telsource, a network integrator and field service organisation in the...

Comcast to source DTA adapters from Thomson.
July 8, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Thomson (Euronext:18453) (NYSE:TMS), a video equipment manufacturer, announced on 7 July that it has entered into an agreement with Comcast to supply the US cable and communications...

Legalease awards website development contract to New Bamboo.(Website overview)
July 8, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Legalease, a legal referral site, has awarded its website development to New Bamboo Ltd, a specialist in bespoke software development using Ruby on Rails. According to the company,...

Sun Java ME integrated in new HP iPAQ 900 series smartphone.
July 8, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Technology company Sun Microsystems, Inc (NASDAQ:JAVA) announced on Monday (7 July) that Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) is integrated in the new HP iPAQ 900 series Business...

TEMENOS T24 chosen by Bank Standard in Azerbaijan.
July 9, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Temenos Group (SWX: TEMN), a provider of integrated core banking systems, announced on Tuesday (8 July) that Bank Standard, a non-government backed bank in Azerbaijan, is the first bank...

360 Scheduling Chosen by Adeuza.(Brief article)
July 9, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 360 Dynamic Scheduling Engine (DSE), developed by 360 Scheduling, a company based in Nottingham in the UK, has been chosen by Adeuza as the back-end for Adeuza's Movalys Mobile...

WiMAX Rev-e network service launched in Ireland by National University of Ireland and Alcatel-Lucent.
July 10, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD National University of Ireland, Maynooth and communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) launched on Wednesday (9 July) the first WiMAX Rev-e...

IBM to supply supercomputer to US DoD Naval Oceanographic Office.
July 10, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IBM (NYSE: IBM) will supply a new supercomputer to the Naval Oceanographic Office Major Shared Resource Center (NAVO MSRC). The IBM computer, a Power 575 Hydro-Cluster, is powered...

Mesh Computers selects OrderWork for customer installations and repairs.(Brief article)
July 11, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD OrderWork, a networked services firm, has been selected by Mesh Computers, a UK system manufacturer, to complete its on-site support and installation services across the UK. ...

Teledigit installs three new digital and VoIP systems.
July 11, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Teledigit Inc, a telecomms company and subsidiary of NW Tech Capital Inc (OTCBB: NWTT), has installed three new digital Vertical Communications WAVE IP 2500 VoIP PBX systems for...

Fujitsu and Sun announce new models of Sun SPARC Enterprise servers.
July 14, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: JAVA) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) announced on 14 July an extension to the Fujitsu range of Sun SPARC Enterprise servers. The four new models, M4000,...

Clearpace releases data archive for long-term immutable data storage.
July 14, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Clearpace Software Ltd, a UK-based software company specialising in data storage solutions, has announced the release of NParchive, an archive data store designed to reduce space for...

IT outsourcing agreement announced between IBM and Thanachart.
July 14, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An agreement for a seven-year information technology (IT) Outsourcing Services contract was announced between IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Thanachart Bank Public Company Limited (TBANK) on Friday...

Enhanced line of SPARC Enterprise servers unveiled by Sun and Fujitsu.
July 15, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Technology company Sun Microsystems Inc (NASDAQ:JAVA) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), a provider of IT and communications solutions, announced on Monday (14 July) an enhanced line of...

Sun introduces Sun StorageTek T10000B terabyte tape storage drive.
July 15, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Technology company Sun Microsystems Inc (NASDAQ:JAVA) has released the industry's first one terabyte tape storage drive. According to the company, the new eco-efficient Sun...

IBM to manage IT infrastructure for Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo.
July 18, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Banco Espirito Santo (BES), a Portugese financial group, have signed a contract extending and expanding IBM's existing contract with the group, which was...

Logica wins three year Michelin service contract.
July 18, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Logica (LSE:LOG) (Euronext Amsterdam:LOG), a business service company, has announced the signing of a contract with Michelin, a tyre manufacturer. The company will provide...

Real Madrid selects InfoMedia Services to manage mobile content and SMS operations in UK.
July 22, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Spanish football club Real Madrid has selected mobile service bureau InfoMedia Services to develop and manage its direct-to-consumer and on-portal mobile content and SMS operations in...

ActionManager labour technology system of Park City Group improved for home improvement specialty retailer.
July 22, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Park City Group Inc (OTCBB:PCYG.OB), a designer, developer and marketer of application software products, reported on 21 July that for an existing home improvement speciality retailer...

Omniture to increase online ROI for Circuit City.
July 22, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Omniture Inc (NasdaqGM:OMTR), a provider of online business optimisation software, declared on 21 July that its Omniture SiteCatalyst and Omniture Test&Target has been chosen by Circuit...

Pace selected as PVR supplier for Foxtel HD launch in Australia.
July 22, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Pace Plc (LSE:PIC) have been selected by Foxtel, an Australia payTV broadcaster, to supply personal video recorders (PVR) for the launch of the broadcaster's new high definition (HD)...

IBM sign outsourcing deal with Peru's Romero Group.
July 23, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Peru's Romero Group have signed a five year IT infrastructure outsourcing contract. Romero Group, a private business group, needed to cope with increased...

Allianz switches to Kenexa for employee survey administration.
July 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kenexa (NasdaqGS:KNXA), a software, services and proprietary content provider, revealed yesterday (23 July) that its platform to administer an organisation's leadership culture and...

Avistar signs deal with MVC to penetrate Germany video conferencing market.
July 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: AVSR) a provider of visual communications solutions, has signed an agreement with MVC Mobile Video Communications GmbH of Frankfurt to sell...

PCI builds new unified communications contact centre using Nortel technology.
July 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Contact centre outsourcing specialist PCI is building a new unified communications contact centre facility in Melbourne, Australia, using energy-efficient network solutions from...

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council selects solution from Telephonetics VIP.
July 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has chosen a speech self service solution from Telephonetics VIP, a speech recognition and voice automation company and part of Telephonetics plc,...

Chicago Public Schools partners with Sapient to launch new website.(www.cps.edu)(Brief article)
July 28, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Chicago Public Schools (CPS), a public school system in the US, announced on Friday (25 July) that it partnered with Sapient (Nasdaq:SAPE), an e-services consultancy, to launch a...

012 Smile.Communications completes wireless network deployment in five Israeli hospitals.
July 28, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 012 Smile.Communications (NasdaqGM: SMLC), a communications services provider in Israel largely owned by Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd (Nasdaq: IGLD), has completed deployment of a...

RADWIN systems deployed in Yakutia Republic diamond mining operations.
July 28, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RADWIN, a provider of wireless broadband solutions, has announced that Russia's largest diamond mining and manufacturing company, ALROSA, has deployed RADWIN wireless systems in its...

Diamant Numerique purchases Inca Turbo Plus flatbed printer.(Brief article)
July 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Diamant Numerique, the digital arm of screen printing group Publiscreen, has invested in an Inca Turbo Plus flatbed printer from Inca Digital, an inkjet printing technology...

TDC appointed UK distributor for Matrix range of wireless terminals.(Brief article)
July 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD TDC, part of the Abacus Group plc and a technical component distributor specialising in embedded components for wireless applications, announced on Monday (28 July) that it has been...

Partnership between TRX and ExpenseWire to provide integrated travel & expense management solution.
July 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD TRX Inc (Nasdaq: TRXI), a technology company, and ExpenseWire (www.expensewire.com), a brand of Rearden Commerce company, disclosed together yesterday (28 July) at the National Business...

Secerno introduces Secerno.SQL on VMware platform.
July 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Database security provider Secerno announced on Tuesday (29 July) the availability of its Secerno.SQL database activity monitoring and blocking solution as a virtualised appliance on...

Blue Coat Systems Inc's appliances and client software selected by Capital Energy.
July 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Blue Coat Systems Inc (Nasdaq:BCSI), which provides intelligent hardware appliances and software that secure and accelerate the delivery of business applications and other information...

Lantec rolls out Aeromark solutions.
July 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Aeromark, a provider of mobile technology, has announced that Lantec, an IT solutions and logistics provider, will be rolling out Aeromark's integrated Optimatics and its Workflow DynMX...

Latest phase of time management system from TSSI deployed by Ramsay Health Care.
July 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The latest phase in the implementation and roll out of a time management system for Ramsay Health Care, formerly known as Capio, has been announced by TSSI, a supplier of security and...

Tata introduces new Ethernet WAN services.
July 31, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tata Communications (NYSE:TCL), an international telecomms service provider, has launched two new Ethernet services for businesses wishing to improve site-to-site data communications....