Corporate IT Update articles from July 2009

Corporate IT Update archives from July 2009

SAS Group chooses RSA security solution.
July 1, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RSA, a division of EMC (NYSE:EMC) said Tuesday that its RSA Data Loss Prevention Suite has been selected by Scandinavian airline group SAS to secure sensitive information. No details...

NCP to supply VNC client software to First National Bank.
July 1, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS German provider of endpoint security and VPN solutions NCP engineering GmbH said Tuesday that it has been selected by the First National Bank, based in Pennsylvania in the US, to provide...

Eastex upgrades network with Carrier VoIP Services from Nortel.
July 1, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Texas-based rural carrier Eastex Telephone Coop Inc is upgrading its network with Carrier VoIP Services from Nortel (OTCBB:NRTLQ), the communications technology company said on Tuesday. ...

Itibiti Systems partners with Wicked Interactive.
July 1, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Rich media applications company Intertainment Media Inc (TSX VENTURE:INT) announced on Tuesday its wholly owned subsidiary Itibiti Systems Inc has entered into a partnership agreement with...

CDC Software forms joint venture with Softrax.
July 1, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation (Nasdaq:CHINA) announced Wednesday that it plans to form a joint venture with the Softrax Corporation which will allow CDC to expand its...

SAIC awarded US Army contract.
July 1, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAI) announced on Wednesday it has been awarded a task order by the US Army's Director of Information Management (DOIM) at Fort Polk,...

Numerex announces agreement with iControl Networks.
July 1, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Numerex Corp (Nasdaq: NMRX) has signed an agreement with software and services company iControl Networks Inc, the provider of secure machine-to-machine (M2M) network services and solutions...

Acacia's subsidiary enters two new license agreements.
July 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) announced on Wednesday that its Diagnostic Systems Corporation subsidiary has entered into two new license agreements. According to the...

Incredimail reaches new AdSense agreement with Google.
July 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Internet company IncrediMail Ltd (Nasdaq:MAIL) announced on Wednesday that it has reached a new, two-year direct agreement with Google Inc (Nasdaq:GOOG). The financial terms of the...

ADTRAN's Total Access 5000 chosen by Rice Belt Telephone.
July 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Networking solutions provider ADTRAN Inc (Nasdaq:ADTN) announced on Wednesday that Arkansas-based telephone company Rice Belt Telephone has selected the Total Access 5000 for its...

Ingram Micro selected to distribute IBM Smart Cube.
July 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS IT distribution company Ingram Micro Inc (NYSE:IM) announced on Wednesday it has been selected as a distributor for IBM Smart Cube, a hardware and software platform of the new IBM Smart...

Ricoh subsidiary to supply video conferencing solution to Swedish Statistics.(Brief article)
July 2, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Carl Lamm Holding AB, a Swedish IT company that was acquired by Ricoh Europe Holdings PLC in May 2009, said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Logica to supply a video...

Initio takes licence to embed Arc 600 processors in USB and SSD controllers.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Arc International, an intellectual property holder, announced Thursday that Initio, a manufacturer of ASICs for storage applications, has taken a licence for the Arc 600 core for use in USB...

Bravura outsources supply of anti-money laundering solution to i-Financial.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Supplier of wealth management applications and professional services Bravura Solutions (ASX:BVA) (OTCOX:BRVSY) said Thursday that it has signed a partner programme agreement with...

Temenos T24 to replace legacy applications for Queensland Treasury.(Brief article)
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Swiss banking solutions provider Temenos (SWX:TEMN) said Thursday that its Temenos T24 solution has been selected by the Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) in Australia as the core...

Iowa Telecom acquires New Ulm's minority interests in SHAL and En-Tel for USD1.7m.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS US telecom services provider Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc (NYSE:IWA) has reached an agreement to acquire New Ulm Telecom Inc's ownership interests in En-Tel Communications LLC, SHAL...

VanceInfo acquires Hong Kong-based CRM provider.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS VanceInfo Technologies Inc (NYSE:VIT) said today that it has acquired the operating subsidiaries of Hong Kong-based TP Corporation Limited, a provider of Customer Relationship Management...

ZTE signs USB modem supply agreement with Telenor.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Telecoms equipment supplier ZTE Corporation (HK:073) announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Norway's Telenor Group for the supply of UMTS/HSPA and EDGE USB modems. The...

Two new orders for Autonomy.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE:AU), an enterprise infrastructure company, announced Friday two new deals each worth several million US dollars. One order, from an unnamed bank located...

weComm provides mobile interactive application for the BBC radio visualisation trial.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS weComm, a developer of interactive mobile data solutions, said Friday that it has designed the application currently being used by the BBC for its trial of 'radio visualisation', giving...

Autonomy signs USD15m deal with major global bank in the US.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Infrastructure software Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE:AU.L) declared on Friday the receipt of a multi-million dollar order valued in excess of USD15m over the next few years for Autonomy...

Autonomy Corporation plc executes license contract with major US National Law Enforcement Agency.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Infrastructure software Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE:AU.L) reported on Friday a multi-million dollar license agreement for the use of Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL)...

Huawei selected to supply wireless infrastructure for Saudi Arabian research centre.
July 3, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Telecoms network equipment provider Huawei has been selected to supply the wireless infrastructure for a new research centre at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in...

Garmin announces expanded relationship with BMW Motorrad.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Garmin International Inc announced on Friday it has expanded its relationship with motorcycle company BMW Motorrad. The companies have developed the next generation BMW Motorrad...

K&K Active appointed as LG-Nortel distributor.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LG-Nortel, a joint venture between LG Electronics and Nortel (NYSE:NT), announced Monday the appointment of K&K Active Oy as its exclusive Ethernet Fiber Access solution sales channel in...

T-Systems implements Nortel WAN solution for German insurance group.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Nortel (NYSE:NT), a supplier of network infrastructure equipment and technologies, said on Monday that T-Systems, an ICT outsourcing company in Germany, is implementing a Nortel wide area...

Shenandoah upgrades network using ADTRAN Total Access 5000.(Brief article)
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ADTRAN (Nasdaq-NMS:ADTN), a provider of network equipment, said Monday that Shenandoah Telecommunications (Nasdaq-NMS:SHEN) has chosen the ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and...

SBS Science and Technology selects Ramtron F-RAM for SSD application.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq:RMTR) announced Monday that SBS Science and Technology Co Ltd has selected the FM22L16 4Mb F-RAM (ferroelectric random access memory) for use in a...

AT&T to design communications services for Al Madina A'Zarqa.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Blue City Company 1 (BCC1) and US communications holding company AT&T (NYSE:T) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deliver the design for advanced communications services...

Blue Sky Studios uses Sun solutions for new Ice Age film.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Network solutions provider Sun Microsystems Inc (Nasdaq:JAVA) announced on Monday that Blue Sky Studios deployed Sun Blade servers and Sun Ultra workstations for the rendering of its new...

Telerik announces new product release.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Telerik has announced the Q2 2009 release of its RadControls UI components, Reporting, ORM and Web Testing solutions. The company, a vendor of development tools and user interface...

Xerox and The Danwood Group form strategic partnership.
July 6, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Xerox (UK) Limited and The Danwood Group Limited announced on Monday the creation of a strategic partnership. The Danwood Group, a supplier of office printing equipment and document...

Cybercom awarded US contract.(Brief article)
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS High-tech consultancy Cybercom has announced it has signed a contract with an international company in the US for Qt development in the home entertainment sector. The financial terms...

IBM collaborates with Venice on mobile-based pilot initiative.
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced on Monday it is working with the city of Venice on a mobile phone-based pilot initiative. The IT technology company said the aim of the initiative is to guide...

QinetiQ North America acquires Cyveillance.(Brief article)
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS QinetiQ North America has acquired cyber intelligence company Cyveillance effective 1 July 2009, the provider of information technology and engineering solutions to the US government said...

Afghan Telecom announces agreement with Roshan.
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Afghan Telecom (AT) announced on Monday an agreement with telecoms provider Roshan to sell the transmission capacity of its National OFC (Optical Fibre Cable) Backbone Ring Network. ...

Wyless and Telefonica O2 announce agreement.
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Global network enabler Wyless and UK operator Telefonica O2 UK announced on Monday an agreement that will increase the Wyless footprint and enable the company to provide additional global...

Valista acquired by Aepona.(Brief article)
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Aepona, an Irish company that specialises in telecoms software products and services, said Monday that it has acquired Valista, a Dublin based provider of payment, settlement and service...

UK coach operator expands use of Icomera MoovBox in-vehicle Wi-Fi.
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Icomera AB, a provider of cellular broadband gateways, announced Tuesday that Stagecoach Group plc, a UK transport operator, has installed Icomera's Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway...

Software AG acquires Teconomic AG.
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Enterprise software house Software AG has announced the acquisition of Swedish IT consulting services specialist Teconomic AG for an undisclosed amount. The company said that Teconomic...

Verizon Business signs agreement with US Department of Health and Human Services.
July 7, 2009... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS US telecoms operator Verizon Business, part of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) said today that it has signed a contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which may...