Corporate IT Update articles from March 2006

Corporate IT Update archives from March 2006

Telewest launches IP CCTV over Evolved Ethernet.(closed circuit television)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Telewest Business, the business part of UK ISP Telewest Broadband, announced on Tuesday (28 February) the launch of its IP CCTV solution available over its Evolved Ethernet service. ...

Equisys launches Zetadocs PDF 2.0.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Equisys, a provider of software packages for document production and delivery, has launched version 2.0 of its network-capable PDF software, Zetadocs PDF. According to the company,...

Fujitsu Siemens Computers launches LIFEBOOK Q2010.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a European IT provider, launched on Tuesday (28 February) its new LIFEBOOK Q2010 laptop at the Geneva Motor Show, Switzerland. According to the company,...

Wick Hill announces availability of Check Point's VPN-1 Edge.(virtual private networks, Wick Hill IMX, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wick Hill, a value added distributor for secure infrastructure solutions, has announced the availability of the latest VPN-1 Edge integrated security appliance for branch offices from...

Sunbelt Software launches Double-Take Application Manager.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sunbelt System Software, a provider of Windows system administration tools and enterprise security solutions, announced on Wednesday (1 March) the launch of Double-Take Application...

Check Point offers discount price for SSL Network Extender.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet security solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies Ltd has announced a promotion on SSL Network Extender, pre-installed on its VPN-1 Pro firewall. According to...

LSI Logic delivers Replication Express for Microsoft Exchange Server.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD LSI Logic Corp (NYSE:LSI), a provider of silicon-to-system solutions, announced on Wednesday (1 March) the availability of Replication Express for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. ...

IZR Solutions signs GBP1.2m contract with Matrix Communications.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A two year contract valued at GBP1.2m has been signed with IZR Solutions Ltd, a business ISP, by Matrix Communications Group plc), a Virtual Network Operator (VNO) in the UK. IZR...

EVault introduces server for policy-based file archiving.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD EVault ArcWare, an archive server offering policy-based file archiving, has been introduced by EVault Inc, a data protection solutions company, expanding the company's suite of data...

Talisma unveils CIM 7.0 product suite.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Talisma CIM 7.0 interaction management suite has been unveiled by Talisma Corporation, a provider of enterprise Customer Interaction Management (CIM) solutions. The suite...

LINX announces fees reduction.(London Internet Exchange)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The London Internet Exchange (LINX), a non-profit organisation owned by over 200 Internet service providers and related companies, has announced it is abolishing traffic-based charging...

DLoG (UK) unveils Pro manufacturing software.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Pro series of manufacturing software, using software company Microsoft's .Net tools, has been unveiled by DLoG (UK) Ltd, a shopfloor networking and hardware specialist in the UK....

NetDevices unveils SG-4 Services Gateway.
March 7, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NetDevices Inc, a developer of services gateway products for enterprise branch networks, announced on Monday (6 March) that it has expanded its product line with the SG-4 Services...

Stratus unveils ftServer W Series 2400.(Stratus Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Stratus Technologies Inc, a global solutions provider, announced on Tuesday (7 March) the Stratus ftServer W Series 2400 system, an entry-level fault-tolerant server. According to...

Stratus unveils ftServer W Series 2400.(new product PolicyMatter 3.0 from PolicyMatter Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD PolicyMatter Ltd, a provider of compliance and policy management solutions, announced on Tuesday (7 March) Version 3.0 of its PolicyMatter solution. According to the company,...

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare selects Informatica solution.(Brief Article)
March 8, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a provider of data integration software, announced on Tuesday (7 March) that Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH), a US integrated healthcare...

Solution from Cape Clear deployed by P&O Ferries.(Cape Clear Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK-based ferry operator P&O Ferries has announced that it has selected Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) software from Cape Clear in order to implement an Enterprise-wide Service Oriented...

South Northants Council selects Northgate solutions.(South Northamptonshire Council, Northgate Information Solutions PLC)(Brief Article)
March 9, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Contract Management and Hub and Satellite software from Northgate Information Solutions, an applications and outsourcing solutions provider, have been selected by South Northamptonshire...

Intel speeds up plan for WiMAX.(Brief Article)
March 9, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The introduction of a new long-range wireless Internet access scheme is to be brought forward by chip manufacturer Intel. Intel had originally planned to introduce the cards, which...

IKEA selects Nortel contact centre suite.(IKEA UK Ltd., Northern Telecom Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IKEA, a home furnishings store, has deployed contact centre technology from communications networks company Nortel (NYSE/TSX:NT) in the UK. According to the company, the multimedia...

Tutoreasy selects WiredRed e/pop.(WiredRed Software Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD WiredRed, a US-based provider of enterprise-scale real-time communication software, has announced that online tutor agency Tutoreasy is using its e/pop software to deliver an online...

NetEvidence launches Application Insight.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business network infrastructure specialist NetEvidence has announced it has launched Application Insight (AI). According to NetEvidence, AI adds application-level visibility and...

Domain The Net develops anti-pharming solutions.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Three new anti-pharming and Brand Security solutions have been developed by Domain The Net, a provider of Brand Security and protection services and an ICANN-accredited registrar. ...

Trend Micro introduces Network VirusWall Enforcer.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Network VirusWall Enforcer enterprise-class Network Access Control (NAC) appliance has been introduced by Trend Micro Inc (Nasdaq:TMIC), a provider of network anti-virus and content...

CipherTrust launches TrustedSource Toolbar.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Messaging security company CipherTrust Inc announced on Monday (13 March) its TrustedSource Toolbar, an e-mail reputation toolbar. According to the company, the toolbar, powered by...

BT launches PC Security Check.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms company BT has launched PC Security Check, a new service for small businesses that remotely tests a customer's computer and provides a status report on its security...

Taxware unveils TaxSolver 5.1 for global use.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD TaxSolver version 5.1, reportedly the first tax reporting software for corporations to feature tax forms for global use, has been unveiled by Taxware, a provider of global transaction...

Lumigent and Epicor form customer referral agreement.(Lumigent Technologies Inc. and Epicor Software Corp.'s enterprise resource planning)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Details of a worldwide customer referral agreement have been unveiled by information security management solutions company Lumigent Technologies Inc and Epicor Software Corporation...

New Zealand's Tertiary Education Commission selects Objective solution.(electronic document and records management solution)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New Zealand's Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has implemented an electronic document and records management solution from Objective Corporation (ASX: OCL), an ECM solutions...

Benefon selects Telcontar's RME software for new handset.(Rich Map Engine)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Rich Map Engine (RME) software from Telcontar, a supplier of software platforms and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, has been selected by Benefon, a provider...

Sophos warns of Zippo Trojan horse.(Brief Article)
March 16, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT security company Sophos has warned users of the Zippo-A Trojan horse. According to the company, the Trojan, also known as CryZip, searches on users' computers for files such as...

Fujitsu Siemens launches PRIMERGY BX630 8-socket server blade.(Fujitsu Siemens Computers)(Brief article)
March 17, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a European IT provider, has announced the launch of its new PRIMERGY BX630 8-socket server blade designed for the PRIMERGY Advanced Blade Ecosystem BX600 S2....

Emulex announces new iSCSI and FCIP storage router products.(Brief article)
March 17, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Emulex Corp (NYSE:ELX), a provider of storage networking connectivity, announced on Thursday (16 March) its new line of multi-protocol storage router products, the Emulex storage router...

Bull announces NovaScale Blade 2320 server.(Brief article)
March 17, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD European IT company Bull unveiled the NovaScale Blade 2320 blade server at Cebit 2006. According to the company, the new NovaScale Blade 2320 is based on the dual-core Low Voltage...

arcplan launches arcplan Enterprise 5.0.(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD arcplan, a provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, has launched the new version of its BI platform, arcplan Enterprise 5.0. According to the company, arcplan Enterprise...

UK law company selects GoodLink on smartphone for senior partners.
March 20, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK law company asb law has selected GoodLink from Good Technology Inc, a provider of enterprise handheld computing software and services, running on the Palm Treo 600 smartphone, as its...

LapiStor unveils new data storage solutions.
March 21, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new family of data storage solutions has been unveiled by LapiStor Ltd, a company based in the UK which provides data storage solutions for markets worldwide. The DPaa-7424...

McAfee and SmartTrust to develop integrated mobile virus management solution.(Brief article)
March 21, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD McAfee Inc (NYSE:MFE), an intrusion prevention and security risk management company, announced on Monday (20 March) that it has formed a partnership with SmartTrust, a mobile device...

Cray plans to integrate processing technologies in single supercomputer.(Brief article)
March 21, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Plans to develop supercomputers able to integrate different processing technologies in one platform, have been unveiled by supercomputer company Cray Inc. Supercomputers are used...

Majority of IT managers do not see advantages of 10Gb/s storage technology - report.(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A majority of senior IT managers do not see advantages of 10Gb/s storage technology, according to a survey conducted in February 2006 by Vanson Bourne for Brocade Communications Systems...

ATC launches fully managed hosted VoIP business solution.(AT Communications Group Plc )(Brief article)
March 23, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD AT Communications Group Plc (ATC), a UK business-to-business system integrator, launched on Wednesday (22 March) SiNET, a new managed VoIP service. According to the company, SiNET...

Sun announces access to Sun Grid Compute Utility in US.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief article)
March 23, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Technology developer Sun Microsystems Inc (Nasdaq:SUNW) announced on Wednesday (22 March) Internet access to its Sun Grid Compute Utility in the US. According to the company, users...

Massively Parallel Technologies announces BioTech Virtual Power Center support for database upload.(Brief article)
March 24, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Massively Parallel Technologies, Inc (Massively), a provider of on-demand high-performance computing, announced on Thursday (23 March) that BioTech Virtual Power Center (VPC) customers...

Lantronix unveils XPress DR+ industrial device server.(Brief article)
March 24, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Network solutions provider Lantronix Inc (Nasdaq: LTRX) unveiled on Thursday (23 March) the XPress DR+ industrial device server. According to the company, the XPress DR+ server was...

Microsoft postpones release of Office 2007.(Brief article)
March 24, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The consumer launch of the new Office software suite from Microsoft has been delayed until 2007 to coincide with the postponed release of the consumer version of its Windows Vista...

Fairchild Semiconductor announces upgraded FETBench design tool.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a supplier of high-performance power products, has announced its FETBench design tool now incorporates a wider range of low-voltage MOSFETs for use...

Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust upgrades RSF-1 solution.(Brief article)
March 27, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The most up to date version of the RSF-1 automatic failover solution from High-Availability.Com, a provider of high availability solutions, has been selected by the Chelsea and...

French Conseil General 77 selects Exanet System.
March 28, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Exanet, a provider of network-attached storage (NAS) solutions, and NextiraOne, a provider of integrated enterprise network solutions and services, have announced that French...

Markzware releases FlightCheck Online Single Subscriber Edition.(Markzware Inc)(Brief article)
March 28, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Markzware, a developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions, has announced its FlightCheck Online Single Subscriber Edition, a full web server installation that...

VirtualizeIT introduces virtualisation academy.(Brief article)
March 28, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Virtualisation Academy (vacademy) has been introduced by VirtualizeIT, a virtualisation consultancy, providing an independent centre which includes technology from server, storage...

Broadsoft announces IMS-ready Media Resource Function Server.(Brief article)
March 29, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD VoIP software provider BroadSoft Inc announced on Tuesday (28 March) the availability of a new Media Resource Function Server (MRF) for IMS environments. According to the company,...

CentricStor certified for use with CommVault.(Fujitsu Siemens Computers and CommVault Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
March 29, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CentricStor from Fujitsu Siemens Computers, an IT provider, has been certified for use with CommVault QiNetix software from CommVault Systems Inc, a provider of Unified Data Management...

MessageLabs implements CopperEye.(CopperEye Greenwich)(Brief article)
March 30, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CopperEye, a provider of enterprise search software, announced on Wednesday (29 March) the deployment of CopperEye Greenwich by MessageLabs, a provider of e-mail security and management...

Business travellers rely on high-bandwidth applications - report.(Brief article)
March 30, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Business travellers are increasingly relying on high-bandwidth applications during their travels, according to a UK customer survey by iBAHN, a provider of managed wireless Internet...

XMWeb releases XMWeb v.3.0.(Brief article)
March 30, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD XMWeb, a provider of client broker-dealer management software for the financial services industry, has announced the release of XMWeb v.3.0. According to the company, XMWeb v.3.0...

Berenberg Bank selects COLT.(Colt Group Ltd.)(Brief article)
March 30, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD German bank Berenberg Bank has handed over elements of its business continuity and disaster recovery strategy to COLT, a business communications provider. Under the terms of the...

Altiris announces new system remediation capabilities.(Altiris Real-Time System Manager Solution)(Brief article)
March 30, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Altiris, a provider of service-oriented management solutions, announced on Wednesday (29 March) new system service and remediation capabilities. According to the company, an...

Cambridge University Press to become beta site for KODAK EMS software.(Eastman Kodak Co., Enterprise Management Solution)(Brief article)
March 30, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Academic and educational publisher Cambridge University Press of Cambridge, England, is to become the first beta site in Europe for the KODAK Enterprise Management Solution (EMS) from...

Detica unveils NetReveal.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK IT consultancy Detica has announced the launch of its fraud detection system NetReveal. According to the company, NetReveal uses a series of new data analysis techniques to...

KANA launches new versions of KANA Response and KANA Response Live.(Kana Software Inc.)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD KANA Software Inc (Nasdaq:KANAE), a provider of service resolution management (SRM) solutions, announced on Thursday (30 March) new versions of KANA Response and KANA Response Live, the...

Sigma Systems completes vendor integration with Nagravision's Conditional Access System.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sigma Systems, a provider of OSS service management solutions, has announced its Sigma Service Management Platform and Digital Video Service Package has been integrated into the...

RM Online makes Irish Company documents available online.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Company documents filed by Irish Companies can now be downloaded by users of the aRMadillo service from RM Online, a consultancy providing services to companies. RM Online said the...

Entanet introduces higher speed broadband services.
March 31, 2006... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Higher speed broadband services are to be introduced by Entanet, a business-to-business ISP in the UK, with an upgrade to the highest available speeds for existing connections expected...