Corporate IT Update articles from September 2008

Corporate IT Update archives from September 2008

IBM unveils blade server designed to reduce security threats.
September 3, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Information technology company IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced on Tuesday (2 September) an intelligent blade server designed to help reduce security threats, while also helping server...

Colfax offers Quiet Compute Cluster with noise control technology.
September 3, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Colfax International, a private company based in California that supplies customised workstations, servers and other IT equipment, announced on 2 September the introduction of its...

SECUDE introduces SECUDE Secure Login v5.0.(Brief article)
September 5, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SECUDE, a provider of SAP security and end-to-end data protection solutions, has released version 5.0 of SECUDE Secure Login, a secure SSO solution for SAP that is supported across the...

Eckoh plc contracted to provide self-service platform for financial services company.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Eckoh plc, a UK provider of hosted speech recognition services, announced on 8 September that it has been contracted by an unnamed financial services company to provide an automated...

Travis Perkins implements Zilliant's Price Optimisation software.
September 9, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Zilliant, a provider of price optimisation and management software for distribution, manufacturing, high-tech and industrial service companies, announced on Monday (8 September) that...

Atlanta Technology chosen by Turquoise Trading.
September 10, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Atlanta Technology, a provider of IT solutions to SME market, announced on Tuesday (9 September) that it has successfully deployed the corporate network infrastructure for Turquoise...

Flora-tec implements Codegate's mobileworker.
September 10, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mobile data solutions specialist Codegate announced on Tuesday (9 September) that Flora-tec, a UK corporate horticulture company, is deploying its mobileworker field service and...

Iona College selects InfoExpress CyberGatekeeper to protect wireless network provided by Alcatel-Lucent.
September 11, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) and InfoExpress, a provider of network security solutions, have announced that Iona College, an educational...

Hermes Fund Managers to implement Cadis EDM Suite.
September 11, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cadis Software, a provider of enterprise data management systems, announced on Wednesday (10 September) that fund manager Hermes Fund Managers (Hermes) has signed a new deal to...

Swisscom to switch to 3Com network.
September 12, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Voice and data networking products provider 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) announced on Thursday (11 September) that Swisscom, a telecomms provider in Switzerland, is changing to a...

Singapore customer for Streamezzo.
September 15, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Streamezzo, a French software house that provides framework for mobile services, announced on 12 September that MobileOne Ltd (M1), a Singapore mobile operator, has selected...

Metito deploys communications solution from Nortel and Microsoft.
September 15, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Dubai based desalination, water and wastewater treatment company, Metito, has announced that it has deployed a unified communications solution from Nortel (NYSE:NT) (TSX:NT) and...

Fiserv's NetEconomy anti-money laundering solution rolled out by SEB.
September 15, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fiserv Inc (NASDAQ:FISV), a provider of information technology services to the financial industry, has reported that Skandiaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), a Stockholm based bank, is now...

Informatica Corporation's data integration platform deployed by Electronic Arts Inc.
September 16, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), a company that provides enterprise data integration and data quality software and services, reported yesterday (15 September) that its data...

Fundtech's Global CASHplus chosen by Kotak Mahindra Bank.
September 17, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fundtech Ltd (Nasdaq:FNDT), a developer of banking transaction solutions, announced on Tuesday (16 September) that Kotak Mahindra Bank, part of India's Kotak Mahindra Group, has...

Semotus Solutions Inc's software alerting solution HipLink purchased by Toronto Police Service.
September 17, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Semotus Solutions Inc (OTCBB:SMOA.OB), which provides enterprise application software that connects employees wirelessly to critical business systems, information and processes,...

Staples UK implements E-SAFE 100 from Knowledge Online.
September 18, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Knowledge Online, a developer of compliance auditing technology, has announced that Staples UK, an office products company, has signed up to implement the new technology application to...

The NEC Group implements Alcatel-Lucent solutions.
September 18, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) announced on Wednesday (17 September) that The NEC Group, a company that owns and operates four venues in UK,...

Compassion International selects Open Text.(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX:OTC), an enterprise content management company, announced on 18 September that Compassion International, a Christian child advocacy ministry, has selected...

GL TRADE's SIERRA First Order selected by Sovereign Bank.
September 19, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GL TRADE, a global provider of multi-market and multi-asset solutions for international financial institutions, announced on Thursday (18 September) that Sovereign Bank, a financial...

Intec selected by Central American operator.(Brief article)
September 23, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Intec a provider of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS), announced today (23 September) that it has been awarded a contract covering the supply and implementation of its...

Mac Guff to install ExaStore NAS.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Exanet, a specialist IT storage company, announced on 23 September that French digital visual effects design studio Mac Guff will be installing Exanet's ExaStore Clustered NAS 2008. ...

Netlog deploys Arbor Peakflow SP platform.(Brief article)
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Arbor Networks Inc, a provider of secure service control solutions, announced on 23 September that its Peakflow SP security and network monitoring platform has been deployed by European...

FTS provides billing and customer care solution to Sampoerna Telecom Indonesia.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD FTS (LSE:FTS), a provider of business control, billing and CRM solutions for communication, content and service providers, announced on Tuesday (23 September) that PT Sampoerna Telecom...

Nottingham Trent University to launch pilot WiMAX broadband network.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Nottingham Trent University, in the UK, announced on Tuesday (23 September) the future launch of the first pilot of a WiMAX based broadband network in the area of Nottingham, with the...

HSW International and World Book sign digital content partnership for China.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD HSW International Inc (Nasdaq:HSWI), a developer and operator of Internet businesses focused on providing consumers in the world's emerging digital economies with locally relevant...

Triage Services secures agreement with Assurant Solutions.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Triage Services, a British independent provider of repair solutions to the IT industry, today (24 September) announced an agreement to provide a fully managed return-to-base repair...

Talktalk and AOL Broadband sign contract with D-Link.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD D-Link, a vendor of networking equipment, announced on 24 September that it has signed an contract with the TalkTalk Group, a subsidiary of The Carphone Warehouse Group Plc, to supply...

Strategic Thought Inc appoints Bob Bell as VP Enterprise Risk Solutions.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Strategic Thought Inc, a supplier of risk management systems, announced on 24 September that it has appointed Bob Bell to the newly created position of VP Enterprise Risk Solutions. ...

Quintel receives international patents.(Brief article)
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Quintel Technology Inc, a designer of antennas, announced on 24 September that it has received patent protection for its unique differential input method to create multiple variable...

Alcatel-Lucent solution selected by EPB for IPTV FTTH service.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent, a network equipment provider, today (24 September) announced that EPB, a US electrical power distributor, has selected Alcatel-Lucent's IPTV solution to offer TV and...

Interplay launches new website and employs staff in ramp up of new MMO development.(Website overview)
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Interplay Entertainment, a developer, publisher and licensor of video game software, announced on 24 September the launch of a new website (http://www.interplay.com/), which is designed...

Verizon collaborates with Cisco for business productivity services.
September 24, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US telecomms operator Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) and Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO), a network company, announced on 24 September that the two companies will join together in a market...

TIBCO launches BusinessEvents 3.0 for Complex Event Processing.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD TIBCO (NasdaqGS: TIBX), an infrastructure software solutions company, launched on 24 September its TIBCO BusinessEvents 3.0 to help companies to respond to potential problems or...

NEC Philips Unified Communications solution trialled by law firm Taylor Vinters.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Taylor Vinters, a UK regional legal firm, is trialling Unified Communications (UC) technology provided by NEC Philips Unified Solutions (NEC Philips), a provider of secure enterprise IT...

Transmeta unveils licensing agreements with Intel.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Transmeta Corporation (Nasdaq:TMTA), a technology development and IP holding company, today (25 September) announced that it has entered into two agreements with Intel Corporation...

Giesecke & Devrient opens development centre in Pune.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a provider of smart card solutions, announced on 25 September the opening of a new development centre in Pune, India. The R&D centre will employee around...

Gateway Communications leases capacity on Africasat-1.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd (MEASAT), an satellite services supplier, announced on 25 September that Gateway Communication, a provider of satellite communications services to the...

Huawei contracted for AXIS network expansion.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a telecomms solutions provider, announced on 25 September that it has been contracted by AXIS, an Indonesian mobile operator, to design, build, deploy and...

Club Med chooses Alcatel-Lucent.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU), a network services company, announced today (25 September) that Club Med has signed a seven year agreement for Alcatel to install and...

Quark appoints technical support manager for Benelux and Nordic region.
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Quark Inc, a software publisher, announced on 25 September that it has appointed Per Jensen as technical support manager for the regional sales team in the Benelux and Nordic region....

Atria Networks buys into Peterborough network.(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Atria Networks LP, a Canadian network company, announced on 25 September that it has acquired the telecomms assets of Peterborough Utilities Inc as part of it strategy to join utility...

BIOLAP introduces PARIS Technologies' PowerOLAP v8 in UK.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BIOLAP, a UK-based Business Intelligence and software consultancy firm, has launched in the UK PowerOLAP v8, developed by PARIS Technologies, a consulting and software development group...

Avnet introduces data warehousing solutions based on Sun and Oracle technology.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Avnet Technology Solutions, a value-added distributor of enterprise computing products, software and services, and an operating group of Avnet Inc (NYSE: AVT), announced on Thursday (25...

Infor delivers new features in Infor ERP XA.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Infor, a business software company, announced on 25 September the latest release (version 7.8) of its ERP XA enterprise resource planning software for discrete manufacturers with mixed...

TeliaSonera buys into Asian mobile company.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD TeliaSonera (STO:TLSN) (LSE:TEE) (HEX:TLS1V) (Nasdaq:TLSN), a Scandinavian mobile network operator, announced on 26 September that it will acquire a controlling 51% interest in...

Connecticut residents to benefit from new Verizon cell site as investment continues.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Continued investment in network infrastructure by Verizon Wireless, a US mobile operator, has seen residents of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, benefit from the activation of a new cell site...

Kount gets US patent for device fingerprinting.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kount Inc, a specialist in e-commerce fraud prevention, announced on 25 September that it has received US patent number 7,330,871 in respect of its device fingerprinting technology,...

Former Bell Canada International executive joins OmniGlobe as director.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD OmniGlobe Networks Inc, a privately held telecomms company specialising in the delivery of cellular, broadband internet and VoIP services, announced on 26 September the appointment of...

China Digital TV obtains sales license from SCA and announces new independent director.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD China Digital TV Holding Co (NYSE:STV), a provider of conditional access systems to China's digital television market, today (26 September) announced that it has successfully obtained a...

Verizon activates cell site in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Verizon Wireless announced on 26 September the activation of a new cell site in Newport County, Rhode Island which will increase network capacity and coverage for Verizon's wireless...

OpenNet selected by Singapore for fibre grid network.
September 26, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Axia NetMedia Corporation (Axia) (TSX:AXX), a network provider, announced on 26 September that the OpenNet consortium, in which Axia holds a 30% interest, has been selected by the...

Symantec wins two new corporate customers.
September 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Symantec Corp (Nasdaq:SYMC), an Internet security company, announced on 26 September that it has won two new corporate customers, AMN Healthcare and Media General Inc, for its Symantec...

Tata partners with Batelco for Middle East MPLS expansion.
September 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tata Communications a telecomms provider and part of the Tata Group, announced on 29 September that it has partnered with Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), a Bahrain-based...

KPN selects Alcatel-Lucent for deliver of network.
September 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU), a network technologies company, announced on 26 September that it has signed a three year contract with Dutch service provider KPN for...

Alcatel-Lucent signs frame agreement with Telefonica.
September 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU), a provider of network solutions, announced 29 September that it has signed a frame agreement with Telefonica, a telecomms operator, to...

Alcatel-Lucent to implement eircom's all-IP network.
September 29, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU), a network technologies company, today (26 September) announced that it has been selected by eircom, an Irish fixed-line service provider,...

Centive Compel chosen by Infusionsoft.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Centive, a provider of on-demand solutions for sales compensation and sales performance management, announced on Monday (29 September) that Infusionsoft, a provider of marketing...

Vetrazzo designs and deploys applications on Force.com platform.(Brief article)
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), a specialist in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), announced on Monday (29 September) that Vetrazzo LLC, which manufactures...

Dimension Data uses AirMagnet's 802.11n WLAN Suite.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD AirMagnet Inc, a provider of security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs, announced on Monday (29 September) that its new 802.11n WLAN Suite has been used for the...

Swedish Match hires Verizon for business private IP network.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), announced today (30 September) that Swedish Match, a Scandinavian manufacturer of smoke-free tobacco products, cigars, pipe...

INTERSPORT France buys Centric's PLM suite.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Centric Software, a supplier of product lifecycle management (PLM) software, announced on 30 September that INTERSPORT France, a sports retail business and a member of INTERSPORT...

CSC signs contract with Royal Mail.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CSC (NYSE:CSC), a technology services company, announced on 30 September the signing of a new information technology (IT) services contract with the UK's Royal Mail to deliver a...

Thomas Yong joins Sybase 365 As director Southeast Asia.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase Inc (NYSE: SY), the global leader in mobile messaging services, today announced the appointment of Thomas Yong as director Southeast Asia. Yong...

Mettoni Group appoints new CTO.(Alex Black appointed as chief technology officer)(Brief article)
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mettoni Group, a software and services technology company, today (30 September) announced the appointment of Alex Black as its new chief technology officer. Black has held senior...

Vodafone UK launches managed mobile e-mail service.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Vodafone UK, the British division of Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) (LSE: VOD), announced today (30 September) the launch of a new managed mobile e-mail service, Vodafone Enhanced Services for...

Aptilo and Redline announce technology agreement.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Aptilo Networks, a company providing service management and access control for wireless networks, and Redline Communications Group (TSX: RDL) (AIM: RDL), a provider of WiMAX and...

Harris Stratex partners with Telsima for WiMAX platform.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Harris Stratex Networks Inc (Nasdaq: HSTX), a supplier of wireless transmission products, announced on 30 September a partnership with Telsima Corporation, a developer and provider of...

SuccessFactors Inc's Performance and Talent Management suite implemented by Palmetto Health.
September 30, 2008... CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SuccessFactors Inc (NASDAQ:SFSF), a provider of on-demand performance and talent management software, disclosed yesterday (29 September) that SuccessFactors Performance and Talent...