EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from April 2003

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from April 2003

Toshiba offers build options on notebooks for on-line buyers.
April 7, 2003... Toshiba's Computer Systems Group (CSG) has announced the ability for customers to build a Toshiba notebook computer to their own specifications and purchase directly on shoptoshiba.com. Consumers, small business professionals and public sector...

HP introduces new Pavilion PCs for digital media enthusiasts.(HP Pavilion ze5300 series notebooks; HP Pavilion 505n, 515n, 725n and the 735n desktops)
April 7, 2003... HP (NYSE:HPQ) has announced a new series of notebook PCs with DVD+R/+RW drives and four HP Pavilion desktop PCs with rewritable CD or DVD drives, all of which are ideal for enjoying digital music and editing photos or videos. The HP...

RADVISION announces industry's first SIP MCU.(viaIP Multipoint Conferencing Unit)
April 7, 2003... RADVISION LTD. (Nasdaq:RVSN) has announced SIP functionality in its popular viaIP MCU (Multipoint Conferencing Unit). This new SIP functionality enables point-to-point and multipoint voice and video conference between SIP-based video...

ATI ships RADEON 9800 PRO.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY) (NASDAQ:ATYT) is now shipping its RADEON 9800 PRO visual processing unit (VPU). Boards based on the world's fastest VPU have shipped to OEM, retail, distribution and online customers, fulfilling ATI's promise of...

Jacada integrator provides direct access to CICS and IMS transactions.(Jacada Integrator Host Transaction Connector )
April 7, 2003... Jacada Ltd. (NASDAQ:JCDA) has expanded the capabilities of Jacada Integrator by adding a new connector for directly accessing IBM mainframe CICS and IMS transactions. Based on proven acquired technology, this new release paves the way for...

InfiniSwitch joins IBM ServerProven program.
April 7, 2003... InfiniSwitch Corporation has announced that it has obtained IBM ServerProven status. The components of the InfiniSwitch solution are the first InfiniBand products to achieve this recognition. The InfiniSwitch solution, which includes a...

Unisys unveils advanced Sentinel self-management technologies.(Application Sentinel and Server Sentinel 2.0)
April 7, 2003... Unisys recently unveiled new Unisys Sentinel software that simplifies server and application management for enterprise solutions based on Microsoft Windows. As part of a broader initiative to deliver industry leading self-managing...

Anark and Discreet join forces to offer complete toolkit for interactive multimedia and Web 3D.(Anark Studio/Discreet plasma Bundle )
April 7, 2003... Discreet, a division of Autodesk Inc., and Anark Corporation, have announced that they have partnered to bring media artists the ultimate multimedia and Web 3D toolkit--Anark Studio and Discreet plasma software. The Anark Studio / Discreet...

Outbreak detection software, `RedBat,' alerts health officials of mystery infection called SARS.
April 7, 2003... Using symptom data already entered into hospital Emergency Room (ER) databases, the RedBat software system quickly alerts both hospital personnel and local health departments to a possible outbreak in the US of the new Severe Acute Respiratory...

Xilinx announces next gen free ISE WebPACK 5.2I design tool for reduced design costs and increased productivity.(Integrated Software Environment )(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) has announced the latest version of the company's free, downloadable programmable logic development system--the Integrated Software Environment (ISE) WebPACK software. The design tool includes several new productivity...

Netfirms offers MySQL databases.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Netfirms, Inc. has announced the implementation of the world's most popular open-source database solution, MySQL, for those customers in the Advantage or Business plans. "MySQL has become the de facto database standard for building dynamic...

NMetric's 4C to help software one customers obtain shop floor visibility.
April 7, 2003... NMetric has announced that it is partnering with Software One (Clawson, Mich.) to help mid-sized manufacturers proactively manage by integrating and coordinating scheduling with real-time tracking and updating of all resources, materials, labor...

Unisys receives key approval from Microsoft for delivering IT operations assessments and enterprise management service offerings.(Microsoft Solutions for Management Delivery Partner)
April 7, 2003... Assessments Based on Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) Identify IT Infrastructure Process and Technology Gaps Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) has announced that it has been certified by Microsoft Corp. as a global Microsoft Solutions for...

Red Oak Software releases Legacy Navigator graphical modeling for complex integration.
April 7, 2003... Red Oak Software has released Legacy Navigator, a process modeling solution for enterprise application integration, to general availability. Legacy Navigator dovetails with Red Oak's Legacy Integrator to simplify the integration of complex...

TPC-C: new modular unisys ES7000/520 server tops eight-way performance.
April 14, 2003... The best eight-way server performance and best price/performance ever achieved in the TPC-C benchmark was recorded recently by the new Unisys ES7000/520 server. Part of the new extension to the ES7000 server line announced recently, the...

Lucent technologies to incorporate Netonomy's services management solution into its 3G high-speed data portfolio.
April 14, 2003... Netonomy has announced that its customer self-service application, MyNetonomy, will be incorporated into Lucent Technologies' third-generation (3G) high-speed data portfolio for mobile operators. Lucent will optimize Netonomy's application to...

Qualstar intros RLS-4470 rackmount tape library.
April 14, 2003... Qualstar Corporation (Nasdaq:QBAK), a manufacturer of automated tape storage solutions, has announced its new RLS-4470 rack mounted automated tape library, which enables companies to store more than 18 terabytes (TB) of corporate-critical...

Tegal sells 900 series etch system for RF power device contact etch in the UK.
April 14, 2003... Tegal Corporation (Nasdaq:TGAL) recently announced the sale of a 903e plasma etch system to a leading sensor and power device manufacturer in the United Kingdom. The tool will join other 903 systems already installed at this location and be...

ADC intros Singl.eView Server allocation for enterprise, IT services portfolio.
April 14, 2003... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) has announced the general availability of its Singl.eView Server Allocation package. A component of ADC's award-winning dynamic transaction management platform, Singl.eView Server Allocation tracks server...

Xicor adds high voltage XDCP product family X9318-series.
April 14, 2003... Xicor, Inc. (Nasdaq:XICO) has introduced the X9318 family of 100-tap, nonvolatile digitally programmable potentiometers to expand its current broad offering of products. These potentiometers can operate up to 8 V, allowing extra dynamic range...

Emulex gets certification of its 2GB/S HBAS for use in HP-UX environments.
April 14, 2003... Emulex Corp. (NYSE:ELX), the world's leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), has announced that its LightPulse 2Gb/s LP9002L Single Channel and its LP9002DC Dual Channel Fibre Channel HBAs are certified by HP for use in...

Atmel introduces first secureAVR microcontroller with 32Mega-bit flash.
April 14, 2003... Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced recently that it is sampling a secureAVR RISC Microcontroller with 32Mega-bit Flash. This product is based on the AT90SC3232CS (secureAVR processor, 32Kbytes Flash, 32Kbytes EEPROM) with in addition...

Innovative concepts: $11.8m for army aviation tactical modem/router.
April 14, 2003... U.S. Army Aviation purchased 308 IDM V304 from Innovative Concepts, Inc., a provider of IDM Technology development, for deployment to both US and foreign aviation units. The IDM V304 is a lightweight, six-channel tactical modem/router in...

Army deploys Trend Micro solutions to protect from viruses and spam.
April 14, 2003... Trend Micro Inc. (Nasdaq:TMIC) (TSE: 4704) has announced that the US Army Chief Technology Office (CTO) is using Trend Micro InterScan Virus Wall, Trend Micro eManager, and ServerProtect for EMC Celerra as Internet gateway and server protection...

PC Mall Gov authorized by HP to sell on GSA schedule.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... PC Mall Gov, Inc., a subsidiary of PC Mall, Inc. (Nasdaq:MALL), announced recently that it has received a letter of supply from Hewlett-Packard to sell its products to federal customers on PC Mall Gov's GSA Schedule contract. "PC Mall Gov...

Lockheed Martin selects HBM and MTS to control load application and measure strain and pressure on Atlas.
April 14, 2003... Lockheed Martin Space Systems has selected MTS and HBM to supply an MTS AeroST load controller and data acquisition system, featuring HBM's MGCplus data acquisition system, for use in the design and development program for its Atlas V launch...

Microvision awarded additional $2.2 million from U.S. Army.
April 14, 2003... Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) has announced that it has received a contract modification for an additional $2.2 million from the U.S. Army Aircrew Integrated Systems Product Office awarded through the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology...

Government study demonstrates leading performance for facial technology.
April 14, 2003... Digimarc ID Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq:DMRC), recently announced that the facial recognition technology Digimarc sources for drivers license applications in North America, FaceIt, was a top performer...

GSA awards federal supply schedule contract to Diamon Associates International.
April 14, 2003... Diamon Associates International, LLC, a leading provider of state-of-the-art computing solutions, has announced that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Diamon a five-year multiple award schedule contract, which is...

EDS selects Suma Soft's keyvision and keysource to process customer order entry forms.
April 28, 2003... Suma Soft Private Limited, provider of business process outsourcing solutions in India and the United States, announced recently that EDS has selected a combination of KeyVision and KeySource, Suma Soft's data entry and quality control...

MetaSwitch and Occam Networks deliver next gen switching and access solution for service providers.
April 28, 2003... Partnership Realizes Vision of All-Packet Access Network Using Occam Broadband Loop Carrier and MetaSwitch Next Generation Class 5 Switch MetaSwitch and Occam Networks recently announced the availability of a joint solution enabling the...

MARGI Systems turns the next generation of Palm handhelds into portable presentation tools.(MARGI Presenter-to-Go SD )
April 28, 2003... MARGI Systems, a provider of mobile presentation solutions that turn handhelds into professional quality presentation devices, is extending presentation capabilities to a new generation of Palm handheld users. The announcement of...

Etnus announces TotalView 6.2 for Intel Itanium 2-based systems.
April 28, 2003... Etnus recently announced the release of TotalView 6.2, which includes much-anticipated support for Intel Itanium 2-based systems. TotalView is a full-featured, source level, graphical debugger providing software engineers with complete...

Nauticus Networks selects OSE Systems for the N2000 series of intelligent data center switches.
April 28, 2003... OSE Systems (OSE) has announced that its OSE real-time operating system (RTOS) has been chosen by Nauticus Networks for use in the Nauticus N2000 Series of Intelligent Data Center Switches. The Nauticus family of intelligent data center...

NEC Electronics America announces V850e/MA3 microcontroller.
April 28, 2003... NEC Electronics America, Inc. has introduced the new V850E/MA3 microcontroller (MCU), the latest addition to the company's V850E family of microcontrollers. The new V850E/MA3 microcontroller, the highest-performing device with embedded large...

Centillium's Entropia III delivers more than 1,000 VoIP channels per chip and the industry's lowest power consumption.
April 28, 2003... Centillium Communications, provider of broadband communications technology, recently introduced Entropia III, its fourth generation voice-over-IP (VoIP) processor, the highest density, lowest power, and most cost-effective system-on-a-chip...

Innovative gets $1.1 m to supply PCIDM modem/router cards in support of U.S. Army Aviation.(Brief Article)
April 28, 2003... U.S. Army Aviation to Use Innovative Concepts, Inc.'s PCIDM to Enable Tactical Data Communications in Its Aviation Mission Planning System (AMPS) Innovative Concepts, Inc. was selected by US Army Aviation and the Miltope Group Inc. to...

Veridian awarded $20 m Air Force contract to support automatic target recognition and sensor fusion research.(Brief Article)
April 28, 2003... Veridian Corporation (NYSE:VNX) has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth up to $20 million by the U.S. Air Force to support automatic target recognition and sensor fusion research efforts at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory...

Army 5th signal command picks Websense enterprise software to manage Internet use.
April 28, 2003... Websense Inc. (NASDAQ:WBSN) has announced that the U.S. Army 5th Signal Command, based in Mannheim, Germany, has chosen Websense Enterprise to manage Internet use of its 20,000 soldiers and civilian employees. In an agreement signed by...

Veridian awarded $19.7m core services contract to support National Reconnaissance Office.
April 28, 2003... Veridian Corporation (NYSE:VNX) has announced that it has been awarded the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Core Services contract. The firm-fixed, single award contract includes a base year plus four option years. If all of the option...

BAE systems awarded flight control upgrade for Air Fforce C-17 Globemaster III.
April 28, 2003... Future U.S. Air Force C-17 transports will get a major flight control upgrade following the award of two development programs to BAE SYSTEMS. Under a $34.7 million contract from Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, BAE SYSTEMS Platform...