EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from April 2004

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from April 2004

Penguin intros InfiniBand high-performance interconnects from InfiniCon Systems.
April 5, 2004... Penguin Computing, an innovator of highly scalable Linux cluster, server and workstation platforms, has announced that it is incorporating InfiniBand interconnect technology offerings from InfiniCon Systems into its high-performance AMD...

Dassault Systemes and IBM announce Version 5 Release 13 of their product lifecycle management portfolio.
April 5, 2004... Dassault Systemes and IBM have announced the release of Version 5 Release 13 (V5R13) of their product lifecycle management (PLM) portfolio, comprised of CATIA for collaborative product development, and ENOVIA and SMARTEAM for product data and...

IPWireless starts shipping UMTS TDD wireless broadband solution for the 3.4 GHZ band.
April 5, 2004... IPWireless announced recently that it has started commercial shipment of a next-generation wireless broadband solution optimized for the 3.4 to 3.6 GHz bands. The 3.4 GHz solution allows operators to deploy ubiquitous, plug-and-play wireless...

eLinear wins data protection, security and backup project order from large law firm.
April 5, 2004... eLinear, Inc. (OTCBB:ELIN) announced recently that its wholly owned subsidiary, NetView Technologies, Inc., has won a project order for data protection, security and backup for a large law firm. Kevan Casey, CEO of eLinear, stated, "We are...

OFS Access Advantage System supports 20km triple play fiber to the premises.
April 5, 2004... OFS, designer, manufacturer and supplier of leading edge fiber optic products today announced that its low-loss Access ADVANTAGE System supports voice, data, today's analog video, and advanced digital video over 20km Passive Optical Networks...

Magic announces rapid RFID acceleration support in iBOLT Integration Suite.
April 5, 2004... Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq:MGIC), a provider of state-of-the-art business integration and development technology, announced today support for wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) compliance acceleration utilizing its iBOLT...

EMC to develop software for McDATA's intelligent switch platform.
April 5, 2004... McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT), the expert provider of multi-capable storage networking solutions, and EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information storage and management, today announced plans for EMC to develop...

Invensys' Wonderware business unit introduces SI Direct DA Server to connect to Siemens S7 PLCs; ArchestrA technology simplifies Device Integration.(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Wonderware (UIR:PQG2336), a business unit of Invensys Systems Inc., today introduced a new DA Server called SI Direct. SI Direct is designed to replace Siemens Simatic Net middleware to connect to PLCs in the Siemens S7 family. In addition to...

IBM introduces the IBM eServer zSeries 890.
April 12, 2004... IBM has introduced the IBM eServer zSeries 890, an incredibly powerful mainframe for medium-sized enterprise customers, extending the unprecedented capabilities of the company's flagship IBM eServer zSeries 990 mainframe to mid-sized companies,...

Microsoft and Micro Focus form mainframe migration alliance.
April 12, 2004... Micro Focus International Ltd. (Micro Focus) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") have announced the creation of a new alliance to enable the migration of critical proprietary mainframe systems onto the Microsoft Windows operating system using...

ADC ships high density DOCSIS 2.0 module for the Cuda 12000 Next-Generation CMTS.
April 12, 2004... ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) recently announced it will now ship its high-density DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS module for the Cuda 12000 Next-Generation cable modem termination system (CMTS). This new CMTS module, based on Broadcom's DOCSIS 2.0 chipset,...

Network Intelligence delivers next-gen security event management appliances.
April 12, 2004... Network Intelligence Corp. has announced the release of the 50 Series Network Intelligence Engine, building on the company's established line of SEM appliances. As part of this series, Network Intelligence announced the new 7550-HA Series...

picoChip accelerates WiMAX effort.
April 12, 2004... picoChip recently announced it is developing a WiMAX PHY library, to run on its picoArray processor. The company already has a number of OFDM building blocks, and this development integrates them to deliver an end-to-end solution, enabling OEMs...

U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command chooses Quest Software.
April 12, 2004... Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSFT), a provider of application management solutions, announced recently that the U.S. Army Product Manager Business Enterprise Systems (PM BES), in coordination with the Army's Network Enterprise Technology...

Department of Homeland Security, advanced research projects agency awards SBIR contract to SNVC.
April 12, 2004... SNVC, L.C., a small veteran-owned company, providing information technology and security services to federal and commercial customers, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Homeland Security, Advanced Research...

Unisys awarded DoD five-year agreement with value of up to $345 million.
April 12, 2004... Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) has been awarded a five-year blanket task order for the U.S. Department of Defense's Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA), the department's primary counterintelligence coordinating body. Under the first task...

U.S. Army selects DRS Technologies for next-generation Thermal Weapon Sights.
April 12, 2004... DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:DRS) announced today that it has been awarded a five-year U.S. Army contract to produce a family of next-generation Thermal Weapon Sights for war fighters. The contract, with a base value of $118 million, could...

Viisage selected for U.S. government's largest smart card program.
April 12, 2004... Viisage (Nasdaq:VISG), a provider of advanced technology identity solutions and parent company of Trans Digital Technologies (TDT), today announced that it has been selected by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to support the...

Tripath's TLD 4012 Line Driver chosen for Alcatel Shanghai Bell's 24-channel DSL line card.
April 19, 2004... Tripath Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:TRPH), creators of Class-T(R) Advanced 1-bit Digital Amplifiers, announced today that Alcatel Shanghai Bell has chosen its TLD4012, Class-T(R) ADSL Line Driver for a 24-channel DSL line card for use in its...

AMD settles patent suit with Intergraph.(Brief Article)
April 19, 2004... AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced that it has settled patent claims with Intergraph Corporation relating to AMD's microprocessors. Under terms of the agreement, AMD will receive a license under Intergraph's "Clipper" microprocessor patents and the...

Vitesse sets industry record--152 GHz circuit performance.
April 19, 2004... Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:VTSS) has announced an industry record of 152 GHz for static frequency divider circuits. This clock rate is 50 times faster than circuits inside desktop computers and is faster than any previously...

Cisco unveils Business Ready Data Center initiative.
April 19, 2004... Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) has announced the Business Ready Data Center, an initiative to address the need for an intelligent network architecture that facilitates the evolution to a next-generation data center. Business Ready Data...

Array Networks announces next generation SSL VPN capabilities.
April 19, 2004... Array Networks, the pioneer in integrated traffic management and SSL VPN solutions for global enterprises, has announced significant new features and enhancements to its SSL-based VPN product lines, Array SP and Array SP-C. Array SP 7.0...

Pedestal Network's UBS release 2 delivers 3 Mbps line-powered ADSL with QOS.
April 19, 2004... Following eleven months of successful operation in live carrier networks, Pedestal Networks announced Release 2 of its Universal Broadband Server(TM) (UBS(TM)), a line-powered Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) that eliminates...

ImageWare Systems and ActivCard sign co-marketing agreement.
April 19, 2004... ImageWare Systems Inc. (AMEX:IW), a leading global provider of digital imaging, secure credential and biometric solutions, today announced the signing of a co-marketing agreement with ActivCard Corp. (NASDAQ:ACTI), a global provider of strong...

Coyote Point Systems announces strategy to deliver blade server load balancing solutions.
April 19, 2004... Coyote Point Systems, has announced its support for the exploding blade server market by making its award-winning Equalizer(TM) technology available for license to blade server vendors. Coyote Point's Equalizer technology supports the needs of...

Green Hills Software's Integrity RTOS speeds complex system deployment with integration of Texas Instruments DSP/BIOS Link.
April 19, 2004... Green Hills Software Inc. has announced the integration and availability of the Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) DSP/BIOS Link technology with the company's INTEGRITY RTOS. Designed for the TI OMAP5910 dual-core processor, this integration of...

NextHop's GateD NGC 2.2 software extends platform support and network routing management capability: adds support for VRRP AND CLI.
April 19, 2004... NextHop Technologies(R) Inc., the definitive source for network routing software solutions, has unveiled the latest version of its GateD(R) NGC (Next Generation Carrier) routing and MPLS software. NGC 2.2 adds one new protocol, VRRP (virtual...

ADIC data management software provides ILM foundation.
April 19, 2004... Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), supplier of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems market, announced today the availability of a new version of StorNext Management Suite(R) (SNMS). SNMS is comprehensive...

Toshiba's new 100GB 2.5-inch HDD offers world's highest capacity.
April 26, 2004... Toshiba Corporation has confirmed its leadership in the fast growing market for 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDD) with the announcement of the MK1031GAS, the highest capacity drive yet achieved in this increasingly important form factor. Making...

AMCC contributed the most to the network processing market's growth in 2003 says the Linley Group.
April 26, 2004... Network Processor Market Grew 30% in 2003 to a Record $85M; AMCC's Marketshare Almost Triple That of Nearest Competitor Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) (Nasdaq:AMCC) today announced that market research firm The Linley Group again...

New 1x1 tab-down SMT J0C series connectors from Pulse.
April 26, 2004... Pulse, a Technitrol (NYSE:TNL) Company, introduces the J0C-0003/4/5/6 series 10/100Base-TX surface mount (SMT) RJ45 single port (1-by-1) tab-down connectors with integrated magnetics. The robust J0C connector series can withstand the mechanical...

Ingenico announces next generation I5100 countertop terminal for US market.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2004... Ingenico, the world's leading provider of electronic payment terminals, today announced at the Electronic Transaction Association conference the US release of the Company's next generation countertop terminal--the Ingenico 5100. The I5100 is an...

Nortel networks receives PacketCable Media Gateway Controller qualification status.
April 26, 2004... CableLabs, a non-profit research and development consortium representing the cable industry, has awarded PacketCable Media Gateway Controller (MGC) qualification to Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT)(TSX:NT) Succession Communication Server (CS) 2000,...

Intersil releases advanced PCI/PCI-X Hot Plug controller.
April 26, 2004... Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions, has announced the release of the ISL6111 Hot Plug controller IC. This advanced IC offers increased integration with the...

F5 Networks announces new Solution Developer Program to help partners expand reach of their Icontrol--integrated applications.
April 26, 2004... F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), a provider of Application Traffic Management products, has announced the iControl Solution Developer Alliance Program to support the rapidly growing community of solution providers, developers, and integrators...

BlueCat Networks' Meridius Security Gateway appliance pounces on spam in real time.
April 26, 2004... BlueCat Networks, Inc., a provider of simple and affordable security appliances, and Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH), a global provider of proprietary anti-spam solutions, today announced the Meridius Security Gateway appliance is catching spam in real...

Raytheon to design next-gen MILSATCOM system as part of Boeing team.
April 26, 2004... Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has been awarded a contract by Boeing (NYSE:BA), the prime contractor, for work on the next-generation MILSATCOM risk reduction and system definition program. The value to Raytheon is potentially worth $19.3 million...

NCI awarded $15m contract for Army Information Technology Services.
April 26, 2004... NCI Information Systems, Inc. (NCI), an information technology, enterprise management, systems engineering and integration organization, announced today that its NCI ITES Team has been awarded a five-year, firm fixed price Technology...

NASA enlists Behavioral Science Technology, Inc. to lead agency-wide culture change.
April 26, 2004... When the Columbia Accident Investigation Board's (CAIB's) seven-month investigation into the Feb. 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy revealed that organizational safety climate and culture contributed as much to the accident as any...

ICON launches digital presentation for US Army.
April 26, 2004... ICON Creative Technologies Group has completed a stand-alone presentation for the U.S. Army's National Automotive Center (NAC) designed to educate government and industry on a new process to facilitate ongoing R&D support. The program offers...

EDO awarded contract for electronic equipment on EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft.
April 26, 2004... EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO) has been awarded an $8.4 million contract from Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) Technical Services Company. The 17-month contract is the second phase of a multi-phase electronic support upgrade program to the U.S. Navy's EP-3E...